106 49. RUBiACEiE. [Nauclea. 



panicled heads, ebracteolate. Calyx-tube turbinate or obconic, 

 lobes 5. Corolla-tube elongate, lobes imbricate. Stamens 5, on 

 throat of corolla. Fruit of 2, dehiscent, many seeded cocci. Seeds 

 imbricate, testa winged. 



Stigma capitate. Stipules flat, deciduous. 



Heads 1-3. Corolla-lobes spreading, not ridged... N. ptirpurea. 



Heads solitary. Corolla-lubes ridged aud horned near apex ...N. elliptica. 

 Stigma elongate, acu I e. Stipules subpersistent.. ... ...N. missionis. 



N. purpurea, Roxb. Fl. Ind. I. 515 ; FI. Br. I. 3 26 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 

 129. Konkan southwards. I. D. H. There seems to be very little differ- 

 ence between this and the next species, iV. elliptica, Dalz. Good specimens 

 Bent by me of the true JV. elliftica, Dalz., having been named N. pitrinirea, 

 Roxb., at Kew. Both N. purpurea and N. elliptica are quite distinct 

 from N. misdonis, Wall., which has the stigma mitre-shaped and not 

 globose, as is the case in the two former species. 



N. elliptica, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 118; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 129. 

 Thuga^ M. On the Konkan and Supa ghats of North Kdnara, along 

 streams and water-courses. Fl. Feb.-Mch. Fr. May-June. 



N. missionis, Wall. Cat. 6099 ; Fl. Br. I. H. 27. Konkan and North 

 Kanara, along rivers aud water-courses, common near Yellapur and in 

 several other localities. Fl. Apl.-May. Fr. R. S. An ornamental tree 

 when in flower. 



HYMENODICTIYON, Wall. 



Trees or shi'ubs. Leaves simple, petioled. Stipules deciduous. 

 Flowers small, paniculate with 1-2 large leafy bracts. Calyx-tube 

 short, lobes 5-6. Corolla funnel-shaped, lobes 5, short. Stamens 

 5. Stigma spindle-shaped, ovules numerous. Fruit a dehiscent 

 capsule. Seeds numerous, broadly winged. 



Flowers paniculate. Capsule deflexed ... ... ...H. excelsum. 



Flowers spicate. Capsule erect ... ...H. ohovatum. 



H. excelsum. Wall.; Roxb.j Fl. Ind. II. 149 ; Fl. Br. I. 3. 3.^ ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 117; Brandis For. Fl. 267; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 130. 

 H. utile, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 130. Kala hunvah, Vern, ; dondru, dandelo, 

 hhorsal, M. Ghdts of the Deccan and Konkan, Panch Mahdls. Fl. June. 

 July. Fr. Oct. 



H. obovatum, Wall., in Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 153 ; Fl. Br. I. 3. 36 ; Dalz. 

 & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 117; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 219; Brandis For. Fl. 268. 

 Kurivei, sirid, Vern. Throughout the moist forests of the Konkan and 

 l^orth Kdnara. Fl. Aug., Sept. Fr. Nov., Dec. There are two varieties 

 of this species, one with large obovate pubescent leaves and capsules 1 in.; 

 the other with small, ovate, nearly glabrous leaves and capsules, ^ inch. 



WENDLANDIA, Bartl. 



Shrubs or small trees. Leaves opposite or temately whorled' 

 Flowers in terminal paniclod cymes, 2-3 bracteolate. Corolla-lobes 



