Adina.] Rubiacecz. 293 



shaped, long, lobes 5, imbricate; stam. 5, inserted at mouth 

 of cor. ; ov. 2-celled below, 4-celled above, with numerous 

 ovules in each cell, style long, stigma large, ovoid, fruit cap- 

 sular, narrowly turbinate, truncate, pericarp thin below but 

 hard and 4-lobed above ; seeds numerous, very small, angular, 

 not winged. — Sp. 3 or 4; 1 in Fl. B. Ind. 



A. Cadamba, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 135 (1856). Embul bakmi, 

 S. Vellaikadampa, T. 



Nauclea orientalis, Moon Cat. 14 (non L). Nauclea Cadamba^ Roxb., 

 Thw. Enum. 137. C. P. 1659. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 23. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 35. 



A large tree with erect trunk and horizontal branches, 

 young parts pubescent ; 1. large, 6-1 1 in., oblong-lanceolate, 

 acute or rounded at base, acuminate, acute at apex, glabrous 

 and shining above, pubescent on the veins beneath, petiole 

 1 — i^ in., stip. about | in., narrowly lanceolate, acute; heads 

 i-|— 1 J in., on short stout peduncles; cal.-segm. obtuse, pilose 

 at ends ; cor.-lobes erect, lanceolate, acute ; capsule about 

 -4- in., compressed, angular, closely packed but scarcely con- 

 fluent, crowned by long persistent cal.-segm.; pericarp trans- 

 parent in lower part ; seeds muriculate. 



Low country up to 2000 ft., Thwaites says ' common,' but I have only 

 seen specimens from Kurunegala, Alagalla and Pusselawa. Fl. September ; 

 orange-yellow, styles white, fragrant. 



Also in India, burma, Sumatra, Borneo. 



The little capsular fruits are not confluent as generally described, 

 though in very close contact with one another. 



Thw. gives ' Helamba ' as S. name for this ; it more properly belongs 

 to Stephegy7ie tubulosa, but may be used for both. 



3. ADINA, Salisb. 



Large deciduous tree, stip. large, fl. small, sessile, crowded, 

 not fused, in globose, axillary heads, with bractlets; cal.-segm. 

 5, clavate ; cor.-tube long, lobes 5, short, valvate ; stam. 5, 

 inserted at mouth of cor.; style very slender, stigma globose; 

 capsule small, 2-celled, truncate, readily dehiscent into 2 

 valves; seeds numerous, tailed at both ends. — Sp. 6; 4 in 

 Fl. B. Ind. 



A. cordifolia, Hk. f. in Gen. PI. ii. 30 (1873). Xolon, .S". 

 Manchalkadampa, T. 



Nauclea cordijolia, Moon Cat. 14; Thw. Enum. 137. C. P. 1660. 

 FL 15. Ind. iii. 24. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 2>2> {Nauclea). 



A very large tree with erect trunk and horizontal branches, 



