3arcocephalus] LXI. RUBIACE.E 367 



into petiole \ in. long, stipules large concave almost persistent. Peduncle 

 J-§ in., with numerous bracts near base, calyx-lobes densely hairy, oblong, 

 obtuse, less than half the length of eorolla-tube. corolla-lobes hairy on both 

 sides. 



West side of the Peninsula, from tin' Konkan southwards, common along rivers and 

 watercourses. Fl. H. S. 



2. S. cordatus, Miq. : Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 318. Yern. Ma-u Ulan, Upper; 

 Ma-u Irftanshi; Lower Burma. 



A large or middle-sized deciduous tree, branchlets grev, 1. broadlv ovate, 

 from a broad, often cordate base, often hairy beneath, blade 3-7, petiole 1 in., 

 stipules obtuse, J,- J in. long. Peduncle 1-1 .', in., heads yellow or orange, 

 calyx-lobes clavate. ininntely hairy, corolla \ in. long, quite glabrous, lobes 

 obtuse. 



Burma, Upper ami Lower. Fl. H. !S. Ceylon. Malay Arc-hip. Cochin China. 

 Queensland. A specimen sent by Duthie from Harnapur. Honda district, Oudh. has 

 the leaves similar, but differs by linear calyx-lobes, more than half the length of 

 corolla-tube, corolla 1 in. long, and apiculate anthers. 



■2. CEPHALANTHUS, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 23. 



Species 8, 1 in India, China and North America, 1 in South Africa, the rest 

 mostly in South America. 



C. occidentalis, Linn. — Syn. C. naucleoides, DC; Kurz F. Fl. ii. 68. 

 Vern. Momaka gale, Sein ban, Burm. 



A shrub or small tree, glabrous pubescent or tomentose. L. opposite or 

 m whorls of 3 or 4, ovate or ovate-lauceolate, blade 3-6, petiole i— | in. long. 

 PI. heads white, scented, in terminal trichotomous leafy panicles. On a 

 large globose hairy, more or less fleshy receptacle, numerous tetramerous fl., 

 closely packed, free portion of calyx-tube more or less cleft into obtuse seg- 

 ments, corolla \~\ in. long, tube 2-5 times the length of calyx, lobes usually 

 woolly inside and with small black glands near the sinus of the lobes. 

 Ovaries glabrous or hair}', not confluent, one ovule in each cell. Seeds 2, 

 upper portion enveloped in a snow-white spongy arillus. 



Subhi mil la van trad, Oudh (in swamps) and Sikkim. Assam (in swamps, gregarious'. 

 Khasi hills. Cachar, Upper Burma. Fl. March-May. China. North America, ex- 

 tending across the whole continent, along the banks of slow streams, in extensive 

 thickets, rising from stout contorted roots and from large, prostrate, root-like trunks, 

 sometimes forming sterna 10-50 ft. high. I follow Heiusley i.lourn. Linn. Soc. xxiii. 

 869) and Haviland (Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxiii. 88) in regarding the American and 



Asiatic tree as one species. The A rican specimens have a shorl calyx and a long 



slender corolla, but so have s| iinens from Assam. 



3. ANTHOCEPHALUS, A. Rich.; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 23. 

 Species 3, India and Malay Archipelago. 



A. Cadamba, Miq. — Syn. A. indicus, A. Rich.; Haviland in Journ. Linn. 



Soc. xxxiii. 22. i. iv. tig. 38-43 ; Nauclea Cadamba,'Baxb. ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 

 35. Sarcocephalus Cadamba, Kurz. Vern. Kadam, Hind.: I{<kjIih, Ass.: 

 Kadambe , Tel. : Mn-u, Burm. 



A large deciduous tree of rapid growth, wood soft, branches horizontal, I. 

 coriaceous, shining and glabrous above, pubescent beneath, ovate, acuminate, 

 stipules linear, early caducous. Fl. heads single, terminal, yellow, l ', 2 in. 

 diam., peduncles 1 Li in. long, corolla glabrous, lobes erect, calyx-lobes oblong 

 persistent. Ovaries oot confluent, t-celled in the upper, -celled in the lower 

 portion, bracteoles 0. Pr. a fleshy receptacle, on which are inserted numerous 

 closely packed few-seeded capsules. Seeds not winged. 



