368 LXI. RUBIACE^] [Adina 



Terai and outer hills of Sikkim to 3,000 ft. Evergreen forests of North Kanara. 

 Northern Cirears. Cuddapah and Karnul. Eastern slopes of the Pegu Yoma. 

 Commonly planted. Fl. Dec- July. The fr. is eaten. — Malay Arehip. New Guinea. 



4. ADINA, Salisb. ; PL Brit. Ind. iii. 24. 



Fl. pentamerous, mixed with, numerous filiform braoteoles. Corolla-lobes 

 valvate or slightly imbricate, stigma clavate. Species 9, from tropical Africa 

 to Japan and the Malay Archipelago. 



1. A. cordifolia, Hook, f . ; Bedd. Manual t. xxix.; Brand. F. Fl. t. 33.— 

 Syn. Nauclea cordifolia, Willd. ; Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 53 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 

 33. Vern, Haldu, Hind. ; Heddi, Mar. ; Budrakadapa, Tel. ; Hettiga, 

 Yuethagada, Kan. ; Hnaw, Burin. 



A tall deciduous tree, bark rough, wood yellow when fresh cut, afterwards 

 reddish-brown, even-grained, no heartwood. L. cordate-orbicular, abruptly 

 acuminate, pubescent beneath, blade 4-9 in. diain., pet. pubescent, 3-4 in., 

 stipules pubescent, ^-| in. long, concealing the uppermost pair of leafbuds. 

 Peduncles 2-4 in. long, single or 2-3 from one leaf -axil, fl. heads yellow, |— 1 in. 

 diain., receptacle and bracteoles hairy, calyx and corolla densely pubescent, 

 calyx-tube 5-angled, lobes linear deciduous. 



Subhimalayan tract from the Jumna eastwards, ascending to 3,000 ft. Behar, 

 Centr. Prov. Common in deciduous forests of both Peninsulas. Combs made of the 

 wood. Fl. June-Sept., leafless for a short time in the H. S. — Ceylon, Cambodia. 

 2. A. polycephala, Benth. ; Haviland in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxiii. t. iv. fig. 25-31. Khasi 

 hills, Chittagong. Tenasserim. Cambodia. Sumatra, Java. A small evergreen tree, 

 1. glabrous, glossy, lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, blade 4-8, pet. ^-1 in. long. Fl. 

 heads J-f in. diam. to end of style, in trichotomous terminal panicles, ramifications 

 slender. Calyx-lobes oblong, obtuse. 3. A. oligocephala, Haviland 1. c. 46, Khasi hills, 

 similar, but differs by the calyx limb being entire. 



5. NAUCLEA, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 26. 



Peduncles undivided, terminal, single or 3 together. Fl. pentamerous, 

 calyx-lobes narrow, deciduous, corolla-lobes imbricate in bud, ovaries not 

 confluent. Stigma globose or broadly conical, seeds winged, the wing bifid at 

 one end. Species about 30, from India to the Islands of the Pacific. 



A. Bracteoles mixed with the fl. 



1. N. purpurea, Roxb. Cor. PL t. 54.— Syn. N. elliptica, Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bombay Fl. 118 ; Bedd. Manual t. xxix. ; Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 19. Vern. Phuga, 

 Mar. 



A middle-sized or small tree, 1. glabrous, elliptic, blade 4-7, pet. i in. long, 

 stipules deciduous. Peduncles single, 1-2 .V in. long, in the middle with 2 

 caducous bracts. Fl. mixed with numerous hairy bracteoles, calyx-lobes 

 purple, subulate, hairy, stigma globose. Fr. crowned with the persistent base 

 of calyx-lobes. 



Western Ghats from the Konkan southwards. Eumpa hills, Northern Cirears. Fl. 

 Feb.-March. 2. N. Griffitnii, Haviland (Adina Griffithii, Hook, f .). Khasi hills, similar 

 to 1. 3. N. Gageana, King MSS., Andamans. L. broadly elliptic, glabrous, petiole 

 flattened and winged in its upper part. Corolla-lobes densely hirsute with long hairs, 

 bracteoles villous, stigma ovoid. 



4. N. sessilifolia, Roxb. ; Kurz F. Fl. ii. 65. — Syn. Adina sessilifolia, 

 Hook. f. Vern. Teinkala, Burm. 



A large deciduous tree, 1. glabrous, coriaceous, nearly sessile, from a cordate 

 base elliptic, 5-9 in. long, sec. n. distant, 6-8 pair. Peduncles stout, mostly 

 single, corolla-lobes appressed grey-pubescent. 



Cachar, Chittagong. Burma. Fl. K. S. — Cochinchina. Formosa. 



