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5. N. excelsa, Blume. Myodwin, Pegu (D. B. Oct. 1862). Tkitpayaung, Burm. A 

 large tree, 1. glabrous, shining on botli sides, elliptic-oblong, blade 6-10, narrowed into 

 petiole J in. long, sec. n. 8-12 pair. Fl. heads li in. diam. to extremity of stigma. 

 peduncles in threes, 2-3 in. long, bracts immediately below the heads, caducous, 

 Receptacle densely hairy, calyx-lobes nearly as long as corolla, narrow lineal with a 

 thick clavatc <-nd, corolla glabrous. Stigma broadly ovoid. May possibly not be 

 X. exceha of Java. 6. N. nicobarica, Haviland. Nicobais, 1. glabrous, from a slightly 

 unequal-sided base ovate or obovate-elliptic, blade 4-6, petiole J in, long. Peduncles 

 solitary or in threes. 1-3 in. long, bracts close under the heads, caducous. 



6. STEPHEGYNE, Korth. ; Fl. Brit. Iiid. iii. 25. 

 Mitragyna, Korth.; Haviland in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxiii. 68. 



Fl. beads solitary or panicled. Fl. pentamerous, intermixed with linear 

 bracteoles. corolla-l l.es valvate, ovaries free, stigma concave at base. Seeds 

 winged. 



I'll.. 154. — Stephegyne diversifolin, Btook. f. K. 

 Species 8, Erom tropical Africa to Now Guinea. 

 1. S. parvifolia, Korth.— Syn. NaucJea parvifolia, Willd. ; Roxb. Cor. 



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