118 TENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. NauChi. 



grant florets. — Bracte, a small, withering, somewhat four-toothed 

 ring near the base of the peduncles, and hid by the stipules. — Calyx, 

 common none, or very obscure; proper, of one, fleshy cup, cut into* 

 four or five, clavate segments. — Corol funnel-shaped, much longer than 

 the perianth ; yellow and fragrant; divisions of the border four, or 

 five, oval, obtuse. — Filaments scarcely any. Anthers on the five fis~ 

 sures of the border of the corol. — Germs inferior, grown together, 

 two-celled, with many ovula in each, attached to their proper recep- 

 tacles, projecting downwards from their attachment to the partition a. 

 little above its middle. Style much longer than the corol. Stigma 

 large, oblong, with the apex somewhat two-lobed. — Fruit the size of 

 a small apple, rough with the remains of the segments of the calyx, 

 now forming five conic knobs, on the crown of each of the partial 

 seed vessels, which are all firmly grown together, each of these are 

 two-celler 1 . — Seeds larely more than one in each cell, and fragrant, 

 not one of the whole being abortive, they are oblong, not winged bui 

 crowned with a fleshy gland which unites them to the receptacle on 

 the partition. Integuments uncertain, from the smalluess of the seed. 

 ■ — Perisperm conform to the seed.— Embryo inverse, nearly as long 

 as the perisperm. Cotyledons oblong. Radicle oval, superior. 



2. N. cordata, R* 



Leaves petioled, broad-ovate-cordate, obtuse, coriaceous, smooth} 

 Stipules obovate. Flowers terminal, solitary. Capsules united. 



A native of Ceylon, reared from seed sent from thence in 1 802, 

 to the botanic garden at Calcutta by General Hay Maedowall, where 

 the young trees blossomed in May and June, 1808, and the seeds 

 ripened in the cold season. 



Trunk straight up through the branches to the very top of the 

 tree. Bark of a light greenish ash-colour. Branches spreading, hori- 

 zontal, forming a broad-ovate, shady head, general height of our six 



* N- coadunata, Sir J. E. Smith in Rees Cycl. in loco ; this work should be con. 

 suited on the genera Nauclea, Uncaria and CephalantuuSj wui«b probably are one, 

 and the same.— N. W. 



