Naucha'. PENTANDIUA MOSOGYHIA. 



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Leaves opposite, round-cordate, dovvny underneath. Flowers ax- 

 illary, from one to three. Segments of the calyx clavate ; seeds mem- 

 brane-winced, not imbricated, 



Peng Keli-kudwm. 



Teliitv. Daduga. 



This like the foregoing species, grows to be a very large tree; it is 

 a natzve of the mountains of the coast of C rcmandel. Flowers 

 dining the wet season. The seeds ripen about April. 



Trunk tolerably straight. Bark like that of the former. Branches 

 very numerous, horizontal, forming a very large, shady head.— Leaves 

 opposite, decussate, petioled, broad-cordate, pointed, entire, above 

 pretty smooth ; downy underneath, particularly when young, beau- 

 tifully reticulated with small veins; from four to twelve inches 

 each way. — Petioles round, a little downy; from two to three inches 

 long. — Stipules, as in the last species. — Peduncles axillary, from one 

 to four, round, downy, length of the petioles, near the apex jointed, 

 and bracted, each supporting a single globular head. — Bractes oval, 

 caducous. — Flowers as in the former. — Calyx, common none. Com* 

 tnon receptacle as in the preceding species. Proper perianth above, 

 five-parted ; divisions clavate. — Corollets, stamens, germ, and style a3 

 in the former species. Stigma clavate. — Capsules wedge-form, the 

 other parts as in the foregoing species. — Seeds about six in each cell, 

 surrounding their receptacle, oblong, not imbricated, membrane- 

 winged at the extremities, the lower ones pointed, the upper two-forked. 

 Obs. The wood of this tree is exceedingly beautiful, its colour is 

 like that of the box-tree, but much lighter, and at the same time very 

 close grained. It is to be had of a large size, from one to two feet, 

 or more in diameter, and is used for almost every purpose where it 

 can be kept dry, For furniture it answers exceedingly well, being 

 light and durable. 



8. N. purpurea, Willd.spec. i. 929. Roxb. Corom.'iAl. tab.5l* 



•Bancohs (major ct minor) Rnmph. Amb. iii. 84. tab. 55. quoted bv Willdenow 

 tor the species and by Lamarck for his Cephaknthu* chinensi*, EacycL bot. I. WS, 

 does not belong to this species.-N. W. 



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