~124 pentanbiua monggynia. 1 Nauclea; 



Leaves petioled, oblong, very smooth. Flowers terminal, from one 

 to three, segments of the calyx clavate. Seeds very numerous, mem- 

 brane-winged, imbricated. 

 Heling. Bagada. 



A small tree, a native of the moist' vallles up amongst the Circa? 

 mountains. Tloweringtime the beginning of the hot season. 



Trunk irregular. — Bark scabrous, ash-coloured. — Branches oppo- 

 site, decussated. — Leaves opposite, decussated, short-petioled, ob- 

 long, pointed, entire, very smooth and shining both above and below, 

 from four to nine inches long, and broad in proportion. — Stipules 

 as in the two preceding species. — Pedu?icles terminal, one or three. 

 ■ — Flowers larger than in either of the former species, purple. — Calyx, 

 common none. Receptacle almost naked. Proper perianth as in N. 

 cordifolia.—Corolf stamens and pistillum as in the former species. 

 Stigma globular. Capsules turbinate, (the outer covering wanting,) 

 two-celled ; the cells two-vahed, opening from the base. — Seeds nu- 

 merous, most minute, imbricated with their insertion upwards. 



9. N. sessilifolia, R. 



Leaves oblong, sessile, base somewhat cordate, embracing the 

 foranchlets; apex rounded. Flozeers terminal, solitary. Capsuh 

 four-valved. 



A. large tree, a native of the forests of Chittagong, where it blos- 

 soms from January till March. 



10. N. rotundifolia, R. 



Leaves petioled, round-oval, obtuse. Stipules oblong, obtuse, 

 many-nerved. Flowers terminal, sub panicled. Capsules distinct. 



A middling sized tree, a native of Chittagong, where it blossoms 

 in October, and the seeds ripen in March. 



11. N. ovalifolia. 



Leaves sessile, ova! and elliptic. Flowers terminal, solitary. 



