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Nauclea, L. 



Conspectus of Species. 



Subff. 1. Eu-Nauclea. Corolla slightly imbricate in bud. Flowers without bract- 

 lets. Flowers solitary or by threes, terminal. 



* All parts (at least the leaves) glabrous. 



Leaves acuminate, the petiole ^ — 1 in. long ; flower-heads often by threes, 



... N. excelsa. 

 Leaves blunt, almost sessile ; flower-heads solitary, iV. sessilifoUa. 



* * All parts more or less pubescent. 



Leaves cordate, petioled ; flower -heads by 1 — 3, axillary, iV. cordifoUa. 



Stibff. 2. Adina, Salisb. Corolla valvate. Flowers surrounded by bractlets. 



* Flower-heads small, panicled. 



All parts glabrous ; leaves petioled, iV, poli/ce2Jhala. 



* * Flower-heads larger, panicled. Bractlets angular-club shaped. 



X Petiole very slender and thin ; leaves thin -membranous, acute at the 

 base. 

 Bractlets only half as long as the calyx ; corolla-lobes about I the length of the corol- 

 la-tube ; flower-heads more constantly solitary between 2 floral leaves, 



. . iV. parvifolia. 

 Bractlets as long as the calyx ; corolla-lobes about \ the length of the tube ; floral 

 leaves very deciduous, the flower-heads soon forming dichotomous divaricate pani- 

 cles, N. diversifolia. 



X X Petiole very thick and pubescent ; leaves large, cordate at the 



Flower -heads dichotomously panicled ; leaves wrinkled above ; corolla-lobes as long as 

 the short tube, i\^. rotundifolia. 



1. N. EXCELSA, Bl. Bydr. 1009 ; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. II. 139. {N. 

 'peduncular is ^ Wall. Cat. 6091 ; Don. Gen. Syst. III. 469 ; Bedd. Icon. t. 

 235?). 



Hab. Pegu Yomah, at My od wine (Dr. Brandis). — Fl. Octob. 



2. N. SESSiLiEOLiA, Roxb. Fl. Ind. I. 515. {N. sericea, Wall. Cat. 

 6095 ; Don. Gen. Syst. III. 467). 



Hab. Frequent in the mixed forests, especially the upper ones, and 

 in the savannahs, all over Pegu ; also Chittagoug. — Fl. end of RS. ) Fr. 

 Decb., Jan. 



3. N. COEDIEOLIA, Roxb. Corom. PI. I. t. 53 and Fl. Ind. ed. Wall. 



II. 122 ; DC. Prod. IV. 346 ; WA. Prod. I. 391. {Adina cordifoUa, Bth. 

 and Hf. in Brand. For. Fl. 263. t. 33 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 33). 



Hab. Frequent in the leaf -shedding forests, especially the lower ones, 

 but also in the low and dry forests, from Ava and Martaban to Prome and 

 Pegu, up to 1500 ft. elevation.— Fl. HS. ; Fr. Begin of CS. 



4. N. POLYCEPHALA, Wall. Cat. 6100 ; Don. Gen. Syst. III. 467. 

 {Adina polycephala, Bth. Fl. Hongk. 146; Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. 



III. 183 ; N. aralioides, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 344). 



Hab. Chittagong (Hf. and Th.) ; Tenasserim (Griff. 2751). 



