Sarcocephahis.] lxxv. EUBUCEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) 2a 



about the middle. Heads ^ in. diam., fruiting -with concave summits to the carpels 

 and raised edges. 



3. S. Jung'hulmii, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 134; leaves elliptic abruptly 

 obtusely pointed, peduncles 1-3-nate 1-3-headed, heads nearly smooth. 



Malacca ; Mt. Ophir, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2772), Maingay (Kew Distrib. 822, 

 822').— DisTEiB. Sumatra. 



Braiichlets and peduncles puberulous. Leaves 4-5 by 2-24 iii-> rather coriaceous, 

 nerves -vrith minute tufts of hair in the axils ; petiole \-^ in. ; stipules oblong. 

 Pedtmcles ^IJ in., with a small 4-lobed cup of bracts below the middle, of which 2 

 opposite are larger than the others. Heads i-^ in. diam., in fruit | in. diam. — I 

 have seen no authentic specimen of Junghuhiii, but find the name attached by 

 Maingay to his specimens. Miquel's description is most meagre. 



2. AXTTKOCEFHAZ.TrS, A. Rich. 



A glabrous tree. Leaves petioled ; stipules lanceolate, caducous. Flowers 

 in terminal globose peduncled soHtary heads, without bracteoles, united by 

 their confluent calyx-tubes ; peduncles with basal stipular bracts. Calyx-limh 

 tubular, 5-lobed, persistent or deciduous. Corolla-tvhe long, funnel-shaped, 

 throat glabrous; lobes 5, imbricate. Stamens on the throat of the corolla, 

 filaments short. Ovary 4-celled above, 2-celled below ; style exserted, stigma 

 spindle-shaped ; ovules very many, horizontal on 2 bifid placentas, which ascend 

 fi'om the septa below its middle, and send an arm into each of the 4 upper 

 cells. Fruits confluent into a fleshy globose mass of many few-seeded coria- 

 ceous pyrenes. Seeds minute, testa rather thin ; embryo clavate in fleshy 

 albumen. 



1. A. Cadamba, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 135; leaves elliptic-oblong ovate 

 or ovate-cordate acute. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 127, t. 35; Brand. For. Fl. 261. 

 A. morindsefolia, Korth. Verh. Nat. Oesch. Bot. 164, t. 48. Nauelea Ca- 

 damba, Roxh. Sort. Beng. 14 ; Fl. Ind. i. 512. Sarcocephalus Cadamba, Kurz 

 For. Fl. ii. 63 ; Wall. Cat. 6088, excl. 0. 



From the Himalaya to Ceylon and Malacca, wild or cultivated; Forests of 

 Pegu, Kurz, — Disteib. Sumatra, Borneo. 



A large tree ; branches spreading. Leaves coriaceous, 6-9 in., shining above, 

 pubescent beneath. Heads 1-2 in. diam., pedimcles stout. Flowers orange-coloured 

 with white stigmas, scented at night. Fruit as large as a small orange. — Wallich's 

 6088 C. a cultivated plant from Ava, is very dilFerent, having membranous leaves and 

 very oblique nerves. 



3. CEPKAZoANTKUS, Linn. 



Shrubs or small trees. Leaves opposite or whorled ; stipules short. Floiuers 

 densely crowded in terminal or axillary solitary simple or panicled globoss 

 heads mixed with setaceous or paleaceous bracteoles ; peduncles with stipular 

 caducous bracts about the middle. Calyx-tvhe obpyramidal ; limb cup-shaped, 

 4-5-toothed or -lobed. Corollor-tube long, funnel-shaped; throat glabrous or 

 hairy; lobes 4, imbricate. Stamens on the mouth of the corolla, filaments 

 short ; anthers 2-cuspidate at the base. Ovary 2-celled ; style filiform, stigma 

 capitate or clubbed; ovules 1 pendulous in each cell. Fruit of numerous 

 obpyramidal indehiscent 1-seeded cocci. Seeds pendulous, with a fungoid aril, 

 testa membranous sometimes winged ; embryo in horny albumen, cotyledons 

 flat. — Disteib. Species 6, tropical Asia, Africa, and America. 



