24 Lxxv. EUBIACEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Gephalwnthus 



1. C. naucleoides, DC. Pi-odr. iv. 539 ; glabrous pubescent or tomen- 

 tose, leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate acuminate. Kurz For. Fl. ii. 68. C. 

 aralioides, Zoll. ^ Mm: Syst. Verh. 61. Nauclea tetrandra, Hoxb. Hort. Beng. 

 14; Fl. Ind. i. 576; Wall. Cat. 6101. 



Sdlkim Himalaya, alt. 2000 ft., J. D. H. Assam, Cachak, and Silhet.— Disteib. 

 N. Birma, Java, China. 



A small tree. Leaves opposite or S-4-nat6, 3-5 by 1-2 in.; petiole short; 

 stipules acuminate, often gland-tipped. Peduncles often whorled, slender ; bracteoles 

 linear-elavate, hairy. Heads f in. diam., yellowish-white. Calyx-lobes short, with 

 interposed black glands. — Very closely allied to the N. American C. occidentalis, 

 Linn., and perhaps a form of it. 



4. ADXNA, Salisb. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves petioled ; stipules large, caducous. Flmoers brac- 

 teate or not, densely crovrded in solitary or panicled globose heads ; receptacle 

 hairy. Calyx-tube angled, lobes 5. Corolla funnel-shaped, tube long, throat 

 glabrous ; lobes 5, valvate. Stamens 5, on the mouth of the corolla, filaments 

 short. Ovary 2-eelIed ; style filiform, stigma capitate or clubbed ; ovules 

 numerous, imbricated on a pendulous placenta in each cell. Capsule of 2 dehis- 

 cent cocci, many-seeded. Seeds oblong, testa winged; embryo in abundant 

 fleshy albumen, radicle superior. — Disirib. Species 6, tropical Asiatic and 

 American. 



1. A, cordifolia, Hook. f. in Gen. PI, ii. 30 ; leaves petioled orbicular 

 cordate abruptly acuminate pubescent beneath, peduncles 1-3-axilIary 1-headed. 

 Brand. For. Fl. 263, t. 33. Nauclea cordifolia, Willd. ; Jtoxb. Hort. Bmg. 14 ; 

 Cor. PI. 1, t. 53 ; Fl. Ind. i. 614 ; Wall. Gat. 6092 ; W. Sf A. Prodr. 391; Kurz 

 For. Fl. ii. 66; Dalz. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 118. 



Dry forests, alt. 1-3000 ft., from Kumaon to Sikkim, Pegu and Tenassebim, and 

 throughout the hiUy parts of India to Ceylon. 



A large or small tree, wood hard. Leaves deciduous, coriaceous, 4-12 in. diam. ; 

 petiole 2-3 in., stout; stipules orbicular or oblong. Heads f-1 in. diam.; peduncle 

 stout, 1-2 in.; bracts small towards the apex. Flowers yellow; corolla downy; 

 stigma clavate. Capsule ^ in., cuueate, downy; cells about 6-seeded. 



2. A, sessilifolia, Hook. f. in Gen. Plant, ii. 30 ; leaves sessile oblong 

 glabrous base cordate tip rounded, peduncles 1-3 terminal solitary 1-headed, 

 corolla shaggy. Nauclea sessilifolia, Po.vb. Fl. Ind. i. 515 ; Kwz P'07: Flor. ii. 

 65. N. scricea, Wall. Cat. 6095 ; G. Don Gen. Syst. iii. 467. 



Chittagong, Eoxburgh, &c. Cachar, Keenan. Pegu, Wallich, &c. 



A small tree. Leaves rather coriaceous, 6-10 by 3-6 in., glossy above; petiole 

 very short and stout, stipules broadly oblong. Heads 1^ in. diam., silkily villous; 

 peduncle very stout, 1-2 in. ; flowers shaggily silky ; stigma clavate. Capsules J in., 

 Cuneate. 



3. A. Griffithii, Hook. /. ; leaves shortly petioled elliptic oblong or 

 obovate shortly obtusely acuminate glabrous, peduncles 1-2 terminal 1-headed, 

 corolla glabrous. 



Khasia Mts. ; Mahadeb, alt. 3000 ft., Griffith, J. B. H., and T. T. ? Nicoeae 

 Islands, Kurz. 



A small quite glabrous tree. Leaves persistent, coriaceous, 4-7 by l^-Si in., 

 narrowed into the short stout petiole ; nerves 6-7 pair, prominent beneath, transverse 

 ones slender; stipules not seen. Peduncles 1-2 in., very stout, smooth. Heads IJin. 

 diam. ; bracteoles of short stiff conical-subulate spines shorter than the silky calyces 

 and apparently persistent; corolla quite glabrous. — The Nicobar specimen has rather 



