Adina.] lxxv. eubiace^. (J. D. Hooker.) 25 



more flaccid and broader leaves than the Khasian, Tvith 8-9 pairs of nerves, and a 

 longer peduncle ; its corollas have fallen away. 



4. A. polycephala, Benth. Fl. Hongltong, 146 ; leaves sliortly petioled 

 lanceolate caudate-acuminate glabrous, heads in trichotomously branched 

 panicles, corolla glabrous. Nauclea poljcephala. Wall. Cat. 6100; G. Bon 

 Gen. Syst. iii. 467 ; Kurz Fm: Fl. ii. 66. 



SiLHET and Khasia Mts., Be Silva, Griffith, &c. Chittahono, J. B. H. Sf T. T. 

 Tenasserim, Kurz. Moulmein on Thounggyun, alt. 4000 ft., T. Lobb. 



A small evergreen tree. Leaves 3-5 by 1-1^ in., rather thiu, glossy above; 

 nerves 5-9 pair, caudate apex obtuse and variable in form and length, sometimes 

 strap-shaped; petiole ^-| in.; stipules long. Heads i in. diam. ; peduncles and 

 pedicels slender, glabrous or puberulous. Capsule obovoid. 



Vae. maerophylla ; leaves broader 6-9 by 2^-4 in. oblanceolate with more nume- 

 rous nerves (10-12 pairs) and much shorter tips. — N. microcephala, Wall, in Herb. 

 Hook. Cephalanthus aralioides, Zoll. ^ Morr. 8yst. Verz. 6 1 ; Mi<j. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 

 162, 344. Nauclea trichotoma, Zoll. ^ Morr. I. c. N. aralioides, Miq. I. a. Suppl. 

 538. — Silhet, Wallich ; IVTergui, Griffith. — Sumatra and Java : probably the Silhet 

 habitat is erroneous, the authority being a garden specimen. 



5. STEFKEGVNE, Korth. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves petioled ; stipules large, caducous. Flowers crowded 

 in globose axillary and terminal solitary panieled or subumbelled heads united 

 by their confluent calyx-tubes, each peduncle -with 2 deformed leaves at the top, 

 vyithin which are 2 caducous bracts ; bracteolea paleaceous. Calyx-tvhe short ; 

 limb cupular or tubular, truncate or 5-toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped, tube 

 long, throat hairy or glabrous ; lobes 5, short, valvate. Stamens 5, on the throat 

 of the corolla, filaments short. Ovary 2-celled ; style filiform, stigma capitate 

 or mitriform ; ovules imbricated upwards on pendulous placentas. Fruit of 2 

 dehiscent cocci, many-seeded. Seeds small, testa winged, albumen fleshy. — 

 DisiBiB. Species 10, tropical African and Asiatic. 



1. S> parvifolia, Korth. in Verh. Qesch. Nat. Bot. 161 ; leaves orbicular 

 oblong ovate or cordate, tip rounded acute or acuminate, calyx-limb very short, 

 corolla-tube much exceeding the lobes. Brand. For. Fl. 262. Nauclea parvi- 

 folia, Willd. ; Roxb. Hort. Beng. 14 ; Cor. PI. i. 40, t. 52 ; Fl. Ind. i. 513 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 6098, excl. B. partly; W. Sf A. Prodr. 391; Wt. III. t. 123; Bedd. 

 Fl. Sylv. t. 34. N. parviflora, Pers. ; Bah. 4- Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 118. Cepha- 

 lanthus pilulifer, Lamh. 



Dry forests of the Teopical Himalaya, from the Cheuab to Birma, ascending to 

 4000 ft., and throughout the drier parts of India to Ceylon. 



A small or large tree, glabrous or pubescent. Leaves extremely variable in size 

 and shape, deciduous, 2—6 in., with 6-8 pair of oblique nerves ; petiole short ; stipules 

 obovate. Heads about 1 in. diam., with 2 linear-oblong leaves at the base ; bracts 

 caducous; peduncles ^3 in. Corolla glabrous within, stamens inserted in the tube. 

 Capsules \ in. 



2. S. tubulosa, Hooh. f. in Gen. PI. ii. 31; leaves elliptic-oblong or 

 ovate-cordate shortly acuminate, calyx- limb tubular truncate, corolla-tube 

 much exceeding the lobes. Bedd. Fl. Sylv., Anal. Gen. 128, t. xxix. f. 1 {excl. 

 name parvifolia). Nauclea tubulosa, Am. in Thwaites Enum. 137 ; Bedd. Ic. 

 PI. Ind. Or. t. 18. 



Western Peninsula ; Cochin, Johnson. Ceylon, Macrae, &c. 

 A small glabrous tree. Leaves 2-6 in., rather membranous, sometimes pubescent 

 beneath, variable in shape, rarely acute at both ends, sometimes cordate ; nerves 



