Nauclea.] lxxv. rubiaceji. (J. D. Hooker.) 27 



petiole |-J in. ; stipules liuear-oblong. Heads 2J in. diam. ; pedunclps slender, 1-2 

 in., -with i bracts below or above the middle. Flowers oehreous-pnrple ; style rather 

 short. 



3. K. peduncularis, Wall. Cat. 609 ; leaves large elliptic or elliptic- 

 oMong coriaceous obtusely acuminate, peduncles 3-nate very stout, corolla silky. 

 O. Don Gen. Syst. iii. 469. 



Penang, Porter. — Disteib. Sumatra. 



Branches very robust. Leaves 6-12 by 3-5 in., shining above, cordate or tapering- 

 into a very stout petiole ^1 in. ; nerves strong beneath. Peduncles 1-2| in., lateral 

 spreading, central short or long. Heads Ij in. diam.; calyx-lobes long, slender,, 

 clavate, acuminate, very silky, longer than the tube of the glabrous corolla. 



** Stigma elongate acute, stipules concave siub-persisteTit. 



4. IT. missionis, Wall. Cat. 6099; leaves elliptic-lanceolate acute or 

 obtuse membranous glabrous, peduncles short stout solitary, calyx and corolla 

 tomentose. W. ^ A. Prodr. 392 ; Am. Pugill. PI. Ind. Or. 20. N. oblongata, 

 Miq. in Herb, ffohenack. 717. N. orientaUs, Serb. Madr. N. elliptica, Dalz. 8r 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 118. 



Teavancoe, Bottler, Wight. Malabar, HohenacJcer. Concan, Stocks. 



Very similar to N. purpwea, but distinguished by the subsessile leaves of which 

 the petioles are usually winged to the base, and the elongate stigma, and the remark- 

 able stipules. Leaves 4-7 by 1^-2^ in., shining above ; petiole rarely ^ in. ; nerves 

 10-12 pair, slender; stipules forming an appressed cylindiic coriaceous sheath, more- 

 or less connate, sometimes half-way up, glabrous, obtuse, very persistent. Peduncles 

 usually inclined, §-1 in., with stipular sheathing bracts at the base, and i small bracts 

 united below into a cup above the base, of which 2 are shorter than the others. Heads 

 1-j in. diam. ; calyx-lobes and corolla-lobes tomentose. — Of Dalzell's N. elliptica there 

 are authentic specimens, but in bud only. He describes the stigma as ' round,' hut 

 his specimens accord so entirely with "Wight's, Eottler's, &c., in all other respects, 

 that I suspect some mistake. His plant should be searched for ' near Sura, and the 

 village of Hoolun, not far from Chorla Ghaut.' 



6. Vt, IHaing'ayi, Hook. f. ; leaves broadly elliptic or elliptic-obovate 

 coriaceous obtusely acuminate, nerves beneath pubescent, peduncles solitary 

 very short, calyx and corolla-lobes tomentose. 



Malacca ; Maingay (Kew Distrib. 823). 



Branches stout, glabrous. Leaves 4-6 by 2-3 in., shining above, contracted into- 

 a short petiole which is almost winged to the base; nerves 12-14 pair, strong, 

 spreading; stipules f in. long, forming an appressed cylindric sheath, obtuse, 

 coriaceous. Peduncle ^ in,, curved, with basal sheathing stipular bracts, and broad 

 subpersistent ones under the head. Head 1^ in. diam. — Very near to N. missionis, 

 with similar remarkable stipules, but the leaves are much broader, very coriaceous, 

 with more numerous more spreading strong nerves, which are pubescent beneath; the 

 bracts under the head appear to be very large and orbicular, but they are much 

 withered, and I have seen only 2 specimens. — A Bornean species (Beccari, n. 681) is- 

 probably the same as this, but the heads are larger. 



DOTJETFUL SPECIES. 



N. ovALiFOLiA, Boxb. Hort. Bmg. 14; Fl. Ind. i. 576; Ed. Carey ^ Wall. ii. 124; 

 ' leaves sessile oval and elliptic, flowers terminal solitary.' — ' Forests of Silhet ' : 

 called Shal by the natives. — Possibly Adina sessilifolia. Don refers it to Vncaria 

 elliptica, which is not a Khasian plant. 



N. EXCELSA, Blume; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 65, from Pegu. This is certainly not 

 Blume's plant, if- Kurz is correct in describing it as having no bracteoles, and the 



