J^eii/rocalyx.] lxxt, EUBUCBiB. (J. D. Hooker.) 47 



in short axillary nodding racemes or heads; bracts simple or 3-toothed or 

 -partite. Calyx-lobes 6, broad, membranous, reticjilate. Corolla rotate ; lobes 

 shorter and narrower than the calyx-lobes, valvate. Stamens 5, filaments 

 very short; anthers connate in a conical tube, bursting inwards. Ovary 2- 

 oelled ; style filiform, stigma capiteUate ; ovules numerous on swollen peltate 

 placentas. Fruit coriaceous or fleshy, usually irregularly bursting, many- 

 seeded. Seeds minute, globose, testa crustaceous pitted; embryo obovoid in 

 fleshy albumen. — ^Disirib. Species 6-8, on the Dekkan Mts., Ceylon, and 

 Borneo. 



1. IT. zeylanicus, Sbok. Ic. PL t. 174; glabrous, leaves oblanceolate 

 acuminate narrowed into slender petioles, nerves beneath and inflorescence 

 puberulous, flowers racemose, calyx-lobes lanceolate. 



Ceylon ; Suffragam district, ascending to 4000 ft., Walker, &c. 



Stem woody, 2-8 in., elotied with spreading subspinescent stipular segments. 

 Leaves 4-8 by 1-2 in.; nerves about 20 pair. Feduncles numerous, half as long as 

 the leaves. Flowers § in. diam. Corolla not half as long as the calyx, lobes lanceo- 

 late. 



2. IT. Wf g'htii, Arn. in Ann. Nat. Hist, ii. 22 ; leaves sessile oblanceolate 

 acuminate glabrous above, nerves beneath and inflorescence furfuraceous, flowers 

 racemose, calyx-lobes ovate acute. N. Hookeriana, Wt. Ic. t. 52. Argo- 

 ^temma calycinum, Br. in Benn. PI. Jav. JRar. 97 ; TFall. Cat. 8397. 



Southern Mountains of the Westekn PENmsuLA ; Wynaad, Hamilton, &o. ; Nil- 

 ^herris, Munro. Ceyion, ascending to 2000 ft., WalJeer, &c. 



■Stem 2-4 in., -woody, tortuous. Leaves 6-9 by 1^3 in.; nerves 12-15 pair; 

 stipules lanceolate, membranous. Peduncles not half so long as the leaves. Flowers 

 _§ in. diam. Corolla nearly as long as the calyx, lobes ovate. 



3. IT. capitata, Benth. mss. ; leaves oblanceolate narrowed into long 

 stout petioles, nerves beneath and inflorescence pubescent, flowers capitate, 

 calyx-lobes ovate acute. 



Ceylon, Walker, Champion, 



Stem erect, stout, a foot or more high, with distant pairs of large leaves, glabrous. 

 Leaves 10-12 by 2^4 in.; nerves 15-20 pair; stipules membranous, 2-partite, 

 segments ovate caudate-acuminate, Pedtmcles axillary, shorter than the petioles; 

 heads of flowers globose or oblong. Flowers f in. diam. Corolla-lobes broadly ovate, 

 obtuse, half as long as the calyx. — ^Very different from N. Wightii in the long stout 

 stem, much larger petioled leaves with more numerous nerves, and larger flowers. 



4. JSt. Cbampionii, Benth, in Thw. Enum. 139 ; leaves sessile or 

 petioled obovate-lanceolate obtuse bullate above, nerves beneath and inflores- 

 cence villous, flowers racemed, calyx-lobes ovate acute, 



Cbylon ; Kokool Corle, Thwaites. 



Stem very short, woody. Leaves 3-6 by 1-2 in., midrib hairy above, base obtuse 

 or narrowed into the petiole; nerves about 10 pair; stipules membranous, 2-partite. 

 Eacemes half as long as the leaves. Flowers J in. diam. Corollorlobes narrow, 

 oblong, equalling the broadly ovate acute calyx-lobes. 



6. IT. Gardner!, Thw. Enwm, 139; leaves obovate-lanceolate with 

 rounded apiculate tips narrowed into a very short petiole hairy above and 

 beneath, inflorescence racemose villous, calyx-lobes ovate- or orbicular-cordate. 



Ceylon ; Pasdoon Corle and Hewetsea, Crardner, Thwaites. 



Stem short, stout, woody, villous. Leaves 4-10 by l^^ in., very membranous, 

 •ciliate, obscurely crenulate ; nerves 15-18 pair; stipules 2-partite, segments caudate- 

 acuminate. Corolla not seen. 



