Anthocephalus.] XLV. EUBIACE^. 261 



Pubescent ; corolla valvate ; capsules dry, distinct, in 

 globose heads. 

 Leaves oval or obovate ; calyx truncate ; stigma with 



concave base 2. Stephegtnb. 



Leaves cordate; calyx 5-lobed ; stigma clavate or capi- 

 tate 3. Adina. 



Seeds numerous, in 2-valved capsules ; flowers numerous, in 

 spikes or panicles. 

 Corolla valvate ; flowers in 3 - chotomous panicles ; cor- 

 olla - lobes fringed ; capsule dehiscing septicidally 



from below ; leaves evergreen 4. Cinchona. 



vOoroUa valvate ; flowers in bracteate spikes ; capsule dehis- 

 cing loculicidally ; leaves deciduous . . . .5. Hymenodiotyon. 

 Corolla imbricate ; flowers in 3-chotomous panicles . . 6. Wendlandia. 

 Seeds numerous, in indehisceut hemes ; flowers few ; corolla 

 contorted. 

 Flowers large or middle-sized, solitary, rarely fasciculate. 



Ovary 1-celled ; placentae parietal ; flowers 5-9-merous 7. Gardenia. 

 Ovary2-celled;placentseondissepiment; flowers 5-merous 8. Randia. 

 Flowers small, in sessile opposite axillary fascicles . 9. Hyptiantheka. 



Seeds 2, each enclosed in a chartaceous endocarp. 

 Flowers in trichotomous panicles. 

 Leaves coriaceous ; stipules interpetiolar ; style short 



exserted, 2-fid 10. IxoEA. 



Leaves membranous ; stip. sheathing ; style long ex- 

 serted, undivided 11. Pavbtta. 



Flowers in axillary fascicles . . . . . .12. Coffba. 



Seeds solitary, fruit a fleshy syncarpium with numerous 1- 



seeded pyrenes, several pyrenes often connate . . 13. Moeinda. 

 Seeds 5 J ovary 5-celled ; flowers in trichotomous panicles . 14. Hamiltonia. 



1. ANTHOCEPHALUS, A. Kichard. 



Large trees, glabrous, -with, opposite, petiolate coriaceous leaves, and 

 large interpetiolar caducous stipules. Flowers in globose, compact, ter- 

 minal heads, without bracts and bracteoles. Calyx-tubes more or less con- 

 nate, the limb cleft into 5 spathulate or oblong lobes. Corolla funnel- 

 shaped, mouth glabrous, the lobes imbricate. Stamens 5, inserted in the 

 mouth of the coroUa-tube, on short flattened filaments, the anthers ovate- 

 oblong, apiculate. Ovary 2-celled below, 4-celled above, the placeutse 

 bifid above; style filiform, exserted, stigma fusiform; ovules numerous 

 in each ceU. Fruit a fleshy syncarpium, with numerous pyrenes, 4-ceUed 

 above, S-celled below, each with few seeds. Seeds minute, with a fleshy 

 albumen ; embryo clavate, with short cotyledons and an obtuse radicle. 



1. A. Cadamba, Benth. & Hook. — Syn. Nauclea Gadamha, Eoxb. Fl. 

 Ind. i. 512; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 35. Sans. Kadaniba, ntpa. Vern. 

 Kaddam, karam. 



A large tree, with horizontal branches. Leaves ovate-oblong, glabrous 

 and shining above, pubescent beneath, acuminate, 5-9 in. long, with 10-12 

 pairs of prominent main lateral nerves. Flower-heads solitary, peduncu- 

 late, 1-2 in. diam., orange-coloured, scented, with large, white, fusiform 

 projecting stigmas. Fruit yellow, size of a small orange. 



Cultivated in Bengal and North India, as fai west as Saharanpur. Wild in 



