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19. NAUCLEA. 



1. Parvifloha, Roxb. Fl Ind. i, 613. — A tree, glabrous ; 

 branches brachiate ; stipules oval, leaves petioled, ovate or oval, or 

 obovate-obtuse, or with a short, blunt point ; general peduncles 

 opposite, terminal, bearing a pair of small deciduous leaves, partial 

 ones scarcely so long as the globose head of flowers ; limb of the 

 calyx very short, almost truncated. Native name " Kuddura." 

 The Concans ; the M awul districts. The wood is used for gun- 

 stocks and building. It soon rots when exposed to wet. Syn. 

 N parviflora, Pers. Syn. i, 202 ; N orientalis, Linn. (?) ; Cepha- 

 lanthus pilulifer. Lam. Encycl. Meth. i, 678. 



2. CoRDiFOLiA, Roxb. Fl Ind. i, p 514. — A tree; stipules 

 oval ; leaves petioled, cordate-roundish, pubescent above, tomentose 

 beneath ; general peduncles axillary, 1 to 3 together, bearing at the 

 apex a pair of scariose roundish deciduous bracts ; partial one 

 longer than the globose head of flowers ; calyx segments clavate, 

 corolla pubescent. This tree yields the Hedoowood, a very inferior 

 wood, used for making packing boxes for opium, &c. Roxburgh 

 says it is beautiful, and that it answers very well for furniture.' It 

 is good for planking where not exposed. 



3. N Elliptica. — A large tree ; leaves elliptic-acute at both 

 ends, rather thick and coriaceous, shining, glabrous ; peduncles 

 axillary and terminal, solitary, -^^ inches long ; heads of flowers 

 globose, 1 inch in diameter, stigmas long exserted, thick, smooth, with 

 a round head ; corol tubular, wider upwards, yellowish white, 4^ lines 

 long, divisions short, oval-obtuse, with a mucro on the back below 

 the apex ; calyx divisions subulate, hairy ; leaf with the petiole 

 7 inches long and 3 broad. Native name " Phooga." Near Sura, 

 and the village of lioolun, not far from Choria Ghaut. 



20. ARGOSTEMMA, WalL 



1. Glabrrrimum, Dalz. in Hook. Jour. Bot. iii, p 345. — Four 

 to 5 inches high, erect; leaves 4, verticelled, lanceolate acuminated, 

 unequal, and with unequal sides ; inflorescence umbelled tricho- 

 tomous, shorter than ihe leaves, umbels few-flowered ; flowers 

 pentameri'us, filaments much sv/ellon at the apex, adhering to- 

 gether. On trees in the Warree country. 



2. A CuNEATUM, Dalz. loc. cit. — Stem pubescent ; leaves 2 to 4 

 verticelled, subsessile, ovate, unequal, sparinirly jiuberous on both 

 sides ; peduncle simple, glabrous, umbel short, many-flowered ; 

 bracts foUaceous, cuneate; flowers tetramerous ; calyx and pedicels 

 pubescent ; anthers without beaks. On rocks at the Choria 

 Ghaut ; flowers in August. 



