80 63. EUBUCEaS. 



petiolate, ovate, 10 cm. long, 5 cm. broad, acuminate or suddenly acute at 

 the apex, rounded, trmicate or slightly cordate, margin entire or obscurely 

 repandous, primary veins 7 on each side, the middle vein patent at angle 40° 

 from the costa and the basal veins at angle 90°, glabrous on. the upper 

 surface, pallid on the lower surface, petioles 3 J cm. long. Flowers in heaxJs, 

 heads globose, axillary, solitary, pedunculate (peduncles 2J cm. long). Traits 

 with 2-cocci, cocci narrowly clavate, 5J mm. long, 2 mm. broad ; bracts persis- 

 tent, complanate at the apex, peltate, pubescent. Seeds linear, testa winged, 

 8J mm. long, f mm. broad, 2-lobed at the apex. 

 TTar. Koshum : Kankaw. 



Nauclea transversa Hayata Mater. Fl. Formes, p. 139. Branches 

 strong, many branched, bark gray, with lenticels. Leaves opposite, long 

 petiolate, ovate or oblong, 12 cm. long, 5 cm. broad, palHd on both surfaces, 

 suddenly acuminate at the apex, rounded or truncate at the base, primary 

 veins 6-7 on both sides, patent at angle 60° from the costa and the basal 

 veins at angle 90°, petioles 4-5 cm. long. Flowers in heads, heads axillary, 

 solitary, pedunculate (peduncles 3-4 cm. long). Fruits with 2-cocci, cocci 

 clavate, .5 mm. long. If mm. broad, truncate at the apex, acute at the base ; 

 bracts peltate, 4 mm. long, peltas 5-lobed. Seeds linear, 3 mm. lon^, testa 

 winged, 2-lobed at the apex. 



Hab. Nanshikiaku. 



Near N. taiwaniana Hayata ; but distinguishable in the longer leaves, 

 in the paucity of the primaiy veins which are inserted at a more obtuse 

 angle, and in the unpolished leaves. 



Nauclea truncata Hayata Mater. Fl. Formes, p. 140. Branches gray, 

 with transversal lenticels. Leaves opposite, nearly sessile, oblong, 16 cm. 

 long, 8 cm. broad, obtuse at the apex and base, or truncate at the base, 

 glabrous and paUid in dried specimens, entire, primary veins impressed on 

 . the upper surface, prominent on the lower surface, patent at angle 25° from 

 the costa, veinlets inconspicuous and transversally reticulate, stipules oblong 

 and rounded at both ends, 14 mm. long, 8 mm. broad, deciduous. Flowers in 

 heads^ heads tenninal, glabrous, nearly sessile, 2 cm. in diameter. 



