NAUCLEA OADAMBA. (Nat. ord. Eubiacese.) 



E r Gen. Char, see under " N. cordifolia." 



NAUCLEA CaDAMBA. (Roxb.) A large tree, trunk erect, perfectly straight, bark smooth dark grey, branches numer- 

 ous horizontal, leaves petioled ovate to oval, smooth entire 5 to 10 inches long, 2-3 inches broad, petioles smooth about 1 £ inch 

 long, stipules triangular with a long gradual acumination, peduncles solitary terminal, jointed about half way up, and there furnished 

 with caducous bracts, flowers fragrant in a large orange colored head, with the white clubbed stigmas projecting, calyx with the division 

 spathulate, sometimes two of them shorter than the others, lobes of the corol not recurved, style much elongated, stigma oblong, capsules 

 4-sided tapering from the apex to the base, near the top it is composed of four distinct hard cells, the lower two-thirds being only 

 2-celled, seeds numerous very small angular brown colored. Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. p. 512 ; — Nauclea Orientalis, Linn, (partirn). 



This handsome t^ee is common in Bengal, Birmah and Ceylon, and if I am not mistaken in the species, also in the Wynad and 

 Malabar on river banks. The drawing and description are taken entirely from Bengal specimens, as the Malabar tree may be N. po.rpv.rea 

 Roxb., if that it distinct from Cadamhe ; it is called Kadam in Bengal (an universal name for different species of this genus), Hulambe in Ceylon, 

 and Maookadoon in Birmah ; the vjood is yellow, and is used for building and various other purposes. Dr. Brandis says it is loose grained, bui 

 recommended for furniture. 



Nauclea elliptica Dalz., from N. and S. Canara, is an allied species, dnd there are several other species in Bengal and Birmah, tome of 

 which it is hoped may be figured in future numbers of this work. 



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