MiiEAGYNA.] • BUBIACE^. 407 



2. ADINA, Salisb. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii, 24. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves petioled ; stipules large, caducous. 

 blowers bracteate or not, densely crowded in solitary or panicled 

 globose beads ; receptacle bairy. Calyx-tuhe angled, lobes 5. Corolla 

 funnel-shaped, tube long, throat glabrous ; lobes 5, valvate. Stamens 

 5, on the mouth of the corolla, filaments short. Ovary 2-CelIed ; 

 style filiform, stigma capitate or clubbed ; ovules numerous, imbri- 

 cated on a pendulous placenta in each cell. Capsule of 2 dehiscent 

 cocci, many-seeded. /Seec?* oblong, testa winged, endosperm copious. 

 ^-Species 6 or 7s in Trop. Asia and Africa. 



A. cordifolia, Hoolc. f. in Gen. PI. ii, 30 ; Brand. For. Fl. 263, t. 33 ; 

 P. B. I. iii, 24 ; Wati E. D.; Havil. in Journ. Linn. 8oc. xxxiii, 47 ; 

 Gamble Man. Ind. Timb. 401 ; Kanjilal For. Fl. School Circle, N.-W. P, 

 100 ; Cooke Fl. Bomh. i, 581. Nauclea cordifolia, Willd.; Boxh.; Fl. Ind. 

 i. 514 ; W. Sf A. Prod., 391. Fl. llS.^Yevn. Haldu, hardu, UTchoe (Oudh) 

 A large tree, its trunk usually buttressed at the hase. Branchlets leaves 

 beneath and petioles pubescent. Leaves petioled, deciduous, 4-9 in. 

 in diam., orbicular, cordate, abruptly acuminate, pubescent beneath, 

 coriaceous ; lateral nerves 5-7 pair, prominent beneath ; petiole stout, 

 about half the length of the leaf ; stipules orbicular or oblong, pubes- 

 cent, caducous. Peduncles 1-3, axillary, 1-2 in. long, stout, 1-rarely 

 2-headed, as long as the petioles, with 2 small bracts near the apex. 

 Heads globose, |-1 in. in diameter, receptacle pilose ; hracteoles short' 

 linear. Flowers many, yellow. Calyx-lohes clavate. Corolla dilated 

 above, downy outside , lobes recurved. Styles exserted, stigma clavate. 

 Capsule ^ in. cuneate, downy ; cells about 6-seeded. 



.i'orests of Dehra Dun and of the Siwalik range, and throughout the Sub- 

 Himalayan tracts of Eohilkhand N. Oudh and Gorakhpur, also in 

 Bundelkhand. Leafless for a short time in May. Flowers in June and 

 July. DiSTBiB. Outer ranges of Himalaya up to 3,000 ft., extending 

 eastwards to Sikkim, Bhutan, and Burma, and southwards through 

 Cent, and S. India to Ceylon. A handsome shade-giving tree. The 

 hard reddish brown wood is much prized by native wood-carvers ; it is 

 also largely used for making furniture and agricultural implements. 



3. MITBAGYNA. Korth. 



Stephegtne in Fl. Beit. Ind. hi, 25. 



. Shrubs or trees. Leaves petioled ; stipules large, caducous. 

 Flowers crowded in globose axillary and terminal solitary panicled or 

 snbumbelled heads united by their confluent calyx-tubes, each 

 peduncle with 2 deformed leaves at the top, within which are 2 

 c?iducous bracts ; hracteoles paleaceous. Calyx-tuhe short, limb 



