Katti'Iea] 



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5. N. excelsa, Blumo. :SJ yodv, in. Vegn (D. B. Oct. 1862). Thifpaucmug, Burm. A 

 lar^^^ tree, 1. ivlabimis, shining on both sides, elliptic-oblong, blade 6-10, narrowed into 

 petiole I in. long, sec. n. 8-12 iDair. Fl. heads IJ in. diam. to extremity of stigma, 

 pednncleh in threes, 2-3 in. long, bracts immediately below the heads, caducous, 

 Eocf^ptacle densely hairv, calyx-lobes nearly as long as corolla, narrow linear with a 

 thick clavate end, corolla glabrous. Stigma broadly ovoid. May possibly not be 

 iV. f irelsa of Java. 6. N. nicobarica, Haviland. Nicobars, 1. glabrous, from a slightly 

 unfMiual-sided base ovate or obovate-elliptic, blade 4-6, petiole J in, long. Peduncles 

 solitary or in threes, 1-3 in. long, bracts close under the heads, caducous. 



e, STEPHEGYNE, Korth.; 11. Brit. Ind. iiL 25. 

 Mitragyna, Korth. ; Haviland in Joiirn. Linn. Soe. xxxiii. QS, 



Y\. beads solitary or panioled. PL pentamerous, intermixed -witli linear 

 bracteoles, corolla-kbes valvate, ovarie!:^ free, stigma concave at base. Seeds 

 winged. 



Fig. 154, — Stephegyne diversifolia, Hook, f . \. 



Species 8, from tropical Africa to New Guinea. 



1, S. parvifolia, Kortli. — Syn. NaucJea ]parvifolia^ Willd. ; Roxb. Cor. 



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