1203 A and B. 
CONOCEPHALUS* naucleifidrus. 
Nauclea-flowered Conocephalus. 
DIGCIA TE TRANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Urticem. § Artocarpee. 3 
CONOCEPHALUS Blume.— Flores diceci, capitato-spicati. Calyx 
tubulosus, (3-)4-fidus.—Masc.: Stamina (3,) 4; jilamentis non exsertis, 
carnosis. Rudimentum pistilli’— Fem.: Ovarium oblongo-cylindraceum, 
ovulo unico; stylus longus, indivisus. Nuces subbaccati, calyce excrescente 
tecti, congesti, compressiusculi. Testa subchartacea. Embryo exalbu- 
minosus (vy. subexalbuminosus), inversus. Cotyledones subfoliaceee, plano- 
convexe. Radicula brevis. Blume Bidrag. p. 484, terminis pauld 
mutatis. . 
C. naucleiflorus; caule radicante scandente, foliis oblongis acutis scabris, 
capitulis masculis dichotomé paniculatis. 
Urtica naucleiflora. Roxb. fl. md. MS. 
Caulis lignosus, radicans, cortice scabro, super arbores scandens. Folia 
alterna, petiolata, cordatu, integra, glabra, 4-8 uncias longa, 3-6 ‘lata ; 
petiolis teretibus, coloratis, dimidium foliorum equantibus ; stipulis ovato- 
oblongis, ferrugineis. Masc.: Capituli dichotome paniculati, ex azillis 
foliorum adultorum, pisiformes, é floribus minutis odoratissimis constantes. 
Bractewe ad dichotomias opposite, oblonge, ferruginee. Calyx tubulosus, 
4-fidus, (in nostris exemplaribus trifidus), laciniis cucullatis supra antheras. 
Stamina tot quot lacinie calycine, tisque opposita, plana, clavata ; anthers 
paululum exserte, cordate. Rudimentum ovarii capitatum, basi pubescens. 
Foem. : Capituli ut in mare dichotomé paniculuti axillares, ¢ floribus parvis, 
purpureis, pedicellatis, odoratissimis constantes. Calyx tubulosus, 4-fidus, 
laciniis sepe inequalibus. Ovarium superum, oblongum, uniloculare, ovulo 
unico erecto; stylus brevis; stigma oblongum, laterale. Nux calyce bac- 
cato vestita, epicarpio carnoso, endocarpio cartilagineo. ‘Testa membranacea. 
Albumen in seminibus recentibus tenue. Embryo inversus. Cotyledones 
oblonge. Radicula supera, cylindracea.— Roxb. MSS. quoad foeminam, et 
partem maris. 
The accompanying drawing was made some years 
since, in the Hothouse of the Comte de Vandes; but no 
* From x@vos, a cone, and xe~erz, a head; in allusion to the form of the 
heads of flowers. 
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