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NAUCLEA Adina. 
M yrtle-leaved Nauclea. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat, ord. Rusracez. 
NAUCLEA L.— Capitulum calyx, corolla, stamina Cephalanthi, addit4 
quinté floris parte. Stylus et stigma idem, Capsula 2-cocca coccis poly- 
spermis apice infixis axi filiformi centrali (ut in umbelliferis), a basi disce- 
dentibus et intis sutura dehiscentibus; semina plurima marginata minuta, 
ope finiculi setacei inserta marginibus suturee.. Arbuscule, capitula axillaria 
et terminalia, longe pedunculata pedunculo 1-2-squamuloso. Car. fructis 
ex G, t. 30. Congener tum Funis uncatus Rumph. 5. t. 34 tum Ouro- 
paria Aubl. t. 68. (Uncaria Schreb. Agylophora Neck.) cut preterea sepius 
spine adunce opposite, foliis decussativé interposite. Juss. mem. mus. 
13.402. 
N, Adina; foliis lanceolatis glabris, capitulis solitariis axillaribus, pedunculis 
foliorum longitudine, pericarpio tenui oligospermo. 
Adina globiflora. Paradisus Londinensis, t. 115. 
Nauclea Adina. Smithin Rees in loco. 
Cephalanthus chinensis Hort. An quoque Lamarchii? 
Suffrutex dumosus, 2-pedalis. Folia opposita, lanceolata, acuminata, 
glaberrima, capitulorum longitudine, petiolo brevi puberulo, stipuld inter- 
medid acute bilobd. Flores pallidé lutei, in receptaculo globoso aggregati, 
suaveolentes. Receptaculum paleis filiformibus clavatis calycis longitudine 
téctum., Calyx superus, campanulatus, 5-partitus, lobis linearibus, obtusis, 
glabris. Corolla infundibularis, 5-loba, intis glabra, lobis ovatis valvatis. 
Stamina 5, filamentis brevibus, infra sinus limbi inserta, Anthere ovate, 
acuta, biloculares, antice longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Stylus filiformis, rec- 
tus, corolla dupld longior. Stigma capitatum. Ovarium liberum, inferum, 
~ obovatum, pilosum, 2-loculare, ovulis in utroque loculo 4 pendulis. Pericar- 
pium tenue, 2-loculare, loculis bivalvibus, ab axt persistente calyce coronatd 
discedentibus. Semina in utrdque valvuld duo, tenuia, marginata utrinque 
caudata. 
A small shrub, a native of China, whence living plants 
were brought for the Horticultural Society, in 1822, by the 
late Mr. Potts. Our drawing was made in the Chiswick 
Garden in September last. It requires the protection of a 
conservatory, and is easily propagated by cuttings. 
It is difficult to determine the genus to which this plant 
should be referred. Mr. Salisbury, who first noticed it in 
