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III. MAGKOLiACE^. (Hook. f. ife Tlioms.) 39 



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sometimes unisexual. Sepah and j^^^^o/^ very deciduous, hypogynous, arranged 

 m whorls of 3 (in ^w/^^e/ea absent). Stameiis indefinite, hypogynous, fila- 

 ^fi^^ flattened or terete, free or monadelphous ; anthers basifixed, adnata 

 cells bursting longitudinally. Carpels indefinite, free or partly cohering in 

 one whorl or in several on an elongate axis; styles short or rarely lon^, 

 stigmatose on the inner surface ; ovules 2 or more, or the ventral suture 

 anatropous or amphitropous. Fruit of berried or follicular rarely woody 

 indehiscent carpels, which are sometimes arranged in a cone. Seeds solitary 

 or few, sometimes pendulous from a long funicle, testa single and crus- 

 taceous, or double, the outer fleshy ; albumen granular or fleshy and oily ; 

 embryo minute, cotyledons si)reading, radicle short blunt next the hilum.— 

 i^iSTRiB. Chiefly natives of the tropical and temperate Asiatic mountains, 

 aua United States, a few are Australian ; species about 70.' " ' 



Teibe I. Trochodendrese. Periantli absent. 





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1. ECPTELEA. 



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Tribe II Wintereae. Stipules 0. Perianth double. Carpels in one 



wLorl. 



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2. Illicium. 



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_Teibe III. Magrnolieae. Erect trees or slirubs. Stijmles conspicuous, 

 involute and sheathing the young foUage, deciduous. 



^ynophore sessile. 



Urpelg of fruit indehiscent, deciduous . . ... . . . . . 3. Talauma. 



^arpe 8 of fiuit dehiscing dorsally. Ovules 2 • 4. Magnolia. ^ 



Gvn!T '^ ^'■"^^ <^<=t'S"ng dorsailV. Ovules 6 or more .... 5. Maxglietia. 



^ynophore stalked ..?...' 6. Michelia. 



Tkibe IV. Schlzandre'ee. Climbing shrubs. Leaves exstipulate. 



S;^!' °J M* spiked 7. Sciiizandra. 



•-arpela of truit capitate . 8. Kadsuba. 





1. EVPTEZiEA, Sieb. and Zucc. 



Dat!^^<^^' „f ^*^fs alternate, deciduous, toothed ; petiole sheathing : sti- 

 Sto«L« ;t ^^«"'e^s pedicelled, polygamo-dioecious. Sepals and peMs 0. 

 oCr ^^^?' ^" one whorl. Carpels as many as the stamens, pedicelled, 

 from M ' "i^*^^ compressed, winged, indehiscent ; stigma sessile, decurrent 

 Di the tip to opposite the insertion of the ovule. Frmt of indehiscent 

 ceou,* M^^^^ 1-4-seeded carpels. Seeds closely packed ; testa hard cona- 

 ing aid a J ™^^ granular ; embryo minute.— Distrib. 2 species, the tollow- 



^«- Pleiosperma, U.f. d- T. in Proc. Linn. Soc. vil 240, t. 2. 



Ashruh o''^''?^*''^^^ top of Mount Thuiuathaga,Gr#</*. , • .• \...i 



Wral sW* ''"'=^'^« smooth, spotted villi white; buds lateral and terminating short 

 *"ipU aeS fH^^^^d in hard black shining scales. Leaves 3^ hy 2-3 m. broad 

 Petiole U?n^i*"°*^'^*^' acute at both ends, glabrous, pale beneath, nerves very oblique , 



S 'I-, channelled above, dilated at the base .—Specimens imperfect. 





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dottei°'^^P ^^omatic sl^rubs or small trees. Zeam quite entire pellucid- 

 ^ -^^owera 2-sexual, solitary or fascicled, yeUow or purplisL Sepals 



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