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3-6. Petals 9 or more, 3- many-seriate. Stamens indefinite, filaments thick; 

 anthers adnata, introrse. Ovaries indefinite, 1-seriate, 1-oyuledj style subu- 

 late, recurved. Fruit of spreading compressed hard follicles. Seeds com- 

 pressed, testa hard shining, albumen fleshy, —Disteib. N. America, China, 

 Japan, India ; species about 5. 



1. I, ariffitMl, H.f. dj T.FL Ind. 74; leaves elliptic-lanceolate, peri- 

 anth-segments about 24, 



Copses in Bhotan and the Khasia hills, alt. 4-5000 ft., Griffith, &c. 



A shrub, branches angular, glabrous. Leaves 2-4 by 1-2 in., acute at both enas, 

 coriaceouSj shining. Flowers \\ in. diam. Sepals 6, orbicular. Petals 18, outer 

 oval, inner smaller and narrower. Carpels v\ith a thin fleshy epicarp, woody endocarp, 

 and short subulate incurved beak. — Specimens in bud and Truit only, ^- - 



2. Z. majus, H.f. S T.; leaves obovate-oblong or lanceolate, perianth- 

 segments about 16. 



Tenasserim, on the Thoung Gain range, alt. 5500 ft., hobh. 

 , A shrub, 30 ft. Leaves 4-6 by 14-2 in., sharply acuminate, coriaceous, glabroas, 

 shining above; petiole 1 in. Fhwers pink. Pedicds 1-3 in., subterminal, solitary or 

 fascicled. Sepals and petals orbicular, ciliate, inner broad-oval. FUaiaents short, 

 broader than the obloug anthers, Ovarits spreading. Fruit unknown. 



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Trees or shrubs. Leaves B,nd inQoveBcence oi Magnolia. Sepals 3. Petals 6 

 or more, in 2 or more whorls. Stamens very numerous, many-seriate ; anthers 

 linear, introrse. Gyuopliore sessile. Ovaries indefinite, 2-ovuled, spiked or 

 capitate ; stigmas dccurrent. Carpds woody, separating from the woody axis 

 at the ventral suture, and leaving the seeds suspended from the latter by an 

 elastic cord. Seeds of J/agrnofia.— Distrib. Tropics of E, Asia and S. Ame- 

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1. T. Kodgrsoni, ZT./. & T. Fl.Ind. 74; leaves obovate-oblong acute or 

 obtuse glabrous, ovaries glabrous, fruit ovoid, carpels sharply beaked. 

 ILf. Ill Him. Pl.t. Q. 



Forests of the Sikkim Himalaya and of the Khasia mtLs, alt. 4-5000 ft. 

 . A lofty everereen tree. Leaven ft-20 bv 4-9 in., rf^rianpftna nptinlft 1-5 in. Flowers 



white, odorous; peduncle short, thick ; buds subglobose, 2-3 in. diam. Fruit 4-6 ia 

 carpels li by 1 in. ; pits of the axis deep, nearly square. 



2. T. Rabaniana, IL/. d: T. Fl. Ind. 75 ; leaves lanceolate glabrous, 

 ovaries glabrous, fruit ovoid, carpels shortly beaked, Liriodendrun hlii- 

 fera, Rox^). FL Ind. ii. 654. 



PVests of the Khasia hills, all. 4000 ft., II, f. & H 



A lofty tree. Leaves 8-12 by 2-4 in.; petiole 1 in. Fruit 4-6 in., longer than 

 broad ; pits of the axis shallow, elongated. 



3. T. lanlg-era, H.f. <t T. ; leaves lanceolate acute at both ends, gla- 

 brous, ovaries densely woolly, ripe fruit unknown. 



Eastern Peninsula, Oriffith. 



A tree. Leaves 12 by 5 in. ; petiole 1 in., thickened below. Flotcers large, odorous; 

 peduncle densely toraentose. Sepals 3, tomentose, at length gUbrate. Petals about 8. 

 oblong, fleshy, exceeding the sepaia, '■ Carpels (immature) densely woolly, beak glabrous. 



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