40 III. MAONOLiACE^. (Hook. f. & Tlioms.) [Ma{jnolia. 



Tliei e is an undescribed Magnolia or Manglietia in Herb. Hook, from Bliotan {Booth) 

 too incomplete for description. 



5. BXANGZiXBTZA, Blume. 



Trees ; foliage and inflorescence of Magnolia. SepahZ. Petals 6 or more, 

 2- or more-seriate. Stamens very numerous, many-seriate ', anthers linear, 

 adnate, introrse. Gynopliore sessile. Ovaries many, cohering in an <^J^i? 

 head; stigma decurrent on ,the ventral suture - ovules 6 or more. Fru^ 

 Dvoid, head of carpels persistent dehiscing dorsally. Seed8 as in Magnolia.^ 

 DiSTRiB. Mountains of tropical Asia ; species 5. * 



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1. M. ixisig;ziis, BluTne Fl Jav, Magnol 23 ; leaves lanceolate acute or 

 acuminate, fruit a dense oblong spike of carpels. H,f. <& T, FL Ind. 76. 

 Magnolia insignis, Wall Tent FL Nep. 1. 1, PLAs, Kar. ii. t. 182 ; CaL 973. 



NiPAL, alt. 6-10,000 ft. Khasia hills, alt. 3-6000 ft. ^ . ^^ 



A loftj tree, wholly glabrous except a few brown hairs on the tips of the^ bua-pcales. 

 Leaves 4--8 by 1-24 ''^-j coriaceous, shining above, pale beneath, petiole |-1 in. Flowers 

 odorous, nale pink ; buds 2 in., ovoid-oblong. Pdals 9. Fruit 3-4 in., bright-purple 

 when fresh. 



Var. 1. latifolia: leaves 4-6 by 2-2^ in., elliptic-lanceolate acute. 



Var. 2. AXOusTiFOLiA ; leaves 6-H by 1-2 in., lanceolate acuminate. ..,s 



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2. M. Caveana, II. / c& T. FL Ind, 76 ; leaves obovate-oblong obtuse 

 or mucronate, fruit an ovoid or subglobose spike of carpels. ' ' 



Forests of the Khasia hills, alt. 2-3000 ft., II,f. d' T. ' . . 



A lofty tree, glabrous everywhere. Leaves 8-10 by 3-4 in,, coriaceous, glaucous be- 

 neath, reticulated when dry ; petiole 2 in. Flowers unknown. Carpels rounded at the 

 back. Seeds 2-6. . 



6. MZCKBZiXA, Linn. 



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Trees. Leaves as in Magnolia. Flowers axillary, solitary (terminal lu 

 M. Cathcartii). Sejxils and petals similar, 9-15 or more, 3- or more-seriate. 

 Stamens as in Magnolia. Gynophore stalked. Carpels in a loose spike, 

 stigma decurrent ', ovules 2 or more. Fruit a lax or dense elongate spike 

 of coriaceous dorsally dehiscing carpels. Seeds of J/cfgrMo^ia.— DiSTBiB. 

 About 12 species ; temp, and trop. Mts. of India, 



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* Flowers terminal. 



1. M. Cathcartii, H.f.&T.Fl.Ind,l%\ leaves oblong-lanceolate 

 acuminate, nerves hairy on both surfaces, i>erianth-segments 9. ILf^l^^* 

 Ilim. PLtl. 



Temperate forests of the Sikkim Himalaya, alt. 5-6000 ft. 



A lo^y tree; yonng branches densely silky. Lexives 4 by 1 4 in., thin, subcoriaceoas, 

 palu beneath ; petiole \ in. Flowers 1 in. diiiin., white. Sepals and petals bblongi 

 jnner gradually smaller. Carpels sessile, densely imbricate ; rachis 2-4 in. 



** Flowers axillary. Omdes 3 or more {see also 8, nilagirica). 



2. UK. Champaca, L. ; leaves ovate-lanceolate tapering to a long point, 

 flowers yellow, segments of perianth 15-20. ovaries pubescent, DC Fi^odr. 



i. 79 : Wall. Cat. 969 (except Z); Poxb. FL Ind. ii. 656 : W. <t A. Prodr. 

 i. 6 ; Wight III i. 13 ; Plume FL Jav. Magnot t. 1 ; H.f. d: T. FL Ind. 79. 



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M. rufinervis, DC. Lc. 79 ; M. Doldsopa, liarn^ ex PC, Lc. ; Don Prodr. 226; 

 WaU. Tent FL Nep. t. 3 ; CaL 971 ; M. aurantiaca, WalL Cat. 6492; Pfo^^^- 

 As. Rar. t. 1 47. M. Rheedii, Wight IlL i. 1 4, t. 6, t 6, >, \ ;. -^. ,^ \ 



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