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Commonly cultivated, but wild in the forests of the Temperate Himalaya, from 



Aipal eastward ; and in Pegu, Tenasserim, the Nilghiris and Trayancor. — Distrib, 

 Java(CAaw;)i). 



A tall tree ; brancldets pubescent. Leaves 8-10 by 2^-4 in., shining above, pale and 

 glabrous or pnberulous beneath ; petiole l-i^ in. Flowers 2 in. diam., pale yellow or 

 oran:re, verj^ fragrant; peduncle short; buds silky. Sepals oblong, acute. Petals 

 Imear. Fruit 3-4 in., carpels subsessile. 



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3. HI. excelsa, Blame FL Jav. Magnol. 9; leaves oblong or oblong- 

 lanceolate acute silky-brown beneath, flowers white, segments of perianth 



mr i^' ^'^^^^^s pubescent. Wall. Cat. 6494 : Wiglit III i, 14 ; H.f, & T. 

 ^(' Jnd, 80; Grif Ic. iv. 655. Magnoliri excelsa, Wall. Tent Fl. Nep. t. 2. 



Tehper^vte Himalaya, alt. 5000 ft., from Nipal to Bhotan, and in the Khasia hills. 

 ^^ A lofty tree ; young parts softly brown-hairy. Leaves 5-8 by 2-3 in., acute, glabrous 



7) . , » petiole 1 in. Flowers 4-5 in. diam. ; buds 2 in., silky-brown. Sepals obovate. 

 ««« gradually narrower. Fruit 5-8 in. ; carpels subsessile, rather distant. . ..,'.;, 



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i at. lanug-lnosa, Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep. 8, t. 5; Ccrf. 6493; leaves ob- 



ong or lanceolate, glabrous above white and' tomentose beneath, flowers 

 jnite, segments of perianth about 18, ovaries densely woolly. U.f. dh T. 

 ^Und.m. M. velutina, i>C. P.Wr. i. 79. 



muA^^^^^ Himalaya, alt. 5-7000 ft., from Nipal to Bhotan, and in the Khasia 



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l»y2-n ' ^^ '^^^® *^^^ ' young parts densely white- or grey-tomentose. Leaves 6-10 

 obtnse /' ' ^^^^'^^ * ^"' Flowers 3-4 in. diam. ; buds IJ in. Sepals narrow-obovate, 

 — WalV f"?^''-P^'^« narrower, acute. Fruit 4-5 in. ; carpels obovate, stalked, distant. 



Wh Z . '^'P®* ^I^'-s as a tall tree flowering in spring. In Sikkim it forms a large 

 I uowering in autumn. . . 



Wceo^f I ?P*' ^^«'«-; I>C. Prodr. i. 79; leaves lanceolate or oblong- 

 ovanVr^^ glabrous, flowers Dale yellow, segments of perianth about 12, 

 2^6 .'l/^nsely pubescent. ]Vall. Tent. FL Nep. t. 4; Cat. 970 ; Don Froilr. 

 -^^^•/'(^T.Fl.Ind. 81. 



A^tTtt^^ Himalaya, alt. 5-7000 ft., from Nipal to Kamaon. 

 glabrous T ' S'"^^' J'°""g P^^ts clothed with appressed grey pubescence, soon 



petiole 1 'in ^^^* ^^ Vli-2in., acute or acuminate, glabrous on both surfaces; 

 scarcely nu~ 'f * ^~^ ^^- ^^^'^- ; buds puberulous. &i>a& narrow-obovate. letals 



J narrower than the sepals. Fruit 3-4 in. ; carpels sessile. 



flowers axillary. Qvvles 2, superposed. 



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Weath" y^^^'^S^*' ^<dl. Cat. 972 ; leaves obovate-oblong glabrous glaucous 

 Si ; M iaof r^^'riT-^^^^*®' segments of perianth about ^ " fT f A-T Fl Tnd 

 Pore • ^''^- ^'*^^- 



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^lin- >i^^ r^ S'abrous. Xmi;e« 4-6 by 2-24 in-, obtusely acuminate; petiolo 

 ■ ceolate p^^J^^ about 1 i,,., glabrous. Se2>al8 1| in., narrow-obovate. ^-"''* 

 i ,. ' ^'^^■P^ts sessile.— An imperfectly known species. 



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?inate Vk?"**"*?**' ^-^- / ^- T. Fl. Ind. 8 1 ; leaves oblong abruptly acu- 

 ''^Qsely S ^'^^' flowers white, segments of perianth about 9, ovaries 

 ^^e^^K "** ^*g"oliapu"duana, TFaZZ. Caf. 974. ;..;v; .r : 



^."''« Of obtii!n ^°"VS P^irts brown-silky, soon glabrate. Ltavet 4-6 by 2 in., base 

 "•^f^nanth^l f »'P'e i-| in. i?'fo„,er« 14-2 in. diam. ; buds |-1 in., silky. Secernent 3 



"?7^}Q, outer obtuse, inner acute. Fruit 3-4 in.; carpels sessile. 



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