MAGNOLIACE. 
neath; buds clothed with rusty down; three outer petals calyci- 
form reflexed ; carpels 4-seeded; flower-bud smooth. h. F. 
Native of Nipaul on Sheopore. Magnolia insignis, Wall. tent. 
fl. nap. t.1. This is a fine shewy tree bearing large yellowish 
flowers tinged with rose. Strobile ovate, densely imbricated. 
The wood is pale yellow of a fine grain. 
Shewy Manglietia. Tree 40-60 feet. . 
Cult. These elegant trees never having been introduced to 
this country, the mode of cultivating them is unknown, but we re- 
commend the same mode of treatment as given for Michéliat. 
VII. MICHE'LIA (in honour of Pietro Antonio Micheli, a 
celebrated Florentine botanist, died in 1737, author of Nova 
Plantarum Genera Flor. 1729. fol. and several other works). 
Lin. Gen, 691. Geert. fruct. 2. p. 263. t. 137. 
Lin. syst. Polydndria, Polygjnia. Carpels somewhat bac- 
cate, opening at the top, many-seeded, disposed in loose spikes (f. 
21, b.). Calyx of 3 sepals, girded on the outside by a deciduous 
spath-like bractea, which open laterally. Petals 6-15. Flowers 
sweet-scented. These elegant trees are a great ornament in 
India, where they are generally known by the name of Champa. 
They are celebrated by Indian poets, and are highly venerated 
by the Hindus. They are good timber trees. 
l M. Cuampa‘ca (Lin. spec. 
756.) leaves ovate-oblong, acumin- 
ated, acute at the base, with the 
ribs beneath as well as the pe- 
duncles and spaths silky. h.S. 
Native of India, where it is also 
very much cultivated. The tree 
is highly venerated by the Hindus, 
who have given one ofits names Tu- 
lasi to a sacred grove of their Par- 
nassus on the banks of the Yamu- 
na, and it is also dedicated by them 
to their God Vishnu. Lam. ill. t. 
493. Blum. fl. jav. fasc. 19. t. 1. 
+ Suavéolens, Pers. ench. 2. p. 
94. Champica, Rheed. mal. 1. pe 
8l. t. 19. Sampàca, &c. Rumph. 
ih 2. p. 199. t. 67. Flowers large, yellow, or copper-co- 
oured, sweet scented through the day but at night they become 
rather fetid. Peduncles short, axillary 1-flowered. Petals 
oblong, 8-9 lines long and 3 lines broad. This tree is celebrated 
h the exquisite perfume of its flowers, of which most Europeans 
who have been in India speak with rapture, though some find it 
too powerful, The natives adorn their heads with the flowers, 
na for the sake of perfume and for the elegant contrast of their 
mod Orange colour with their own black hair. The tree is of 
ac erate sıze; the bark of its root red, bitter, and very acrid 
eis ng to Rheede. The flowers are not unlike a double Ni ar- 
derived The fruit is said to be edible. The name Champaca is 
R ae from Ciampa an island between Camboge and Cochin- 
i a where the tree grows. The island is also called Tsampa, 
“Cn also M. Tsiampaca. 
0 impanck. FI. throughout the year. Clt. 1779. Tree 30- 
2 M. Ky'sopa (Hamilt. in D. C. syst. 1. p. 448. Wall. tent. 
flower, t. 4.) leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, smooth ; 
atiy S stalked; anthers erect, acute; flower-buds villous. h . G. 
er na Nipaul at Harain-Hetty, where it is called Kisopa. 
corie o e M. Champàca, but differing in the leaves being more 
Biore Lk and never drawn out along the petioles. Petals 9, 
is aro oblong and more acute. The fleshy part of the seed 
matic. Flowers stalked, pale yellow, not above one half 
e si N 
å 1ze of those of M. Champaca, and hardly sweet-scented. 
OL, I.—PART I. ” 
VIIL. Micuerra. S1 
Kisopa. FI. Oct. Nov. Tree 50 feet. 
3 M. Do'rrsopa (Hamilt. in D.C. syst. 1. p. 448. Wall. tent. 
fl. nap. t. 3.) leaves oval-oblong, acuminated, smooth, but rather 
glaucous and rather puberulous on the under surface ; flowers 
on long stalks; stigmas revolute ; anthers mucronate ; flower- 
buds clothed with rusty tomentum. h.G. Native of Java and of 
Nipaul about Harain-Hetty, where it is called Doltsopa. Flowers 
yellow, fragrant; petals oval, 6-9, outer ones oblong, inner ones 
narrower. The wood is sweet-scented and is the best in Nipaul 
for buildings. 
Doltsopa. Fl. Feb. Tree 40-60 feet. 
4 M. Tstampa'ca (Lin. Mant. 78.) leaves elliptical, oblong, 
tapering a little to the base, younger ones silky on the under 
surface, with pubescence as wellas the branchlets. h. S. Native 
of Amboyna in woods. Sampaca sylvéstris, Rumph. amb. 2. 
p- 202. t. 68. .M. sericea, Pers. ench. 2. p. 94. This is a 
taller tree than M. Champaca and with larger leaves. Flowers 
corymbose on the peduncle of a light straw colour, with but little 
scent. The seeds are from 2 to 7 of a pale reddish colour. 
Perhaps many species are confounded under M. Tsiampàca 
and M. Champaca. The Javanese call this tree Tsiampacca 
conneng. 
Tsiampaca. FI.? Tree 60 feet. 
5 M. macropuy’rra (D. Don. prod. fi. nep. p. 226.) leaves 
lanceolate, short-pointed, waved, glabrous, tapering to the base ; 
flowers terminal, solitary, sessile. h.G. Native of Nipaul. 
An evergreen tree with white flowers about the size of those of 
Magnolia glaúca. Ovaries 50-60. 
Large-leaved Michelia. Tree 30 feet. 
6 M. toneiro'rra (Blum. bijdr. fl. ned. ind. 1. p. 7. fl. jav. 
fasc. 19. t. 2.) leaves elliptical-oblong, tapering to both ends, 
smooth, stiff; peduncles, buds, and spaths silky. h.S. Native 
of Java. Flowers at first white, then yellowish, sweet-scented. 
Var. B, racemòsa (Blum. fi. jav. fasc. 19. t. 3.) peduncles 
1-3-flowered. 
Long-leaved Michelia. Tree large. 
7 M. montana (Blum. bijdr. fl. ned. ind. 1. p. 7. fl. jav. fase. 
19. p. 15. t. 5.) leaves oval-oblong, acute at both ends, coriaceous, 
smooth; buds, peduncles, and spaths almost naked ; petals 9, 
lanceolate, acute. h. S., Nativeof Java. Flowers pale yellow, 
sweet-scented. 
Mountain Michelia. Tree 60 feet. 
8 M. vetuttna (D. C. prod. 1. p. 79.) leaves elliptical- 
oblong, acuminated, acute at the base, upper surface quite smooth, 
under surface velvety with white tomentum as well as the branch- 
lets. h. G. Native of Nipauland Java. Flower-buds velvety, 
tomentose. Flowers axillary, solitary, nearly sessile, yellow, 
Blum. fl. jav. fasc. 19. p. 17. t. 5 & 6. M. Tsiampaca, Blum. 
bijdr. fl. ind. ned. 1. p. 7. ' 
Velvety-leaved Michelia. Tree 30 feet. o. 
9 M. rurine’rvis (D.C. syst. 1. p. 449.) leaves elliptical, 
oblong, acuminated at both ends, under surface at the nerves as 
well as petioles, spaths, and young twigs clothed with yellowish- 
brown pubescence ; outer petals spatulate, blunt. R. S. Na- 
tive of Java, and now cultivated in the Mauritius. 
Rufous-nerved-leaved Michelia. Tree 30 feet. 
10 M. pusine’rvia (Blum. bijdr. 1. p. 8. fl. jav. fase. 19. t. 4.) 
leaves oblong, tapering to both ends, with the veins beneath and 
the spaths clothed with rufous-villi ; outer petals spatulate, ob- 
tuse. h.S. Native of Java. M. rufinérvia, Spreng. syst. 
app. p. 217. Flowers pale copper-coloured, sweet-scented. 
Blume’s Michelia. Tree 50-60 feet. 
11’M. tanverno'sa (Wall. tent. fl. nap. t. 5.) leaves oblong, 
acute, clothed with dense wool on the under surface as well as 
the buds; flowers many-petalled. hk. S. Native of Nipaul. 
Flowers large, pale yellow, very fragrant. 
