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CERASUS ACUMINATA. Tab. 181. 
Forus lanceolatis, acuminatissimis, remotè serratis, floribusque glaberrimis, subtùs nunc sparsé glandulosis, basi 
petiolisque nudis ; racemis axillaribus, solitariis vel fasciculatis, foliis pauló brevioribus. 
Nomen Parbutteum, 4500. a 
Habitat in montibus Napaliæ, florens mensibus anni primis. 
Annon 20—30-pedalis, ramosissima, omnibus partibus glaberrima. Ramuri graciles, fusci. For alterna, approximants, patentia, 
perennantia, lanceolata, acuminatissima, remotè et acutè serrulata, basi rotundato-acutiuscula, laevia, lucida, 3—5-pollicaria, supra atro- 
viridia, subtòs reticulata, costa elevatá, gracili, seepilsque glandulis aliquot parvis, excavatis inter nervos sparsis; petiolo suffulta brevi, pro- 
fund’ sulcato, eglanduloso. STIPULA lineares, fugacissimæ. Racemr axillares, solitarii, vel pauci fasciculati, subnutantes, cylindrici, 
attenuati, longitudine ferè foliorum, glaberrimi, brevè pedunculati.. FLores mediocres, ex flavido albi, remotiusculi, sparsi, patentes. 
PEDICELLI semiunguiculares, teretes, basi bracteold minutå, ovata, ciliatá, carnosá, caducá. CaLyx turbinatus, flavescens, limbo 5-den- 
tato, intås villosulo. PETALA ovata, acuta, suberispatula, patentia, calyce ferè dupló longiora. Sramina 15 vel 20, glabra, petalorum 
longitudine. ' Ovarrum ovatum, sericeo-villosum, 1-loculare; ovula 2 e fornice loculi pendula, alterum sphacelato-abortivum. STYLUS 
filiformis. Stiama subcapitatum. Drura ovata, levis, putamine glabro, tenui; maturam haud vidi. 
Plate CLXXXI. Fig. 1. 2. Flower. 3. The same, dissected. 
MAGNOLIA INSIGNIS. Tab. 182. 
Magnolia insignis, Wall. Tentam. Flore Napalensis Illustrat. v. 1. p. 3. t. 1. 
Nomen Nevarense, Seete. 
Habitat in convalli Napaliæ ad Sankoo adque cacumen montis Sheopur, altitudine pm 6,000 ad 10,000. 
Floret mensibus Aprilis et Maii; fructus maturos profert Octobre. 
Although a figure of this Magnolia has been already published in my Tentamen Fiora SE I venture to add 
a plate of it in the present work, as the means which I had in India were very inadequate for doing justice to this truly 
superb tree. It grows in great abundance at a place called Sankoo, in the great valley of Nipal, and sparingly on 
Mount Sheopur, towards its summit. I have not met with it anywhere else; nor have Lever heard of its growing 
in any of the other mountainous parts of Hindustan. It is in full blossom in April and May, at which period it is impos- 
sible to behold a more magnificent object. ‘The flowers are produced in vast numbers ; they are very beautiful, large, 
and fragrant, of a yellowish white colour, with the apex of the petals pink, and the reflexed leaves of the calyx 
brownish red, and elegantly reticulated with pale green nerves and veins. The capsules are purple, and disposed in 
large, erect, oblong cones, from which the scarlet seeds hang down in all directions, being suspended on delicate 
mu threads. “The leaves are dark green and leathery, and form a very umbrageous crown; in winter, from 
November until February, they fall off, leaving the branches quite naked. | 
The tree attains a vast size, its trunk frequently measuring four or five feet in dikreèten If it could be. brought 
from the elevated region in which it grows on Sheopur, it would no doubt admit of being acclimated in England ; an 
event. which its beauty renders extremely desirable, and which I hope to live to accomplish. "The wood is pale yellow, 
and close-grained, 
For a full description of the tree I must refer to the work quoted before. 
Plate CLXXXII. Fig. 1. Stamens and pistils. 2. Pistils, the stamens being removed. 3. Two detached stamens. 4. 5. De- 
tached pistils. 6. The same, opened. 7. Cone of ripe capsules. 8. A detached capsule, which has burst open. 9. Seed. 
10. 11. The same, dissected. 12. The same, after the pulpy part has been removed. 13. 14. Stipules. 
BIGNONIA AMÆNA. Tab. 183. 
AnBOREA, foliis tripinnatis, trijugis, foliolis lanceolatis, acuminatis, integerrimis, levibus ; paniculá terminali, tricho- 
toma; calyce obtuse trilobo, corolla limbo puberulo ; capsulá cylindricá, gracili, spirali. 
