Tas. 6614, 
TALAUMA Canponiar, var. GaLeormiaNna. * 
Native of Java ? 
Nat. Ord. Magnottacen.—Tribe MaGno.Liex. 
Genus Tanauma, Juss.; (Benth, et Hook. f. Gen, Pl. vol. i. p. 18.) 
Tatauma Candollei; ramulis ultimis pedunculisque sericeo-tomentosis v. pubescen- 
tibus, foliis petiolatis elliptico-lanceolatis acuminatis firme coriaceis basi acutis, 
floribus nutantibus, sepalis oblongo-spathulatis concavis petala subsequantibus, 
petalis flavis exterioribus obovato-oblongis, interioribus subunguiculatis. 
T. Candollei, Blume, Bijdrag. vol. i. p.9; Fl. Jav. 32, t. 9, et 124; Lindl. in 
Bot. Reg. t. 1709; Bot. Mag. t. 4251. 
Var. Galeottiana, foliis angustioribus sepalis petalisque angustioribus subsequ'longis. 
The plant here figured was presented by the late M. Van 
Houtte under the name of Magnolia Galeottiana, presumably 
a Mexican species, and as such was grown in a cool pit in 
the Royal Gardens, Kew, for six years, when (in July last) 
it blossomed and was figured for this work. On com- 
paring it, however, with the Herbarium specimens of 
Magnoliacee, we find on the one hand nothing at all like it 
from the American Continent, and on the other an almost 
if not altogether similar plant from Java, to which I can 
with much confidence refer it, specifically retaining the 
name it bore in Van Houtte’s garden as that of a very 
slight variety. 
The genus Talawma is one of the handsomest amongst 
the Magnoliacee ; and what is very remarkable is, that it 
occurs in South America as well as in tropical and sub- 
tropical Asia. Very few species of it have been introduced 
into this country, and this is the only one that has flowered 
in Europe. 1’, Hodgsoni, of the Himalaya, a noble species 
with leaves sometimes nearly two feet long, is in cultivation 
at Kew, and there are three other species in British India 
MARCH Ist, 1882, 
