MEXISPERMA CE.E. MA G NO LI A CE.E. 659 



PvCNiKimKNA, Jliirs. 



Flowers (li(rcious. Malen : Sepals G, with 3 braets, tho inner ones larj;o and 

 orLiciilar. retain (i, small, lobcd. Stamens 9, tho filaments v<iy short, anthers 

 bursting transversely. Female Jloireis unknown. Drupe broadly oblong. Style-scar 

 hiteral, the endocarp almost reniform. Shrubs with small fascicled flowers. 



P. rLKxiii.ouA, Miers. F.S.S. Ava. Khakycn Hills. 



Axrrr.vxis, Miers. 



Flowers di(rcions. Ifali's : Sepals 8 in decussate pairs, the outer ones small, the 

 4 inner ones larger and iuibricate. Petals 2, obovate. Stamens -1, lilaments club- 

 shaped, anthers 1-celled. opening transversely. /Vhm/cs unknown. /)/•«/>(' 1-3, almost 

 globose with a ventral style-scar, tho endocarj) crustaccous, almcst rcniform-oblong. 



A. CAi.ocAur.v, Kz. F.W.C. Tropical forests of Chittagong. Katchall. 



Order MAGNOLIACEiE. 



Sepals and Petals very deciduous, arranged in whorls of 3, hypogynous. Stamens 

 indefinite, hypogynous. Filaments free, or connate. Anthers basifix, cells aduate, 

 bursting longitudiually. Carpels indefinite, free, or partly cohering in one whorl or 

 in several on an elongated torus. Sti/tes stigmatic on tho inner face. Ovules 2 or 

 more, or those of the ventral suture anatropous or amphitropous. Fruit berry-like or 

 follicle-like carpels, rarely W001I3' or indehiscont, sometimes arranged as a cone. Tho 

 species of this family arc rich in a bitter aromatic principle chiefly contained in the 

 bark of the root and stem. 



iriXTERIE.K. 

 Stipules none. Periantli double. Carpels in a single uhorl. 



Illicium, Zinnaus. 

 Sepals 3-G. Petals D or more, in 3 or more series. Stamens indefinite. Filaments 

 thick. Anthers aduate, iuti'orse. Oearies indefinite, in a single whorl, 1-ovuled. 

 Style subulate, rcxurvod. Follieles stellately si)reading, hard, compressed. Seeds 

 compressed. Albumen fleshy. Evergreen aromatic trees or shrubs with simple 

 pellucid-dotted leaves and small solitary or fascicled flowers. 



I. MAJVS, H. f. et Th. Tcnasscrim. Thoung-yeen, at ooOO feet. 



Tu.AuiiA, Jussieu. 



Sepals 3. Petals (5 or more, in 2 or more rows. Stamens indefinite, in many 

 series. AntliersYmnnr, introrse. Oraries sessile, indefinite, in spikes or heads, 2-ovuled. 

 Stigmas deeurrent. Carpels woody, separating from tho woody axis at the ventral 

 suture. Seeds suspended from a long funiele, the outer testa fleshy. Albumen oily. 

 Trees or shrubs with simple leaves and convolutely stipuled leaf-buds. Flowers 

 large, terminal. 



I^eares glabrous. 



T. (LiKionF.NnnoM) r,ir,iiri:i! V, Roxb. Tenasserim. Merg\ii. 



1'. Itubaniana, II. f. et Th. 



Leaves downy beneath. 

 T. Caxdoi.i.ki, BI. Tenasserim. Soutli of Maulmain. 



T. mutabilis, I!l. 



Magnolia, Linneeus. 



Sepals 3. Peta's C-12, in 2-4 whorls. Anthers linear. Carpels sessile, many, 

 oblong-spicate, 2-ovuled. Ripe carpels coriaceous, persistent and opening dorsally by 

 a longitudinal slit. Seeds suspended by a tilil'orm t'uuicle, the outer testa fleshy. 

 Albumen, oily. Ilabit as in Talauma. 



