ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN BOTANY. 13 
was, I now think. rather eeetien ately. introduced, mere 
n however, I shall in a fire number, publish a figure of an entire 
hice 
genus. ‘T'o prevent confusi 
specimen, such as I found t 
ly as an example of the fruit of the 
The following synopsis of Indian species of Michelia, arranged on the principles above 
explained, though probably far from correct, is offered, in the hope that it may prove useful to 
those who may 
ave opportunities of examining recent specimens, by directing attention to 
those points whence it seems probable, good characters may be derived, and thereby enable 
them to draw up such descriptions as will furnish botanists with the materials required to define, 
with precision, the species of this hitherto most difficult genus. The 
want of re or 
figures of the Eastern forms, prevents my attempting to introduce any of them 
§ 1. One bractial and one calycine spathe, 
A. Petals numerous, (12-15) in a ternary or quinary 
order. 
. M. Champaca, Leaves ovate, oblong, much acumi- 
nated, <— at ave cag the midr oy beneath, petiols, 
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Such are the brief ‘cea vague characters assigned to 
this foc mtatigd hence it is not to be wondered at, that the 
habi _is equally vague and unlimited ; 
namely, the whole of India and the Eastern Archi- 
pel .s synonyms, DeCa i 
; an . 
I tab. 19; which, judging from the figures and the des- 
criptions are, I think, different plants. 
According to Rumphius’ 8 ri the leaves are ovate 
lanciolate, tapering to a slender point, and are des- 
short and thick, bearing roundish anthers; a peculiarity, 
which at once separates it from all continental {ndian 
species. Rheede’s description is less explicit, but still 
uch Ay hd afford peed grounds for separating his from 
pass into the petiol. 
to be in verticels of eight, indicat- 
point; a very cman! : — in the ge nus, b ut 
which, I have ascertained to exist in the ovaries of * 
fruit represented in my plate, and ft which I infer 
that that mpike presents a correct figure of the fruit of 
Rheede’s _ This therefore [ propose separati 
new and disti 
tsopa. (Wi ll. Tent. Fl. ep.) Leaves ae 
sechteing, much acuminated, slightly pubescen 
> , long petioled: stipules and soe sioeek with 
coloured pubescence: petals 15, arran anged in 
rele verticels, sub-pubescent, mixed with minute 
spots at the base: styles short, recurved, Df P Aor sa 
ower hills 
oods of the v 
Wall. The fruit is neither described no Perak 
Ihave adopted Wallich’s figure and description i in 
this and the following, for the type of these spe- 
cies, as he seems to have no doubt of the identity of 
his plants, ek those of Buchanan Hamilton, and 
Repasighe. 
M. Kisopa, (Wall. 1. c.) Leaves ovate, lanciolate, . 
Br fi soci: ‘glabrous: stipules and spathes 
villous, whitish, t the last very obtuse: petals ter- 
bose, contracted at the base as if pedicelled, not ver- 
rucose, three or four seeded: seeds enclosed in red 
Ip. 
the woods of Nepal—Wall. 
The rachis is of te the Feit is ee as branched ; 
this must su 7994 
carpels of this species are too smooth, and. free from 
warty inequalities om their peer to admit of this be- 
ing associated wi 
. M. aurantiaca “Ww Vall. Plant. "Asiat. Rar. 2. 39 
tab. 147 ) Young shoots, petiols, and peduncles, hairy : 
leaves ovate, oblong, ending in a long attenuated acu- 
petals crass (20) in a quinary order, (orange 
coloured) stamens numerous, sessile, much shorter 
than the column of fructification: — Sey con- 
a Maldon olertan¢ in Se es 
5. M. Walkerii. Young shoots villous, leaves ellip- 
tic, lanciolate, acuminated, acute at the , glabrous, 
mn ' 
ous, mucronate, equalling or Pgs. the colums of 
fructification, half the length of the petals: ovaries 2 
ovuled: —— globose, one seeded, slightly warted. 
Ceylon in woods, Nuera Elli a, flowering in March 
A i. Fir wg cn a Ge" b rabies Walker, 
and afterwards gathered by myse elf. 
A large shrub or small tree, the smaller leaves to- 
bi amb the zt of the branches, narrow, Aeregerat ted the 
ger ones vr oblong, coriacious, 2} to 3 
long, and one eT tioled. 
‘ es \ 
hye’ eolumn of fructification ; ovaries few, 
