Michelia.] iii. magnoliace^. 15 



fewer, Indo-Malaya. Two species are common in gardens, M. 

 champaca L., the Chempaka with narrow lanceolate leaves and 

 yellow fragrant flowers, a native of India, and M. longifoUa Bl., 

 the white Chempaka, Chempaka putih, with larger and broader 

 leaves and longer white flowers, a native of Java. 



(i) M. montana Bl. in Verh. Bat. Gen. ix. 153 ; Bl. Fl. Jav. 

 MagnoliacecB, 15, /. 5; King, I.e. 371; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. iii. (2), 

 218, pi. 68. 



A glabrous tree 20 to 30 ft. tall. Leaves thinly coriaceous 

 obovate narrowed at both ends dark green ; nerves 12 pairs, 6 to 

 7-5 in. long, 4 in. broad petioles 75 in. long. Flowers white, 

 fragrant, 1-5 in. across, solitary axillary or terminal peduncle -5 in. 

 long. Sepals and petals 8, oblanceolate or lanceolate-acute. Stamens 

 18 to 24. Pistils 3 to 4. Follicles usually i, subglobular pyriform, 

 woody 3 in. long, walls -5 in. thick. Seeds 4 or 5. Hah. Mountains. 

 Rare. Perak at Goping (Kunstler). Kedah Peak at Geroon (Bell 

 and Haniff). Disirib. Himalaya and Java. 



4. TALAUMA, Juss. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves and inflorescence as in Magnolia. 

 Flowers usually large, white. Sepals 3. Petals 6 or more in 2 or 

 more whorls. Stamens numerous in many whorls; anthers linear 

 introrse. Carpophore sessile; ovaries indefinite 2-ovuled, spicate. 

 Stigmas decurrent. Carpels woody separating from the axis at 

 the ventral suture and dehiscing, so that the seeds remain attached 

 to the axis by a cord. Species about 20, tropical Asia and S. 

 America and West Indies. 



Carpels pubescent or woolly. 



Leaves over 4 in. wide, obovate or elliptic. 



Flowers 2 in. long; peduncle woolly . . • (i) T. lanigera 



Leaves 3 in. wide, elliptic. 



Flowers i in. long; peduncle glabrous . . (2) T. mutabilis 



Leaves oblong-lanceolate ; peduncle glabrous . (3) T. Kunstleri 



Carpels glabrous. 



Leaves very large, stiff coriaceous. 



Petals 3 in. long (4) T. Singapurensis 



Leaves narrow lanceolate, thin. 



Petals -75 in. long (5) T. longifolia 



(i) T. lanigera Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 40 ; King, I.e. 372 ; Ann. Bot. 

 Gard. Calc. iii. (2), 202, pi. 42. 



A tree about 20 ft. tall, with erect branches. Young leaves, 

 branches and petioles, peduncles, stipule covering the bud and 

 ovaries brown villous. Leaves coriaceous oblong-oblanceolate 

 abruptly cuspidate base narrowed, deep green shining glabrous 

 except midrib beneath, g to 12 in. long, 2-5 to 4 in. wide ; petioles i to 

 1-5 in. long. Sepals and petals white. Sepals 2 in. long, acuminate 

 obtuse. Petals smaller. Pistil woolly. Fruit 3 to 4 in. long, 2 in. 



