i6 III. MAGNOLiACE^. [Tulauma. 



through. Carpels woollj^ on the back. H((b. In mountain districts, 

 Malacca, Mt. Ophir (Maingay, Griffith). Perak, Thaiping Hills 

 (Kunstler). Penang Hill, Moniot's Road, etc. (Maingay, Curtis). 



(2) T. mutabilis Bl. Fl. Jav. Magnoliacece, 35, t. lo-ii, 12, 

 fig. B. ; King, I.e. 373 ; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. iii. (2), 203, pi. 44. 



A shrub about 6 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves oblong-lanceolate- 

 acute at each end sub-coriaceous shining light green ; nerves 12 

 pairs, 5 to 8 in. long, 2-25 to 275 in. wide; petioles 75 to i in. long 

 minutely muriculate. Flowers solitary, terminal; on a glabrous 

 peduncle 1-5 in. long. Stipular bracts fuscous villous. Sepals 3, 

 broadly ovate. Petals 6 in 2 whorls broader, obovate, concave, 

 1-25 in. long, -5 in. wide. Fruit ovoid 1-5 to 2 in. long, pubescent 

 at first, then glabrous, follicles rhomboid lenticelled with recurved 

 beaks. Hah. In hill woods. Perak, Penang on West Hill (Curtis 

 1022). Kedah Peak (Bell and Haniff) at 2500 ft. altitude. Distrib. 

 Malay Archipelago. Cultivated in Gardens, Singapore. 



(3) T- Ku->stleri King, I.e. 373; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. iii. (2), 

 204, pi. 41B, 



A tree 25 10 30 ft. tall, glabrous except the peduncle and pistils. 

 Leaves oblong-lanceolate ; acuminate at both ends, shining ; nerves 10 

 to 14 pairs ; 6 to 9 in. long, 175 to 2-5 in. across ; petioles -5 to 1-25 in. 

 long, slender, base thickened. Flower terminal, ovoid, on peduncles, 

 pubescent, -85 in. long. Sepals 3, and petals 6, broadly elliptic, 

 waxy white, fleshy. Anthers sessile -5 in. long. Carpels 6 to 8 

 linear, pubescent. Fruit ovoid, acute, 1-25 in. long, 75 in. through, 

 green, follicles 75 to i in. long, beaks short, stout, sub-terminal. 

 Hah. Mountains at from 3000 to 4000 ft. altitude. Perak, Larut 

 Hills. Kedah, on Kedah Peak (Kunstler). 



(4) T. Singapurensis Ridl. Kew Bulletin, 1914, p. 323. 



A big shrub about 20 ft. tall. Leaves large, stiffly coriaceous, 

 young ones and midrib of adults hairy, oblanceolate-acuminate ; 

 nerves 14 to 15 pairs sub-horizontal, reticulations conspicuous on 

 both sides, 15 to 16 in. long, 4-5 in. wide; petioles i to 1-5 in. long. 

 Pedicel stout, 3 to 4 in. long, brown silky hairy. Sepals broad 

 ovate-lanceolate silky. Petals lanceolate-acuminate, fleshy, 3 in. 

 long, 75 in. wide at base, white. Stamens 1-5 in. long, acuminate. 

 Ovaries glabrous. Fruit 3-2 in. long. Carpels 1-5 in. long, base 

 broad, pustular, woody. Style convolute at tip. Seeds 2, irregu- 

 larly elliptic or flat, smooth, pale brown. Hah. In low-ljdng forest 

 swamps. Singapore, Selitar district (Ridley). 



This has the habit of T. gigantifolia Miq., of Sumatra and Borneo, but 

 has longer petioles and the pistils are quite glabrous. 



(5) T. longifolia Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. vii. 38. T. mutabilis, 

 var. longifolia Bl. Fl. Jav. M agnoliaeecB , 37. 



Shrub 10 to 12 ft. tafl. Leaves thin coriaceous glabrous 

 lanceolate long acuminate narrowed to base ; nerves 7 pairs, fine, 



