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ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW. 
BULLETIN 
Or 
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION, 
No. 8) (1922 
XXXV.—CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FLORA 
OF SIAM. 
ADDITAMENTUM XIII. 
W. G. Cratrs. 
Michelia Rajaniana, Craib [Magnoliaceae-Magnolieae]; 
M. lanuginosa, Wall., cui maxime affinis, petiolo longiore, foliis 
latioribus supra haud glabris, carpellis maturis approximatis 
iffert. 
Arbor circa 20 m. alta (ex Kerr); ramuli iuventute crassiusculi, 
dense fulvo- vel subferrugineo-pubescentes, plus minusve glabre- 
scentes, cortice fusco obtecti, conspicue lenticellati. Folia late 
lanceolata, oblongo-elliptica vel elliptico-ovata, apice obtusa, 
basi rotundata, 22-29 cm. longa, 10-13-2 cm. lata, coriacea, 
supra ad costam densius pubescentia, aliter puberula, subtus © 
molliter albo-pubescentia, costa subtus valde prominente, nervis 
lateralibus utrinque circa 20 supra conspicuis subtus promi- 
nentibus intra marginem conspicue anastomosantibus, nervulis 
arcte reticulatis pagina utraque prominulis, petiolo 2-5-3-5 cm. 
longo supra canaliculato indumento ei ramulorum simili obtecto 
suffulta. Flores albi (ex Kerr), solitarii, axillares, pedicello 
5-12 mm. longo indumento ei ramulorum nisi sparsiore et 
pallidiore simili tecto suffulti; bracteae sericeae; alabastra circa 
2-5 em. longa., Petala 12, oblanceolata, obtusa, 3-5 em. longa, 
1 cm. lata. Filamenta circa 2 mm. longa, antheris (apiculo 
1 mm. longo incluso) cirea 4 mm. longis jorum et 
carpella adpresse ferrugineo-pubescentia, stylo glabro sicco atro 
ovario breviore. Carpella matura approximata, ambitu oblonga, 
obtusa, 1-5 em. longa, fusca, pallide lenticellata, sparse adpresse 
pubescentia, breviter stipitata. 
Doi Intanon, c. 1300 m., evergreen forest, Kerr 5342. 
Vern. Cham Pi Luang (ex Kerr). (see p. 225.) 
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