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MICHELIA, 715 
cessary, they are disposed so that the cells of one anther are 
closely applied to the near cells of the two contiguous stamina. 
The pith of this plant is remarkable for being traversed 
longitudinally by bundles of exceedingly dense irregular oc- 
casionally branched fibres. These fibres are semi-opaque 
containing either inside or out, amylaceous granules and 
consisting of a superposition of at least two fibrous tubes. 
Between the wood and bark occur, Ist dense, but small 
cellular tissue, then a viscid matter, containing the rudi- 
ments of fibres, the cambium. The bark is perforated here 
and there with irregular inter cellular passages. 
Aromatico-piperaceous smell, very like that of Sedgewickia 
hence Í was led to look for coniferous markings. These 
markings are less developed than in Conifer, the disk being 
larger and always opaque. 
The vascular system is very little developed, and consists 
of unrollable ducts of a great size, the fibres of which are 
occasionally mutually united along the middle. 
The fibrous tissue is excessively dense, and external to the 
vascular, the fibres are of small diameter, and are of punc- 
tuated tissue the punctuations being in one or two series, in 
addition coniferous glandular punctuations are frequent, but 
apparently always in one row. The fibrous system imme- 
diately surround the vessels has occasionally, the limits of 
the fibres so incomplete, that the vessels appear as if con- 
tained in a tube, apparently very frequently perforated, and 
interspersed here and there with coniferous markings. 
HyALOsTEMMA, 
Hyalostemme sp. Pl. DCLIII. 
MICHELIA. 
Michelia champaca. 
Arbor. elegans 40 pedalis trunco albescent ad altitudi- 
nem 30 pedalem non ramosa. 
