? 6 flora indica. \Magnoliacece \ 



obovata, alba. Stamina petalis plus triplo breviora. Ovaria 9-12. CarpeUa in 

 sfcrobilum ovalem compactum bipollicarem coalita, dorso gibba, confertim tuberculata, 

 sordide viridia, crasse coriacea, vix lignosa. Foveolm rhachidis scrobiculatsc. 



"Wallich's specimen in the Linn. Soe. Herb, has no flower ; but the terminal pe- 

 duncle from which it has fallen away is present, and the leaves agree with Mr. Lobb's 

 specimen, which again we have been able to identify with the variety y of Blnme, 

 from whom, in consequence of the paucity of our own materials, we have taken our 

 diagnosis and description. 



3. MANGLIETIA, Blume. 



Sepala 3. Petala 6 vel plura. Gynophorum sessile. Ovaria 6- vel 

 pluri-ovulata. CarpeUa sublignosa, inter se in fructum ovalem vel ob- 

 longum cohserentia, demum soluta, et medio dorso longitudinaliter de- 

 liiscentia. — Arbores excelsce, floribus terminalibus . 



This genus may be readily known, when in fruit, by the somewhat fleshy carpels 

 cohering into a solid fruit. When in flower it is only to be distinguished from 

 Magnolia and Talauma by the more numerous ovules. Michelia is in most cases 

 readily distinguished by the numerous axillary flowers and the stipes of the gyno- 

 phore. The species of Manglietia are all Asiatic ; and one Javanese species, with 

 the two described below, constitute all that is known of the genus. 



M. insignis (Bl. Fl. Jav. Mag 



fiilvo-villosis, foliis laneeolatis, fructu oblongo purpureo. — Ma 



o 



973! 



Wall. ! Tent. Fl. Nap 



Wall 



alt. 3-6000 ped.!— (PL vere.) (v. v.) 



Arbor excelsa, ramis glabris rugosis crebre transverse annulatis. Folia coriacea, 

 lanceolata vel oblongo-lanceolata, acuta vel acuminata, utrinque glaberrima, superne 

 nitida, subtus pallida, (in sicco) crebre reticulata, 4-8 poll, longa, 1-2| lata, petiolo 

 vix pollicari; areola stipularis \-\ petioli sequans. Peduncalus tenninalis, brevis, 

 crassus. Flores suaveolentes, ex albo rosei. Alabastri ovato-oblongi, bipollicares, 

 spatha 1 subrotundata iuembranacea caduca involuti. Sepala 3, rubescentia, ob- 

 longa, obtusa, 3-pollicaria. Petala 9, forma varia, interiora sensim minora. Car- 

 peUa purpurea, in conum oblongum 3-4-pollicarem dense compacta, axin versus 

 cuneata, dorso (siccitate) tuberculato-rugosa. Semina 3-6. 



We collected this species plentifully In the forests of the Khasia range, but un- 

 fortunately in fruit only. Our description of the flower is therefore entirely derived 

 from Wallich. The species appears to vary much in the shape of the leaves, and 

 we are not quite satisfied that all our Khasia specimens belong to one species. We 

 can divide them easily into two sets, one with broad elliptic lanceolate very coriaceous 

 leaves, the other with narrower, much larger, and thinner leaves. Both states, how- 

 ever, occur among Dr. Wallich's Nipal specimens. 



2. M. Caveana (Hi. et T.) ; foliis obovato-oblongis obtusis apice 

 breviter mucronatis vel obtuse acuininatis, fructu ovali vel subgloboso. 

 Hab. In montibus Khasia, alt. 2-3000 ped.!— (v. v.) 



Arbor excelsa, cortice cinereo, ramulis crassiusculis rugosis glabris Folia : versus 

 ramorum apices approximate oblonga, apice rotundata et m acumen breve obtusion 

 vel acutum products, 8-10 poU. longa, 3-4 lata, petiolo 2-pollican, coriacea, subtus 

 glauca, utrinque (sicca) conspicue reticulato-venosa. Areola stipularis petioli \ long, 

 sequans. Pedunculus terminate, solitarius, 1-2-pollicaris, glaber. CarpeUa in 



