78 flora indica. \Magnoliace(B . 



scentia, ad nervos prcesertim fusco-tomentosa, juniora dense tomentosa. Areola sti- 

 pularis petiolum fere eequaus. Pedunculi terminales, solitarii, dense tomentosi. 

 Alabastri globosi, l^-pollicares, bractea spathacea ovata purpurea involuti. Flores 

 globosi, nivei, suaveolentes. Sepala 3, fere tripollicaria, late obovata. Petala 6, 

 late obovata, interiora minora. Carpella in spicam oblongam 2-3-pollicarem con- 

 gest a, breviter apiculata. Semina 1-2. 



This is the species which attains the greatest elevation, and penetrates furthest 

 into the interior of the Himalaya. It seems nearly allied to M. conspicua of Japan, 

 a species now common in our gardens, and will, in all probability, prove equally hardy. 



3. M. sphenocarpa (Boxb. Cor. iii. t. 266) ; foliis oblongis 

 glabris, floiibus coaetaneis, spathis cinereo-incanis, petalis 6, carpellis 

 longe rostratis. — Wall. Cat. 975 ! — Liriodendron grandiflorum, Roxb. 

 Fl. Ind. ii. 65. Michelia macrophylla, Don, Prod. Nep. 226. Talauma 

 Roxburglui, G. Don, Gen. Syst. i. 85. 



Hab. In montibus subtropicis Bengalis orientalis prope Chittagong, 

 Roxb.; in mont. Khasia, alt. 2-3000 ped., Roxb. Wall.!; in Nipal, 

 Wall.!— (Fl. vere.) {v. v.) 



Arbor mediocris, ramosa. Rami tuberculis crebris notati, adulti glabri, juniores 

 cum omnibus partibus novellis cinereo-incani vel subtomentosi. Medulla septata. 

 Folia oblonga, versus basin angustata, obtusa vel vix acuta, coriacea, utrinque glaber- 

 rima aut subtus minutissime puberula, 8-16 poll, longa, 3-6 lata, petiolo 1-2-polli- 

 cari. Nervi subtus validi, obliqni, paralleli. Pedunculi validi, terminales, solitarii, 

 incano-tomentosi, anuulis plurimis approximatis notati. Flores magni, albi, suaveo- 

 lentes, spathis pluribus cito deciduis involuti. Sepala 3, extus herbacea. Petala 

 6, alba, ovalia, crassa, carnosa, margine undulata. Ovaria plurima in conum imbri- 

 cata, rostro ensiformi villoso. Carpella in strobilum cylindricum 8-12 (vel ex 

 Roxb. 16) pollices longum dense imbricata, extus tubereulata, rostro ultrapollicari 



ruguloso laferaliter compresso. 



The very coriaceous leaves and the long-beaked fruit remove this species to a con- 

 siderable distance from the other Himalayan species. On this account Dr. Wallich 

 has, in his Catalogue, proposed to constitute of it a new genus (Sphenocarpus), but 

 it seems to us to possess no characters of sufficient importance to make it desirable 

 to separate it. 



5. MICHELIA, L. 



Sepala et petala plerumque conformia et concolora, 9-21. Gyno- 

 phorum stipitatum. Ovaria 2-6- vel pluri-ovxdata. Carpella coriacea, 

 laxe spicata, ssepe subremota, dorso longitudinaliter dehiscentia. — Ar- 

 bores mpe excelsa, floribus (excepta M. Cathcartii) axillaribus. 



The laxly spiked carpels, numerous ovules, and axillary flowers, in general suffi- 

 ciently characterize this genus. One or other of these characters, however, occa- 

 sionally fails us, and the stalked gynophore or torus alone remains ; and by that cha- 

 racter, in combination with most of those just enumerated, the genus may with cer- 

 tainty be known. Thus, though M. Punduana and Nilagirica have not more than 

 two ovules, and would thus technically be referable to Magnolia, yet their axillary 

 flowers and distant carpels sufficiently distinguish them from that genus. The most 

 anomalous species is M. Cathcartii, which has terminal flowers, and more densely 

 imbricated carpels than axe usually seen in Michelia. Its numerous ovules aud sti- 

 pitate gynophore, however, prevent its being referred to Magnolia, and its general 

 habit seems to demand its admission among the Michelia. This genus is entirely 



Indian. Two species are natives of the mountains of the Madras Peninsula, and one 

 of Ceylon. In the shady forests of the eastern Himalaya five species iorm a proini- 



