Michelia.'] flora indica. k 81 



Hab 

 Sikkirn 



. In Himalaya orientali temperata, alt. 5-7000 ped. : Nipal! 

 ! Bhotan ! ; et in Khasia, T. Lobb! — (v. v.) 



Arbor excelsa, cortice rugoso fusco. Hamuli juniores griseo-tomentosi, novelli 

 cum gemmis et petiolis dense stramineo- vel cinereo-tomentosi. Fo/h lanceolata vel 

 oblonga, supeme in sicco tenuissime reticulata, 6-10 poll, longa, 2-3} lata. Pedun- 

 culi breves alahastrique dense tomentosi. Sepal a et petala 1^-2 poll, longa, exte- 

 riora anguste obovato-oblonga, obtusa, interiora paullo angustiora mueronata vel 

 acuta. Ovaria cum gynoplioro dense tomentosa, stylo filiformi in sicco nigro glabro. 

 Carpella in spica 4-5-pollicari discreta, pedicellata, obovata, pollicaria et ultra, ver- 

 rucosa. Semina 1-3. 



AV allien states that this species flowers in spring ; in Sikkirn, however, it does not 

 flower till August and September, nor does it in that country attain the great size to 

 which it grows in Nipal. 



5. M. Kisnpa (Ham. in DC. Syst. i. 448) ; foliis lanceolatis vel 

 -lai itis utrinque glabris basi acutis apice acutis vel acu- 



1 \ dilute flavis, sepalis et petalis 12 anguste obovatis 

 minoribus.— DC. Prod. i. 79 ; Wall.! Tent. Fl. Nap. 8. 

 '. Nap. 226 ; Wall. Cat. 970 ! Wight, III. i. 13. 

 1 Ji nalaya temperata, alt. 5-7000 ped.: a Kumaon ! ad 



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in e orientalem ! — (FL vere.) (v. v.) 



xc«. rtice rugoso cinereo, partibus novellis gcmniisque cinereo-sericeis. 



2co nervis crebris reticulata, superue nitida, subtus pallida; ju- 

 niora subtus adpresse incana, 5-6 poll, longa, H-2 lata ; pctiolo pollicari. Cicatrix 

 stiputaris ultra medium petiolum extensa. Alabastri \ poll, longi, cinereo-sericei, 

 spathis 2, quarum exterior cito decidua, involuti. Flares odore debili, brevissime 

 pcdunculati. Fetala pollicaria. (hula 5-6 vel plura. Carpella in spicam 3-4- 

 pollicarem disposita, compressa, rotundata, vix ^-pollicaria. Semina 3-4. 



§ 3. Floribus axillaribus ; ovulis duobus saperpositis. 



6. M. oblonga (Wall. Cat. 972!); foliis obovato-oblongis basi 

 angustatis apice obtuse acuminatis utrinque glaberrimis, (floribus albi- 

 dis?), sepalis et petalis 12 exterioribus anguste obovatis interioribus 

 lanceolatis. — M. lactea, Ham. mss.; Wall. Cat. 6491 ! 



Hab. In sylvis secus basin montium Khasia, Ham.! Wall.! — (v.s.) 



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Folia in sicco crebre 

 lida vel eiaucescentia. 



Flores axillares, brevissime pedfcellati, spathis pluribus involuti. Alabastri oblongi, 

 elongati, glabri, fusci. Fetala sesqui pollicaria. Fructus nou visus. 



7. M. Pundnana (H.f. et T.); foliis oblongis basi obtusis vel 

 acutis apice abrupte acuminatis utrinque glabris, (floribus albis?), pe- 

 riantbii foliis 9 obovato-cuneatis exterioribus obtusis interioribus mu- 

 cronatis. — Liriodendron liliifera, Roxb. Fl. hid. ii. 654. Magnolia 



Punduana, Wall. Cat. 974! 



Hab. In montibus Khasia, alt. 3-5000 ped. !— (Fl. Nov.) (v. v.) 



Arbor excelsa, cortice rugoso fusco, ramorum junioruin hevi viridi. Partes no- 

 vella? fusco-serieete. Folia tenuiter coriacea, laze reticulata, subtus pallida, 4-6- 

 pollicaria, petiolo vix pollicari. Cicatrix stiputaris petiolum longitudine fere tequans. 

 Alabastri ovati, fere pollicarcs, breviter pcdunculati, fusco-scricei. Spat ha 2, in- 

 volucrantes, exterior citissime decidua, profunde bifida, ad bilurcatiouem apiculata, 



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