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acuminated, smooth; branchlets, buds, and spathes clothed with 
rufous tomentum. This is a shrub of 7 to 10 feet in height. 
M. alba*.—This species is very little known. It is a native of 
Java and Baleya. Its flowers are white, and described as being 
smaller and more pleasant than those of M. Champaca. 
M. Doltsopa, DeC.+—A native of Java and of Nipaul, about 
Harain-Hetty, where it is called Doltsopa. The leaves are oval- 
oblong, acuminated, smooth, but rather glaucous and rather 
puberulous on the under surface. The flowers are on long stalks 
and the flower-buds clothed with rusty tomentum. The flowers 
are yellow, the petals 6 to 9, are oval, the outer ones oblong, the 
inner ones narrower. Not only the flowers of this species are 
fragraut, but the wood is sweet-scented, and is described as the 
best in Nipaul for buildings. 
The physical characters and chemical constitution of oil of 
Michelia do not appear to have been studied. 
Bhiichampac, or “ Ground Champac,” is a common name incor- 
rectly applied in India to the Kempferia rotunda belonging to a 
totally different order (Zingiberacez) to the true Champac. The 
vernacular name may have been derived from a fancied resem- 
blance of its flowers to those of Michelia Champaca. Another 
denomination, Malankuwa, by which it is known in Malabar, 
according to Van Rheede, is by him explained as meaning 
“* Mountain ginger” f. 
The synonyms in Sanskrit are Tamrapushpa, Sidd@’ha, and 
Ban@hu Drughana. The first of these synonyms indicates that 
the flower is of the colour of copper, which may perhaps be recon- 
ciled to the purple hue within the blossom of this Kempferia. 
The Kempferia rotunda is a species of Galangal (afterwards 
described). It is figured in Curtis’s ‘ Botanical Magazine,’ tab. 920, 
aud is mentioned in the ‘ Asiatic Researches,’ iv. p. 242, and x1. 
p- 328. The richly fragrant flowers. open during April and May, 
one or two at a time on each plant, and wither entirely before 
sunset. In India it is frequently cultivated in gardens on account. 
of its beauty. The full botanical description is given by Roxburgh 
in his ‘ Flora Indica,’ 1. p. 15. 
* Rumph. Amb. ii. p. 199. 
+ Syst. i. p. 448; Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep. t. 3. 
{ Hort. Mal. xi. p. 17, tab. 9. 
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