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p. 266. Tclauma Roj'hirghii, G. Don, Gen. Syst., i., p. 85. A 

 native of tropical Himalayan forests from Xepal to Assam, Khasia 

 Hills and Chittagong, at an altitude of 3,000 feet. Leaves ever- 

 green, oblong, obtuse or subacute, glabrous on both sides, or 

 pu])erulous beneath, 8 to 16 inches in length by 3 to 6 inches in 

 width, tapering at the base : thick, coriaceous. The young parts 

 of the plant are hoary, at length glabrate. The buds are globose, 

 appearing with tlie leaves, 2 inches in diameter. Flowers white, 

 fragrant. Petals 6, oval, fleshy. Fruit 8 to 16 inches. Carpels 

 very long beaked, beak compressed. 



M. cxcdsa, Wallich, Tentarum florae Xepalensis illustrata, t. 2. 

 Kative of Xepal. A magnificent tree of 50 to 80 feet in height. 

 Leaves oblong-elliptical, acuminated, glaucous and netted with 

 veins beneath ; buds bearded with rusty hairs. Flowers axillary, 

 solitary, 12-petalled, large, white, sweet-scented. Carpels globose, 

 remote, 1 -seeded. The wood of this tree is greatly prized by the 

 inhabitants of Xepal at Patma, where it is employed in joinery, 

 and is commonly sold under the name of " Champ." 



M. yulan, Desfontaines, Hist, des arbres, ii., p. 6. Bonpland, 

 Descrip. des plantes rares, p. 53, t. 20. Syn. M. 'prerAa Correa, in 

 Yentenat, Jardin de la Malmaison, Xo. 24 M. coiispicua, 

 Salisbury, Paradisus Londinensis, 38, t. 38. Bot. Mag., 1621. 

 Xative of China, where it attains a height of 30 or 40 feet, and is 

 called Yu-lan. It has been cultivated in China since the year 

 627. Leaves deciduous, obovate, abruptly acuminated, younger 

 ones pubescent, expanding after the flowers. Flowers erect, 6- to 

 9-petalled ; styles erect. This species is hardy in England and is 

 at an early age covered, from February to April, with innumerable 

 sweet-scented flowers, which are white and sometimes suffused 

 with purple and are expanded throughout the day-time, but the 

 severe east winds injure its lieauty unless it be protected or planted 

 in a conservatory ; also the climate of Xorthern Europe stunts it 

 to such a degree, that it only attains a height of 8 or 10 feet, or 

 about a fourth of its natural size. 



31. Kobus, D.C. Syst-, i., p. 456. Syn. 31. gracilis, Salisbury 

 Paradisus Londinensis, t. 87. Kohus, Banks, Icones selecta^ 

 plantarum Japonica, t. 42. 31. glauca var a, Thunberg, Flora 

 Japonica, p. 236. 31. tomentosa, Thunberg in Trans. Lin. Soc, ii., 

 p. 336. In Japan this tree attains a height of 10 feet and is called 



