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purple colour. The calyx is spathaceous ; petals 6, lanceolar. 

 Koxb., Fl. Ind., ii., p. 655 • Bot. Eep., t. 229 ; Bot. Mag., t. 1008. 

 Syii. M. fasciata Yentenat, Jardin de la Malmaison, Xo. 24, adn. 2. 



Var. /3, annonccfolia, Salisbury, Paradisus Londinensis, Xo. 5, 

 t. 5. Xative of China ; leaves broader ; pedicels a little 

 shorter ; tiowers more red ; anthers more numerous. 



Var. ry, heheclada, D.C., Syst., i., p. 458. Xative of India. 

 Flowers on shorter peduncles ; branches more velvety- 

 tomentose : leaves shorter. 



3L ijterocarpa, lioxb., Cor., iii., p. 62, t. 266. Xative of Silhet 

 and Chittagong. In Silhet it is called " Doolee chamjxi." Height 

 40 feet ; leaves oblong, with tapering base, entire. Flowers 

 terminal, solitary, white, sweet-scented, as large as those of 31. 

 grandiflora. Sepals 3, green on the under side. Petals 6. Seeds 

 ? ed. Strobile winged. Anthers red and yellowish. 



M. coco, D.C., Syst., i., p. 459. Syn. Liriodenclron coco, Loureiro, 

 Flora Cochin-Chinensis, Ed. Willdenow, i., p. 424. A shrub of 5 

 feet in height. Xative of Cochin-China, Macao and Canton, where 

 it is cultivated for the beauty and scent of the flowers. Leaves 

 ovate, quite entire, shining. Flowers solitary, very large, pure 

 white, with an exquisite scent ; sepals 3, oblong — these as well as 

 the petals are incurved ; petals 6, fleshy ; ovaries 8. The flower- 

 bud before opening is roundish, and is likened to the coco-nut ;* 

 whence the name at Macao, " Fula-coco." 



M. Figo, D.C., Syst., i., p. 460. Syn. Liriodendron Figo, Loureiro, 

 Flora Cochin-Chinensis, Ed. Willdenow^, i., p. 424 ; 3Iichelia Figo, 

 Sprengel, Systema vegetabilium, ii., p. 643. Xative of China, 

 where it is also cultivated, especially about Macao and Canton. 

 By the inhabitants of Macao this shrub, which is about 4 feet in 

 height, is called " Fula-Figo." Leaves lanceolate, quite entire, 

 shining, reflexed-incurved. Flowers solitary, pale, spotted with 

 red on the inside, fragrant ; petals 6, ovate-oblong, erect : ovaries 

 40 or 50. There is only one bracteaf enclosing the flower-bud, 

 therefore this plant may be a species of Micheiia. 



* As regards the fashion of spelling " coco-nut," see Table of Corrigenda 

 at end of this volume. 



+ See also table at end. 

 HH 



