in. MAGNOLIACE^. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 39 



sometimes unisexual. Sepals and petals very deciduous, hypogynous, arranged 

 in whorls of 3 (in Euptelea absent). Stamens indefinite, hypogynous, fila- 

 ments flattened or terete, free or monadelphous ; anthers basifixed, adnate 

 cells bursting longitudinally. Carpels indefinite,' free or partly cohering,in 

 one whorl or in several on an elongate axis ; styles short or rarely long, 

 stigmatose on the inner surface ; ovules 2 or more, or the ventral suture 

 anatrqpous or amphitropous. Fruit of berried or follicular rarely woody 

 indehiscent carpels, which are sometimes arranged in a cone. Seeds solitary 

 or few, sometimes pendulous from a long funicle, testa single and crus- 

 taceous, or double, the outer fleshy ; albumen granular or fleshy and oily ; 

 embryo minute, cotyledons spreading, radicle short blunt next the hilum. 

 DISTRIB. Chiefly natives of the tropical and temperate Asiatic mountains 

 and United States, a few are Australian ; species about 70. 



TKIBE I. Trochodendreae. Perianth absent. 



1. EUPTELEA. 



TRIBE II. Wintereae. Stipules 0. Perianth double. Carpels in one 

 whorl. 



2. ILLICIUM. 



TRIBE III. BXagnolieae. Erect trees or shrubs. Stipules conspicuous, 

 convolute and sheathing the young foliage, deciduous. 

 Gynophore sessile. 



Carpels of fruit indehiscent, deciduous . . . 3. TALAUMA. 



Carpels of fruit dehiscing dorsally. Ovules 2 4. MAGNOLIA. 



Carpels of fruit dehiscing dorsally. Ovules 6 or more .... 5. MANGLIETIA. 



Gynophore stalked 6. MICHELIA. 



TRIBE IV. Schizandreae. Climbing shrubs. Leaves exstipulate. 



Carpels of fruit spiked 7. SCHIZANDRA. 



Carpels of fruit capitate . y 8. KADSURA. 



1. EUPTELEA, Sieb. and Zucc. 



A shrub. Leaves alternate, deciduous, toothed ; petiole sheathing ; sti- 

 pules 0. Flowers pedi celled, polygamo-dicecious. Sepals and petals 0. 

 Stamens 15-20, in one whorl. Carpels as many as the stamens, peclicelled, 

 obovate, much compressed, winged, indehiscent ; stigma sessile, decurrent 

 from the tip to opposite the insertion of the ovule. Fruit of indehiscent 

 dry flat winged 1-4-seeded carpels. Seeds closely packed ; testa hard, coria- 

 ceous ; albumen granular ; embryo minute. DISTRIB. 2 species, the follow- 

 ing and a Japanese. 



] . E. pleiosperma, H. f. & T. in Proc. Linn. Soc. vii. 240, t. 2. 



MISHMI HILLS, near the top of Mount Thumathaga, Griffith. 



A shrub ; branches smooth, spotted with white ; buds lateral and terminating short 

 lateral shoots, enclosed in hard black shining scales. Leaves 3-4 by 2-3 in., broad 

 elliptic, acutely toothed, acute at both ends, glabrous, pale beneath, nerves very oblique ; 

 petiole 1^ in., channelled above, dilated at the base. Specimens imperfect. 



2. ILLICIUM, Linn. 



Evergreen aromatic shrubs or small trees. Leaves quite entire, pellucid- 

 dotted. Flowers 2-sexual, solitary or fascicled, yellow or purplish. Sepals 



