40 in. MAGNOLIACEJE. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [fllicium. 



3-6. Petals 9 or more, 3- many- seriate. Stamens indefinite, filaments thirk ; 

 anthers adnate, introrse. Ovaries indefinite, 1-seriate, 1-ovuled ; stylo subu- 

 late, recurved. Fruit of spreading compressed hard follicles. Seeds com- 

 pressed, testa hard shining, albumen fleshy. DISTRIB. N. America, China, 

 Japan, India ; species about 5. 



1. I. Griffith!!, 77. /. & T. Fl. Ind. 74; leaves elliptic-lanceolate, peri- 

 anth segments about 24. 



Copses in BHOTAN and the KHASIA HILLS, alt. 4-5000 ft., Griffith, &c. 



A shrub, branches anrnlar, glabrous. Leaves 2-4 by ]-_' in., unit, at both (- 

 coriaceous, shining. Flowers l in. diam. >'</'//< ',, orhirular. r.tal^ 

 oval, inner smaller and narrower. Carpel* with a tliin tii-hy fpirarp, woody cndo. 

 and short subulate incurved beak. Specimens in bud and fruit only. 



2. I. majus, U.f. & T. ; leaves obovate-oblong or lanceolate, perianth - 

 segments about 1<5. 



Ti:\ \:-sr.i IM, on tin- Thoung Gain ranc^o, alt. 5500ft., Lobb. 



A shrub, 30ft. Leaves 4-6 by H-2 in., sharply acniuinat. . ^, plabrous 



shining above ; potiolt- 1 in. % Floir, r* pink 1-3 in., Bubteroinal, solitai 



fascicled. t^f/niffi and // /r;/.s- orbirular, ciliatf, iiunT broad-oval. /''iUlinciit* - 

 broader than the oblong anthers, (.^varies spreading. Fruit unknown. 



3. TAX.AUMA, Juss. 



Trees or shrubs. 0ofCSMid Inflorescence of Jtfa^aoZta, '. 



or more, in '2 or more \vlmrls. .V- Miiiiifnuis. many-si-riati' ; anthers 



linear, introrse. 6'// /</>/< scs^ili-. ' idefinite, S-ovoled, spiked or 



capitate ; stigmas drcunvnt. r* ///> \VKM ly, separating from the w ..... iy . 

 at the ventral suture, ami leaving the 'in the latter by an 



elastic cord. Stedi f .1A/////-.//./. 1 )I>TKII;. Tmpies of K. A>ia and S. Ame- 

 rica, and in Japan ; species about lo. 



1. T. Hodgson!, //./ ( 7'. /*/. 7//-/. 71 ; leaves obovate-oblong acute or 

 obtuse glabrous, ovaries glabrous, fruit ovuid, carpels sharply beaked. 



H.f. III. Him. J'f. t. <;. 



Forestg of the S KKIM HIMAI.XYA and of th: KHASIA HII.I.S, alt. 4-5000 ft. 



A. loftr evergreen tree. /.///<> s - I JD by 4 9 in., ooriaoeoos^ petiolo ] 'Jin. / 



whito, edorons; pedundf short, thick; buds snbglobose, 2-3 in. diain. l : ni/t \ t) in.; 

 carpels 14 by 1 in. ; pits of the a.v ; rly 



2. T. Rabaniana, ILf.&T. Ft. Iil. 75.; leaTes lanceolate glabrous, 



ovaries glabrous, fruit ovoid, carpels shortly beaked. Liriodeiidron lilii- 

 fera, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii 654. 



Forests of the KHASIA HILLS, alt. 4000 ft. II. f. <C T. 



A lofty tree. Leaves 8-12 by 2-4 in. ; petiole 1 in. Fruit 4-6 in., longer than 

 broad ; pits of the axis shallow, elongated. 



3. T. lanig-era, 77. /. & T. ; leaves lanceolate acute at both ends, gla- 

 brous, ovaries densely woody, ripe fruit unknown. 



EASTEKN PENINSULA, Griffith. 



A tree. Leaves 12 by 5 in. ; petiole 1 in., thickened below. Flowers lanre, odorous ; 

 peduncle densely tomentose. Sepals 3, tomentose, at length glabrate. F>ta1* about 8, 

 oblong, fleshy, exceeding the sepals. Carpels (immature) densely woolly, beak glabrous. 



4. T. mutabilis, Slume Fl. Jay. Magnol. 24, c. 10-12 ; leaves elliptic^ 

 or lanceolate acuminate usually pilose or downy beneath, fruit ovoid; 



