Talauma.} in. MAGNOLIACEJE. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 41 



carpels 9-1 2 coriaceous tubercled, beak short recurved, H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 

 74, Manglietia Candollei, Wall. Cat. 6497 (not of Blume}. 



EASTERN PENINSULA, from Moulmein to Penang. DISTRIB. Java. 



A shrub, 6-9 ft. (Blume) or tree; bark brown. Leaves 6-12 by 2-4 in., glabrous 

 above, rarely so beneath, base acute; petiole 1-2 in., thickened below. Flowers large, 

 white ; peduncle stout, silky or woolly. Sepals 3, 1-2 in., oval, thick, greenish. Petals 

 6, obovate. Fruit 2 in. 



4. IttAGNOLIA, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves evergreen or deciduous ; buds enveloped in the 

 convolute stipules, which are connate in pairs. Flower large, terminal. 

 Sepals 3. Petals 6-12, 2-4-seriate. Stamens numerous, many-seriate, 

 filaments flat; anthers adnate, introrse. Gynophore sessile. Carpels many, 

 imbricated on a long axis, 2-ovaled, persistent ; stigmas decurrent on the 

 ventral suture. Fruit an elongated axis, with persistent adnate 1-2-seeded 

 dorsally dehiscing follicles. /Seeds pendulous from the carpels by a long 

 cord ; outer walls of testa fleshy ; albumen oily. DISTRIB. Temp. N. Ame- 

 rica, temp, and trop. E. Asia and Japan ; species about 15. 



1. HI. Campbellii, H.f. & T. Fl Ind. 77 ; leaves deciduous elliptic 

 ovate or oblong acute or acuminate membranous, flowers appearing before 

 the leaves white or rose, carpels obtuse not beaked. H.f. III. Him. PL t. 4, 5 ; 

 Griff. Ic. iv. t. 656. 



EASTERN HIMALAYA, forests of Sikkim and Bhotan, alt. 8-10,000 ft. 



A lofty tree, branches black. Leaves 4-12 by 2-4 in., glabrous above, glaucous 

 pubescent or silky beneath, base cordate rounded or oblique ; petiole 1 in. JFloioers 

 6-10 in. diam. Petals 9-12. Fruit 6-8 in. 



2. M. globosa, H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 77 ; leaves deciduous 1 ovate acute 

 or obtuse shortly mucronate glaucous beneath, buds globose appearing 

 with the leaves, carpels shortly beaked. 



Inner ranges of the SIKKJM HIMALAYA, alt. 9-10,000 ft. 



A small tree, branches brown, young tomentose, old glabrous. Leaves 5-9 by 3-6 

 in., nerves beneath tomentose. Flowers 4-5 in. diam., white, odorous; buds 1 in. 

 diam. Petals 6. Fruit 2-3 in. long. 



- 3. M. Griffith!!, ff.f. & T.; leaves persistent oblong acute pale beneath, 

 buds oblong appearing with the leaves, carpels obtuse not beaked. 



Forests of UPPER ASSAM, near Sadya, Griffith. 



An evergreen tree ; young branches and buds silky tomentose, finally glabrate. Leaves 

 10-14 by 5-6 in., coriaceous, glabrous above, nerves a little rough beneath ; petiole ^ in. 

 Flower-buds 2 in., enclosed in silky bracts. Carpels 1-2-seeded. The number of ovules 

 is doubtful, and the plant may be a Manglietia. 



4. M. splienocarpa, Roxb. Cor. PI. iii. t. 266; leaves evergreen oblong 

 obtuse or subacute glabrous on both sides or puberulous beneath buds 

 globose appearing with the leaves, carpels very long-beaked. Wall. Cat. 

 975; H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 78. Liriodendron grandiflorum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 

 653. Michelia macrophylla, Don Prodr. 226. 



TROPICAL HIMALAYAN forests, from Nipal to Assam, KHASIA HILLS, and CHITTAGONO, 

 alt. 3000 ft. 



Evergreen ; young parts hoary, at length glabrate. Leaves 8-16 by 3-6 in , tapering 

 to the base, thick, coriaceous ; petiole 1-2 in. Floirers white, fragrant ; buds 2 in. diam. 

 Petals 6, oval, fleshy. Fruit 8-16 in. ; beak of carpels compressed, 1 in. or more. 



