42 in. MAGNOLIACEJE. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Magnolia. 



There is an undescribed Magnolia or Manglietia in Herb. Hook, from Bhotan (Booth) 

 too incomplete for description. 



5. IKANGXXETXA, Blume. 



Trees ; foliage and inflorescence of Maanolia. ,SVy /<//* 3. Petals 6 or more, 

 2- or more-seriate. Stamens very numerous, many-seriate; anthers linear, 

 adnate, introrse. Gynophore sessile. Ovaries many, cohering in an ovoid 

 head; stigma decurrent on the ventral suture; ovules 6 or in. ire. Fruit 

 ovoid, head of carpels persistent dehiscing dorsally. ,sW(/,s as in Magnolia. 

 DIST&IB. Mountains of tropical Asia; species 5. 



1. M. insig-nis, Blume. Fl. Jar. Mn<in<il. itf ; leaves lanceolate acute or 

 acuminate, fruit a dense oblong spike of carpels. //./ <t- '/'. Fl. Ind. 7(1. 

 Magnolia insignis, Wall. Tent. FL Nep. t. 1 ; PL As. Rar. ii. t. l*-2 ; Cat. 



NIPAL, alt. 6-10,000 ft. KHASIA HILLS, alt. 3-6000 ft. 



A lofty tree, wholly glabrous except a few brown hairs on the tips of the, bud- 

 Leaves 4-8 by 1-24 '"> coriaceous, shining al-ovr, pair beiKath, petiole 1 in. Fl" 

 odorous, pille pink ; buds 2 in., ovoid-oblong. Petals 9. Fruit 3-4 in., bright-purple 

 when tresh. 



VAR. 1. LATIFOLIA; leaves 4-6 by 2-2 4 in ., elliptic-lai ite. 



VAR. 2. ANGUHTIFOLIA ; leaves 6-8 by 1-2 in., lanceolate acuminate. 



2. Itt. Caveana, //./ <( T. Fl. l,,d. 76 ; leavc.s ..l,,vate oblong obtuse 

 or mucronate, fruit an ovoid <r sul 'globose sjiike of carpels. 



Forests of the KHASIA im.i.s, alt. 2-3000 ft., //. /. flfi T. 



\ lofty tree, glabrous fvervwhrre. Lnirnt 8-10 by 3-4 in., coriaceous, glaucous be- 

 in :tth, reticuiaied when dry; petiole 2 in. Fluiccm unknown. Cat-pels rounded at the 

 back. Setds 2-6. 



6. BHCHZ2Z.ZA, Linn. 



Trees. Leaves as in Magnolia. Flowers axillary, solitary (terminal in 

 J/. 1'ntlic(trtii:. Nyy(//.s andyw/'//.s- similar, !>-!;"> or more. :i- or more-seriate. 

 Stament as in JA/;///. ,//./. (,'^n^/irc >talkf.l. ('<ir/tr/. in a In.isc spike, 



stigma decurrent; ovules 2 or nn>iv. /'/// /i a lax or densr donxatc- >pike 

 of coriaceous dorsally dehiscing carpi-Is. ,s'-f/s of Alaynoli". DISTEIB. 

 About 12 species ; temp, and trop. Mts. of India. 



* Flowers terminal. 



1. IK. Cathcartii, II. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 79; leaves oblong-lanceolate 

 acuminate, nerves hairy on both surfaces, perianth-segments 9. //. /. ///. 

 Him.. Fl. t. 7. 



Temperate forests of the SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 5-6000 ft. 



A lotty tree ; young branches densely silky. Leaves 4 by 1^ in., thin, subcoriaceous, 

 pale beneath; petiole }, in. Flowers 1 in. diam., white. ^'r/>(il* and petals oblong, 

 inner gradually smaller. Carpels sessile, densely imbricate ; rachis 2-4 in. 



** Flowers axillary. Ovules 3 or more (see also 8, nilagirica). 



2. M. Champaca, L. ; leaves ovate-lanceolate tapering to a long point, 

 flowers yellow, segments of perianth 15-20, ovaries pubescent. J)C. Prodr. 

 i. 79; Wall. Cat. 969 (except K}; Jtt<,.,-b. Fl. Ind. ii. 656; W. & A. Prndr. 

 i. 6 ; Wight III. i. 13 ; Blume FL Jav. Maynol. t. 1 ;//./. & T. Fl. Ind. 79. 

 M. rufinervis, DC. I.e. 79. M. Doldsopa, Ham. ex DC. I.e. ; Don 7 J /Wr. 226 ; 

 Wall. Tent. FL Nep. t. 3 ; Cat. 971. M. aurantiaca, Watt. Cat. 6492 ; Plant. 

 As. Rar. t. 147. M. Rheedii, Wight III. i. 14, t. 5, f. 6. 



