Mwhelia.] in. MAGNOLIACEJE. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 43 



Commonly cultivated, but wild in the forests of the TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, from 

 Nipal eastward ; and in PEGU, TENASSERIM, the NILGHIRIS and TRAVANCOR. DISTRIB. 

 Java ( Champi}. 



A tall tree ; branchlets pubescent. Leaves 8-10 by 2-4 in., shining above, pale 

 and glabrous or puberulous beneath ; petiole 1-1^ in. Flowers 2 in. diam., pale yellow 

 or orange, very fragrant; peduncle ehort; buds silky. Sepals oblong, acute. Petals 

 linear. Fruit 3-4 in., carpels subsessile. 



3. IK. excelsa, Blume Fl. Jav. Magnol. 9 ; leaves oblong or oblong- 

 lanceolate acute silky-brown beneath, flowers white, segments x>f perianth 

 about 12, ovaries pubescent. Wall. Cat, 6494 ; Wight III. i. 14 ; H.f. & T. 

 Fl. Ind. 80 ; Griff. Ic. iv. 655. Magnolia excelsa, Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep. t. 2. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, alt. 5000 ft., from Nipal to Bhotan, and in the KHASIA HILLS. 

 A lofty tree ; young parts softly brown-hairy. Leaves 5-8 by 2-3 in., acute, glabrous 

 above ; petiole 1 in. Flowers 4-5 in. diam. ; buds 2 in., silky-brown. Sepals obovate. 

 Petals gradually narrower. Fruit 5-8 in. ; carpels subsessile, rather distant. 



4. m. lanuginosa, Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep. 8, t. 5 ; Cat. 6493 ; leaves ob- 

 long or lanceolate, glabrous above white and tomentose beneatfi, flowers 

 white, segments of perianth about 18, ovaries densely woolly. H.f. & T. 

 Fl. Ind. 80. M. velutina, DC. Prodr. i. 79. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, alt. 5-7000 ft., from Nipal to Bhotan, and in the KHASIA 

 HILLS. 



A small or large tree ; young parts densely white or grey-tomentose. Leaves 6-10 

 by 2-3^. in. ; petiole ^ in. Flowers 3-4 in. diam. ; buds 14 in. Sepals narrow-obovate, 

 obtuse. Inner petals narrower, acute. Fruit 4-5 in. ; carpels obovate, stalked, dis- 

 tant. Wallich describes this as a tall tree flowering in spring, In Sikkim it forms a 

 large bush, flowering in autumn. 



5. BI. K.isopa, Ham. DC. Prodr. i. 79 ; leaves lanceolate or oblong- 

 lanceolate glabrous, flowers pale yellow, segments of perianth about 12, 

 ovaries densely pubescent. Wall. Tent. Fl. JNep. t. 4 ; Cat. 970 : Don Prodr. 

 226 ; H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 81. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, alt. 5-7000 ft., from Nipal to Kumaon. 



A tall tree ; bark grey, young parts clothed with appressed grey pubescence, soon 

 glabrous. Leaves 5-6 by l-i-2 in., acute or acuminate, glabrous on both surfaces; 

 petiole 1 in. Flowers f-1 in. diam. ; buds puberulous. Sepals narrow-obovate. Petals 

 scarcely narrower than the sepals. Fruit 3-4 in. ; carpels sessile. 



'* Flowers axillary. Ovules 2, superposed. 



6. BX. oblong-a, Wall.' Cat. 972 ; leaves obovate-oblong glabrous glaucous 

 beneath, flowers white, segments of perianth about 12. //./. & T. FL Ind. 

 81 ; M. lactea, Wall. Cat. 6491. 



Forests of the KHASIA HILLS and ASSAM. 



A tree ; branches glabrous. Leaves 4-6 by 2-2J in., obtusely acuminate ; petiole 

 4-1 in. Flower-buds about 1 in., glabrous. Sepals l in., narrow-obovate. Petals 

 lanceolate. Carpels sessile. An imperfectly known species. 



7. IK. punduana, H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 81 ; leaves oblong abruptly acu- 

 minate glabrous, flowers white, segments of perianth about 9, ovaries 

 densely pubescent. Magnolia punduana, Wall. Cat. 974. 



Forests of the KHASIA HILLS, alt. 3-5000 ft. 



A tall tree; young parts brown-silky, soon glabrate. Leaves 4-6 by 2 in., base 

 acute or obtuse ; petiole |-| in. Flowers 1^-2 in. diam. ; buds f-1 in., silky. /Segments 

 of perianth obovate, outer obtuse, inner acute. Fruit 3-4 in. ; carpels sessile. 



