44 in. MAGNOLIACEJ3. (Hook. f. & Tlioms.) 



8. M. nilag-irica, Zenk Plant. T>L t. 20 ; leaves oblong, elliptic- or 

 obovate-lanceolate acute at both ends or tip mucronate glabrona or pu- 

 bemlous only on the nerves beneath, flowers white, segments of perianth 

 9-12, ovules 2 or 4-5. Wight III i. 14 ; Ic. t. 938 ; II. f. <( T. Fl, Ind. 82 : 

 Thwaites Enum. 5. M. Pulneyensis, VRgU III i. 14, t. 5 (except fy*. 5 and 6). 



Higher mountains, alt. 5-6000 ft., of the WESTERN PENINSULA (var. 1) and of 

 CEYLON (var. 2). 



A tall tree, or shrub at high elevations, young parts silky. Leaves 2-4 in. Flowers 

 3-4 in. diam. ; buds $-! in., ovoid, pubescent. Beria&tk*6gmentii obovate, inner 

 acute, fruit 2-3 in.; carpels sessile There is some confusion in the descriptions of 

 the Ceylon and Nilghiri plants. Zenker describes M. nila<jirif<i as 1-ovuled; Wight, 

 'Illust.) repeats this, but (Icones) figures 2 ovules an 1 deseribes 4. Wight further 

 describes (Illustr.) M. WaU;<-ri as 2-.vuk-d, and or .///;>.//Vi as 3 ovuled, whilst under 

 glauca he makes no mention of the ovule-. His M. /'.///.//, //>/- is figured with yellow 

 flowers, and 4 ovules, and may be 31. Champaea. The following varieties are possibly 

 species : 



VAR. 1. WIOHTII; a tree, leaves 3-5 by 1^-2 in. elliptic green below, segments of 

 perianth usually 12, ovules 4-5. M. ovalitolia, ]\'i<jht. III. i. 13. 



VAR. 2. WALKKKI; leaves 2-3 by 1-1$ in. oblong or obovate-olilnng glaucous below, 

 segments of perianth usually '9, ovules 2. superposed. M. \Vulki. ri and M. glauca, 

 Wight 111. i. 13, 14. 



7. SCKZZANDRA, Miehaux. 



Climbing glabrous shrubs. Leaws exstipnlate. Plovers unisexual, white, 

 yellow or reddish, axillary, or in the axils of scales near the base of short 

 lateral leafy branches. *SV/*//x and /W.//s ( .) \-2. mil ricaU' in about 3 series. 

 < Stamens 5-15 or more, in a spiral series, filaments very short, freed 

 connate, often fleshy ; anthers tree or suhinmiersed in a fleshy head of con- 

 fluent filaments, cells small, remote. 9 "'''"'' > many, densely imbricated ; 

 stigma sessile ; or//A.< /'///// a slender spike of globose indehiseent tleshy 

 1-seeded carj>els. .sv/ f /.>- i --2. suspended, albumen fleshy , testa cmstaceou/j 

 embryo minute. DISTRIB. U. States, mountains of temperate and tropical 

 India and Java ; species about 6. 



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Filaments monaddplious lelow,free above. 



1. S. grandiflora, //./. <{- T. ; leaves ovate or oblong-lanceolate acu- 

 minate distantly toothed, flowers 1 in. diam., fruit (J-9 in., carpels sran.t 

 fusiform on a cylindric fleshy axis. Splucrostema graiuliflorum, //./. <( T. 

 FL Ind. 84. Kadsura grandiflora, Wall. Tent. Fl. <\\-/>. t. 14; Cat. 4985 A, 

 in part. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, from Simla to Bhotan, alt. 6-10,000 ft. 



A woody glabrous climber. Leaves 3-6 by 1-2 in., rather fleshy, base acute, pale 

 beneath; petiole l-l in. Flowers solitary, pinky-white, odorous; pedicel 1-2 in. 

 Filaments cylindric above ; anthers ovoid, connective thickened, cells lateral or sub- 

 extrorse. 



2. S. elong-ata, H. f. d- T. ; leaves ovate acute or acuminate minutely 

 cartilaginous-toothed, flowers \ in. diarn., fruit 2-3 in., carpels on a slender 

 axis. Sphaerostema elongatum, Blame FL Jav. Schiz. t. 5; U.f. & T. FL 

 Ind. 85. S. grandiflorum, Wall. Cat. 4983, A in part & G. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, from Nipal to Sikkim, alt. 5-6000 ft.; KHASIA HILLS. 

 DISTRIB. Java. 



.A woody climber; branches slender. Leaves 3-4 by l.\-2 in., pale, or glaucous be- 

 neath ; petiole -1 in. Flowers fascicled or solitary, $-f in. diam., yellowish ; pedi- 



