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anthers adnate, introrse. Carpels in a loose stalked spike ; 

 stigma decurrent ; ovules 2 or more. Fruit a lax or dense spike 

 of coriaceous dorsally dehiscing carpels. Seed* pendulous; Iron* 

 the carpels by a long thread ; outer wall of testa fleshy; albumen 

 oily. 



Leaves more than 4 in. long, gradually narrowed upwards from below 



the middle ; flowers yellow 1. Cliampaca. 



Leaves 2-4 in. long, shortly acuminate; flowers white, sometimes with 

 a tinge of yellow 2. inlmjirii'u. 



1. MICHELIA CHAMPACA, Linn. ; F. B. I. i. 42 ; W. & A. 6 ; King 

 Ann. Calc. iii. 216, t. 64; Brand. For. Fl. t. 1. 



Evergreen forests of the W. Ghats, in Mysore, Coorg, the 

 Anamalais and Pulneys and Travancore ; perhaps also 

 occasionally in the hills of the N. Circars ; elsewhere much 

 cultivated, especially about temples for the sake of its 

 flowers. 



A tall evergreen tree with a valuable yellowish wood. 

 Vern. Hind. Champa ; Tel. Champakam ; Tarn. Shem- 

 buga, Chambugam. 



2. MICHELIA NILAKIIIICA, /cnk. ; F. B. 1. i. 44; Wt. Ic. t. 988 ; 

 Bedd. Fl. t. 62 ; King Ann. Calc. iii. 216, t. 65. 



Shola forests of the Nilgiris, Anamalais and Pulneys above 

 5,000 ft. 



A handsome tree with a yellowish wood, valuable for 

 carpentry work. Vern. Tarn. Shembuga. 



2. Kadsura, Kaempfer. 



Climbing glabrous shrubs. Leaves exstipulate. Flowers uni- 

 sexual, white, yellow or reddish, axillary or in the axis of scales 

 near the base of short lateral leafy branches or from the old wood. 

 Sepals and petals 9 to 12 in all, imbricate in about 3 rows. Male 

 flowers with 5-15 or more stamens in a spiral series ; filaments 

 very short, free or subconnate, often fleshy ; anthers free or partly 

 immersed in a fleshy head of confluent filaments; cells small 

 distant. Female flowers with many densely imbricated ovaries ; 

 stigmas sessile ; ovules 2-4. Fruit a globose head of indehiscent 

 fleshy 1-seeded carpels. Seeds 1-2, suspended; albumen fleshy; 

 testa crustaceous ; embryo minute. 



