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UAQSOLUCSJE OF BIUTISH INDIA. 



Magnolia 



Michelia, as 



© 



act 



of 



distinguished from Magnolia practically by th 

 stalked, while that of Magnolia is sessile. 



o 



as 



matter of fact, two 



distinct, although short 



ynophore cannot 



ally defined, is 



its gynophore 



species of Indian Magnolia, viz. 



Iks to their gynophores; the pre 



B 



M. Griffith 



d Feuli 



absence of 



therefore be regarded as 



an absolute character 



Th 



rip 



stalk to 

 o fruit. 



any Indian species of Magnolia, is 



in many inumu »p^«« ^ — -* ? 



and the solitary practical distinction that I 



lono-ated rather than ovoid, just as in Michelia 



find between the Magnolias with elongated 



f 



whereas in 



that, in the former, the individual carpels are 

 Michelia they are laxly packed or even distant from each oth 



d Michelia is 



much 



owded 



The Indian 



glohosa 



o 



Magnolia 

 resemblin 



Magnolia, 



more ovules, wher 



d many of th 



Ind 



pecies have 



those of Manglietia 



is however 



The latter, although in oth 



d fruits, in shape 

 pects agreeing with 



eparated off from that genus because its ovaries have three or 



those of Magnoli 



have never more than t 



But although a 



difference in the 

 Manoiietia. uniformity 



number of ovules is thus considered sufficient to separate Magnolia from 



umber of ovules is not considered necessary in the g 



Michelia ; some of the species of which have 



two, while otl 



h 



three or more 



j 



and one (nilagirica) has 



dino- to some observers, as many as eight ovules. 



The mode of dehiscence of the individual carpels 



the three genera just mentioned 



is 



dorsal 



and the fact of ventral dehiscence 



of indehiscence) 



a fe 



speci 



which otherwise have the characters of Magnolia, h 

 for the formation of the genus Talaumi for their 



b 



pt 



sidered a sufficient reason 

 There is, in my opinion, 



more justification of the retention of Talauma which M. Baillon, however, would also red 



Mignol 



I go 



far with M. B 



as to think that instead ,of keep 



or 



up 



the 



it 



might 



be better to 



genera Michelia and Manglietia^ 



in them as sections of the older genus Magnol 



rearrange 



the 



I 



th 



following 



pecies 

 page 



acluded 

 I have 



not, however, do 



ytl 



of th 



kind 



I h 



not 



hut I 



v 



added some species to each 



T 



a y 



kept these old genera up, 



be inconsistent ; but it disturbs no 



le numbers 



synonymy, and it is really a matter of small importance whether (where large 



of species have not to be dealt with) groups be treated as small independent genera, or 



sections of one larger ge 



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MAGNOLIACEjE. 



Tre 



•king 



rubs, sometimes climbing, often aromatic, the wood 



Leaves alternate, quite entii 



toothed, stipulate or not. 



Flower 



with glandular 

 ? axillary or 



terminal, often showy, white, yellow or red ; sometimes unisexual. Sepals and peta 

 deciduous, hypogynous, arranged in whorls of 3, rarely of 4. 



ery 



Stan 



vnous; filaments flattened 



terete, free or monadelpl 



the cells bursting longitudinally. Carpels indefinite, free or partly col 



definite, hypo- 

 anthers basifixed, adnate, 



whorl 



or m several, on an elongate axis; 

 surface; ovules 2 or more, on the 



baccate, or 



tyles short or 

 r entral suture, 



>ly lo 



Ltropo 



o 



matose on the inner 



or 



phitropous 



follicular, or of woody dehiscent carpels, which are someti 



o 



d 



Fruit 



in a, 



cone. 



Seeds solitary or few, sometimes pendulous f 



oi a long 



funicle; testa single and 



crustaceous, or double, the outer 



minute; cotyledons spr 



fleshy; albumen granular or fleshy 



d 



jubry 



radicle short, bl 



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