200 



MAGNOLIACE^ OP BRITISH INDIA.. 



Stamens 



3-to many-seriate 

 indefinite, 1-seriate, 1-ovuled 

 hard follicles. 



defi 



filaments thick ; anthers adnate, introrse. 



style subulate, recurved. Fruit of spreading, compressed 



•> 



Seeds compressed; testa hard, sh 



o 



DlSTRIB 



N. Am 



China, Indo-Malaya. Sp 



albumen fleshy 

 about 10 



Carpels tapering to the apex, the beaks apical 





Petals thin, narrowly oblong, many times longer than the sepals 

 Petals more or less fleshy, rotund, not much longer than the 



1. J. Manipi 



Filaments about as long as the 



thers 



St 



13: leaves often whorled 



2. /. Cambodiamtm 



Filaments shorter than the anthers 



Stamens 

 Stamens 



24 ; leaves lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate 3. I. Griffith 



* 



leaves obovate-oblong 



or lanceolate 



Carpels clavate, their beaks sub-apical ; flowers sessile ; fruit pedunculate 



4. /. 



5. /. 



'imonm. 



1 



I. Manipurf-nse, Watt MSS. in Herb. Calc. (in pari). A small tree (?), glab 



L 



broadly elliptic-oblong, shortly acuminate ; the base cuneate ; dull 



both surfaces; the 6. or 7 pairs of 



hardly visible; length 3*5 to 4 in., breadth 



1-5 in.; petiole from 



to *7o in. 



Floivers 



1 in. 



loi 



o 



bracteate at tb 



18, much Ion 



o 



than th 



base 

 pals, 



axillary, solitary, on slender pedicels 

 Sepals 4 to 6, rotund. Petals membranous 



i early 

 about 



oblong, blunt. Stamens about as many as the 



petal 



shorter than the ovaries; the anthers obi 



o 



the flat fleshy filaments 



Sty I 



ch 



d 



blunt, about as Ion 

 Fruit unknown. 



g and as broad 



Key 



cr 



n 



and Oh 



D 



S 



on 



th 



Manipur-Burmese front 



at elevations of 7,000 



to 9,000 feet 



G. Watt 



This 



is distinguished, amongst hitherto described Asiat 



pecies 



j 



by its long 



i 



petal 



in which 



pedicelled flowers with narrow spreading 

 American /. Floridanum. 



Plate 40B. Illicium Manipurense, Watt. 

 show petals and stamens: of natural size ; 9, bud; 10, flower 



enlarged. 



pects it approaches the 



7, flowering branch; 8, flower dissected to 



> 



11 



? 



anthe 



rs 



> 



12, ovaries 



2 



I. Cambodian 



II, 



in Ji 



Bot 



1876, p. 240. A small glabrou 



tr 



Leaves opposite or in whorls of 3 or 4, coriaceous, oblanceolate or obovate- lanceolate 



5 in., breadth 1 to 2 in. 



rely lanceolate, acuminate, entire ; length of blade 





to 4 



petiole less than *5 in. 'Fl 



red to white 



4 in. in diam., on long, 



ped 



der, axillary 



solitary or in groups of 3 or 4. Sepals 3 or 4, rotund. Fetals about 9 



diminishing 



in size 



ds. ovate-obl 



© 



blunt 



Stam 



9 to 13 



m a 



the filaments about 



as 



long 



single 



row 



j 



as the anthers. Follicles 8 to 12, beaked, rad 



Pierre Flore Forestiere de la Cochin- Chi) 

 pi. ii, 374. 



Perak; in dense forests at elevat 



t. 4 



King in Jo urn. As. Soc. Beng 



I 



8 



of from 3,600 to 7,000 feet 



There 



some 



ty as to the shape and size of the 



are triangular and much smaller th 



pals 



sometimes they 



the petals, in other specimens they resemble the 



petals both in size and shape. The stamens also vary in number, but they never form 



more than 

 branous, 



a single 

 others almost 



row. The texture 



f the leaves in some plants is tl 



and 



mem 



It is possible there may be two species included in this 



