ILLICIUM. 



eoi 



Plate 38B. 



3, flower dissected: of natural 



enlarged. 



Illicium Canibodianum, Hance. 



flowering brancli ; 



ripe fruit ; 



size 



y 



stamens, front and back ; 5, circle of ovaries : 



3 



I. Griffithii, Hook. HI 



glabrous tree 



Th 



Fl. Ind. 74: Fl. Brit. Ind. 



young branchlets with pale, sh 



L 40 



ptic lanceolate, shortly acuminate 



tl 



ed 



- 





bark 



Len 



i 



A sma 



lanceolate or 



acute; upper surface shining, lower dull brown when dry 



lightly recurved when dry 



i 



the b 



: i s a 



obscure 



& th 2-5 to 3-5 



> 



breadth -9 to 14 in.; petiole about -~> 



the 6 or 7 pairs of nerv 



axillary or terminal, pedicellate, *6 in. or more in d 



to 1 in. long. Sepals about 4 or 5, rotund, acute. 



the pedicel 



blunt, the more internal small 



Stamens 20 to 2-1 



ovaries; filaments much shorter than the broad, blunt an then 



i- J owe 8 solitary. 



i recur v. .], f rorn .5 



about 18 or 20, rotund, 



erect, shorter than the 12 to 15 



Pdals fl 



individual carpels 



th 



Fruit I in. in d 



rather fleshy epicarp; endocarp w< ody, compressed 



durated and persistent and forming a terminal, sub-incurved, deltoid beak 



in Bull. Acad. St. Petersb. xxxii, 480. — 111 

 terminalis. Wall. Oat. 7121. 



Griff. 



I tin 



Notes 38 



y 



80 



iam.; the 

 the style 



Mar 



Gordo 



m. 



Bhotan, — Griffith; Khasia II 



Griffith, Hooker fit., Mann 



Plat 



40A 



Illicium Griffithii, Hook. fil. # Th 



4,000 to 5,000 feet 



3 



petal 



4 



j 



pedicel and ovaries; 5, 



ripe 



fruit 



1, flowering branch 

 natural size; 6, anther 



sepals; 



ilarged. 



4 



high 



I. majus, Hook. fil. Sf Thorns. FL Brit. Ind. i, 40. A small glabrous tree 30 feet 



branches rather stout. Leaves coriaceous 



1 



acuminate : above sh 



c 



below rath 



bovate-obL, ^ 



or obi 



dull 



breadth 1*5 to 2 in. ; petiole 1 in. Fl 



nerves to 12 pairs; length 4 to 6 

 5 in. in diam., pedicellate, sub-tcrmi 



in. 



' 



litary or in fascicl 



ped 



75 to 1 in., lengtl 





in fru 



Sepals 



orbicular, ciliate, the inner broadly oval. Filaments short and 



I prints 



ly as broad as tl 



ie 



oblong anthe 



Ovar 



pread 



Fruit 



k 



Tenasserim in Burmah, alt. 5,500 feet, on the Thoung Gain Rang 



Th< 

 drawing 



material of this at Kew consists of 



two 



pec 



Lobb. 

 from wli 



1 



the 



I h 



giv 



was made 



T 



species is absent f 



the Calcutta Herbarium 



The whorl of 



pel 



presented, in my 



was kindly drawn by Mr. Hemsley, F.R.S 

 from a different collector. It represents, ho 

 as that of /. majus. 



figure 

 from 



may not 



belong 



to this speci- s 



It 



loose specimen in the Kew Herbari 



» 



the fruit 



pted by pharmac( 



o 



Plate 39A. Illicium maj 



'7 



Hook 



Thorns 



1 



fl 



size 



2. flow 



3. stamens: 4, individual carpel 



the Kew Herbarium; 5, whorl of carpels: of natural 

 communicated by Mr. 



larged — d 



<lra\ 



b 



fro 



ranch : of natural 

 m a specimen in 



Holmes, of the PI 



awn from a loose specimen 

 Society, London, to the Kew 



Herbarium 



5 



I. Simoksii, Mazimow 



in Bull Acad. 



S 



St. Petersb 



xxxn 



j 



480 



A small 



glabrous tree ; the young branches pale brown. Leaves thinly coriaceous, elhpt 



late, acuminate at apex 



and base 



surface dull bro 



the 6 or 7 pairs of main 



nerves obscure 



1 



the midrib stout; length 3 



4 



in. 



> 



breadth 1*2 to 15 



petiole 



5 in. 



Flowers sub-sessile 



> 



ded at the apices of the branches 



8 in. in diam. wl 



panded 



Sepals about 4, rotund 



Petals 16 to 



8 



the exterior broadly ovate, the 



