06 



3 to 3-75 



in diam. wh 



rings, 



about '3 



in. 



Ion 



o 



MAGNOLIACE^ OF BBITISH IxVDIA. 



>n fully expanded (buds not seen) ; pedicels stout, with 

 , pubescent. Spathoid bract 



al 



vate-rotund, obt 



glab 



Sepals and petals 12, yellowish-white, glabrou 



oblanceolate. sub 



the inner smaller 



Stamens slightly more tl 



half as long as the cylindric, glabrous gynoecium ; styles rather 



thick 



sub-recurved ; anthers apiculat 



Fruit sub-cylindric ; its apex rather pointed; th 



base rounded, glabrous, sparsely lenticellate, 3 to 

 individual carpels cuncate, about -5 in. long 



4 in. long and about 1'25 in. in d 



Assam, Sibsagar 



district (M 



S. Pealh where th 



name is Korika sopa 



Mikir II 



M 



G. M 



who 



forms me that the native nime there is T\ 



sopa 



The special 

 by the Assam e 

 Magnoliact 



sent me 



of the 



kinds of Sopp 



and the term soppa is, m 



I 



species was first collected by Mr. S. Peal of Sibsag 



flowering specimens and drawings 



seem to be rather loosely applied 

 , not always confined to species of 



who kindly 



)se of 



The flowers much resemble th 



Michelia oblonga, Wall 

 Mr. G. Mann of good 



to which I was disposed to refer it 



The 



pt, however, from 



fruiting 



pecimens made it impossible any Ion 



to think of 



as a 



Micheiia 



M 



Mann's specimens were collected at some distance from Sibsag 



The species has, therefore, probably 



d 



Plate 47 ter. Talauma phellocarp 



distribution in the province 

 King, — 1, 



flower ; 

 have fallen 



3, petal from outer row; 4, ripe fruit; 5, axis 



section of 

 d its processes after the carpels 



flowering branch ; 2 



?/ natur 



I here subjoin a description of a new species from Sumatra 

 Talauma Forbesii, King in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. 58, pt. 



373 



A small tree or 



shrub ; glabrous except the peduncles which are adpressed-villose. Leaves oblong-lanceo- 

 late, acuminate both at base and apex, green and shining on both surfaces, thinly 



coriaceous; nerves 12 to 15 pairs 

 Flowers terminal, solitary, erect, -7 



length 



of blade 4 



to 6 



breadth 1 to 1*5 in. 



lon<* , on stout peduncles. Spathoid bract of 



densely 



ed with adpressed, fulvous, silky hair; buds pointed 



Sepals 



an 



petals 



about equal in length, white, nearly glabrous. Ripe fruit 

 rpels *6 in. long, 



1-25 in. long; the individual 



ovate, rugose, with short termin 



beak 



Se 



4 



broad by '3 in. 



long; the base compressed. — Magnolia Forbesii, King MSS 



Peak 



S 



Sumatra, on Kaiser's 

 1853, 2066 and 2204. 

 This resembles T. pumila, Bl., but its leaves are not gl 



at elevations of 5,000 to 6,500 feet. Forbes 



have more 



moreover the flowers 



mailer and not droop 



beneath, and they 

 -, the petals ovate 



and not obovate, and the carpels are only about half the length of those of that species. 



Plate 45 A. Talauma Forbesii, King.—l, twig with ripe fruit; 2, bud with spathoid 



bract: 3, flo 



If 



4, young fruit; 5 seeds, — all of natural 



4. Magnolia, Linn. 



Trees 



shrubs 



stipules, which 



Leaves evergreen or deciduous 



buds 



ped 



in 



the 



olute 



pairs 



Flovier 



o 



lly terminal. Sepals 3. Petals 6 



