

MAGNOLIA. 



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to 12, 2- to 4-seriate. Stamens numerous, many-seriate ; filaments flat ; anthers ad 



mtrorse. Gynophore sessile or shortly stalked. Carpels many, imbricated on a long axis 

 2-o vuled, persistent; stigmas decurrent on the ventral suture. Fruit an elon« ited axi 

 with persistent, adnate, 1-2-seeded, dorsally dehiscing follicl. s. Seels pendulous from tin 

 carpels by a long cord; outer walls of testa fleshy; albumen oily. 



Distrib.— Temp. N. America, temp, and tmp. E. Asia and Japan. Species about 1 



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Synopsis of species. 



Gynopliore quite sessile. 



Ripe fruit oblong ; carpels with long, coriaceous, apical 



beaks 



1. If. pfrrocarpa. 



Eipe fruit ovoid-cylindric 2. M. nbbom. 



Kipe fruit narrowly cylindric, elongate. 



Sepals and petals 12 to 15 3. J/". C<mj>?>< !/ii. 



Sepals and petals 9 



Carpels villous 4. M. M ,,yu 



„ smooth 5. M. Guttua. 



Gynopliore shortly stalked. 



Leaves 9 to 13 in. long, densely sericeous when young . C. M. Griffithii. 



„ 6-5 to 8 in. long, puberulous when young . . . 7. M. Pealiana. 



1. M. pteeocarpa, Roxb. Corom. PL iii, 62, t. 266, A largo tree; the young parts 

 adpressed-tawny -pilose ; the branchlets annnlated, ultimately all parts glabrous. Leaves 

 coriaceous, obovate-oblong, sub-rhomboidal, narrowed to the rather obtuse apex, and much 



narrowed to the acute base; both surfaces glabrous when adult: the upper shining, the 

 lower rather dull and darker in colour; the reticulations conspicuous (when dry); nerv< 

 12 to 17 pairs, prominent beneath; length 8 to 16 in., breadth 4*5 to 6 in.; petiole 1 to 

 1*75 in., thickened at the base; stipule narrowly convolute, about 3 in. long. Flowers 



terminal, 3*5 in. in diam. when expanded (rarely expanding); the bud ovoid- 

 concave, coriaceous, cinereous-puberulous, caducous, 



solitary, 



rotund and enveloped in a rotund 



spathoid bract. Peduncle stout, 1*5 to 2 in. long (longer in fruit), with many rings, 

 tawny-pubescent or glabrescent. Sepals 3, coriaceous, broadly oval or obovate, concave, 

 reflexed, green externally, white within, caducous. Petals 6, like the sepals in shape but 

 broader, fleshy, white. Ovaries in a conical head, excei ling the stamens. Ripe frmt 

 oblong-conic, 5 to 7 in. long and 1*5 to 2'5 in. in diam.; individual carpels narrowly 



ovoid, rugose, -6 in. long, with long, spreadin 



apical beaks almost 



twice as long as themselves. Seeds 1 or 2, with orange-coloured testa.— J/, sphenocarpa 

 Wall. Oat. 975 (p. 27); Book, fl. fy Thorns. Fl. Ind. 78; Hook, fil. Fl Dr. hid. i, 41.- 



Liriodendron grandiflorum, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 43 ; FL Ind. ii, 6ol.—Sphenocarpus, Wall. Cat. 

 975 corrig., p. 238.—Talauma Roxburghii, G. Don Gen. Syst. i, 85. 



Forests of tropical Himalaya from Nepal eastward; Assam Range, Khasia and 

 Chittagong Hills; at low elevations. Vern. " Boramthuri soppa!' 



Dried specimens of this both in leaf and flower much resemble the much commoner 



Talauma Eodgsoni. 



Plate 53. Magnolia pterocarpa, Roxb.—\, branch with flower artificially expanded to 



show the parts; 2, bud with its spathoid involucre; 3, stamens and ovaries; 4, ripe fruit 

 (of small size),— all of natural size. 



Ann. Eoy. Bot. Gard. Calcutta, Vol, III. 



