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MAGSOUACEiE OP BRITISH INDIA. 



2 



M. globosa, Hook, fil 



Thorns. FL Ind. 77. A small tree ; the young branch 



deciduously 



mueronate ; 

 puberutous mic 



fous 



Leaves membranous, ovate; the apex acute, or 



ded 



d 



the base rounded or minutely cordate 

 Irib: lower, especially wh 



youn 





gl 



pper surface smooth 

 ucous and sparsely i 



th 



d 



Wi 



St l 



o 



=> 



5 to 8 



rufous ham 

 breadth 3 to 



the midrib and 8 to 10 pairs of nerves 

 5 in.; petiole 1-5 to 1*75 in., 



fous 



length 



1 



111. 



long, 



pule 



Flowers solitary, leaf-opposed, pedicellate, 4 or even 



the spathoid bract purple 



> 



fu^aceous ; 



pal 



but smaller. Ripe fruit 



the s< m 



elongate, slightly rugose, 



pedicel 2 

 d-cylindr 



in. 



fous-tomentose, as is the narrow 



5 in. in diam. 

 Petals 6. lib 



? 



Sepals 3, obovate 



2-2 



in. long; 



the individual 



•pel 



s 



with short, recurved, decid 



beaks 



■"> 



In Sikkiin 

 the accompan) 



at 



elevations of from 9 to 10,000 feet. The flower represented in 



ui 



ameter 



•ing plate is . a small one. 

 Their usual colour is white. 



Many fl 



are found at least 2 in. moi 



Pi 







Magnolia glob 



Hook, fil 



Thorns 



1 



flowering branch ; 2, ripe fruit 



)/ natural 



3 



glabrous 



M. Campb 

 annulate. L 



Hook. fil. & Thorns. Fl. 2nd. 77. A large tree ; the young branches 



elliptic-oblong, sub-obovate to ovate, 



decid 



membr 



tC ute slightly narrowed to the rounded or minutely cordat 



base 



the reticulat 



5 



pairs 





glabrous 

 length 4 to 12 



distinct (when dry); 1 

 when ad 



densely 



; upper surface glabro 

 ed with pale tomentum wl 



th 



pubescent nerves and midrib; nerves 14 to 16 



breadth 2 to 6 in.; petiole '75 in. Stipules pilose. Fl 



solitary, terminal, 6 to 10 in. in diam 

 ovate, externally pilose, spathoid invol 



? 



when in bud 



loped in 2 or more broadly 



Sepals and petals 12 to 15 



sim 



broadly 



ovate to obovate, the inter 



1 in. in 



FL Br. 

 Ind. Timb. 5 



Bhotan 



diam 



individual 



smaller. Ripe fruit cylindric, 6 to 8 in. 

 pels ovoid, 



long and about 



obtuse, compressed, 1-2-seeded 



Hook 



fil 



Ind. i, 41 ; Hook, fil 



I Cathcarfs Must. IPmal. Plants, t. 4 



d 5 



Gam b le 



Vern. 



u 



Lai Champ 



5? 



d Sikkim Himalaya, at elevatioi 

 every respect one of the most 



of from 8,000 to 10,000 feet 



zone 



This is in eve 

 of the Eastern Himalaya. Sp 



perb trees of the 



temperate forest 



of it, 150 feet 



height, used to be common 



at the time of Sir Joseph Hooker's visit to the province in 1849 



ost of these larg 



exampl 

 quality 



have long 

 nd is know 



since 



as 



been 



verted into timb 



for the wood is of excellent 



a 



Lai Champ 



?j 



The flowers are • of the most lovely rose 



colour (occasionally they are white), and are sweetly 



ted. They appear while th 





plant is leafless, an 



gement 



which detracts much from their effect 



rL 



51 



Magnolia Campbellii, Hook, fil 



Thorn 



1 



> 



flower-bud 



showing 



spathoid involucre; 2, fully expanded flower: i 



corolla removed to show the stamens and spike of ovaries 



tural size: 3, flower with 



the 

 and 



larged. (Copied from 



Hooker fil 



c 



Cathcarfs Must. Himal. Plants, t. 4 



nd 5.) 



Plate 52 



Fig. 4 



5 



branch 



ith 



young 



fruit 



5, ripe fruit 



6 



j 



pathoid bract 



seeds, — all of natural size. 



4 



M. Maixgati, King in Jc 



As. Soc. Beng. vol. 58, pt. ii, 369 



A tree ; young 



branches and inflorescence densely clothed with 



oblanceolate-oblonir or obovate, acuminate 

 glabrou 



pale shaggy hair. 



X 



memb 



•> 



) 



> 



the lower glauco 



us ; the midrib sparsely villous ; nerves 



d to the rounded base; upper surface 



16 to 20 pairs; length 



