MAXGLIETIA. 



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though short, stalk to the gynophore. It is best distinguished from M. Griffi.hii bv the 

 smaller size of ,ts leaves, which, moreover, are at most puberulous even when v'ouL 

 whereas those of M. Oriffithii are densely sericeous when young. " S ' 



Plate 59 Magnolia Pealiana, Ein g .-\, branch with flo°wer; 2, bud; 3, flower 



dissected to show all the parts ; 4, gyncecium ; 6, ripe fruit ; 7, seeds : of natural *, • 



o, stamens: enlarged. ' 



5. Manglietia, Bkme. 



Trees; foliage and inflorescence of Magnolia. SepaU 3. Petals G or more 2- or 

 more seriate. Stamens very numerous, many-seriate; anthers linear, adnate, interna 

 Gynophore sessile. Ovaries many, cohering in an ovoid head; ttigioa decurrent on the 

 ventral suture; ovules 6 or more. Fruit ovoid; carpels persistent, dehiscing dorsally 

 Seeds as in Magnolia. Distrib.— Mountains of tropical Asia. Species 5. 





Shrudby. 



Synopsis of species. 



YouDg branches and petioles villous ; 6pathoid hood of calyx fulvous- 



sericeous 



Arboreous. 



1- if. Sebassa. 



Flowers 3 to 5 in. in diam. 



Leaves oblanceolate to lanceolate-oblong, 4*5 to 7 in. long 



flowers 4 to 5 in. in diam. ; carpels 3- to 4-seeded ... 2. J/. 



Leaves elliptic or elliptic-obloDg, 8 to 10 in. long; flowers 



4 in. in diam. ; carpels 1-seeded 



Leaves oval or obovate-oblong, 5 to 7 in. long ; flowers 3 in. in 



insigtm. 



3. U. Cave 



diam. ; carpels 2-seeded . . • • 4. M. 



Flowers less than 1 in. in diam. 



Leaves lanceolate, rufous-pubescent beneath 5. J/. 



1. M. Sebassa, Mia. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iv, 71. A shrub; adult branches with 

 pale shining bark; young tawny- villous, as are the petioles. Leaves coriaceous, oblong or 

 oblanceolate, acute, much narrowed at the base, glabrous and shining on both surfaces 

 bullate; nerves % 14. to 20 pairs, prominent; length of blade 11 to 14 in., breadth 

 4-5 to 7 in. ; petiole 1 in., much thickened at base. Flowers solitary, terminal on 

 villous peduncles 2 to 3 in. long. Spathoid bract densely adpressed-fulvous-sericeous. 



Sepals and petals about 9, fleshy, pale yellow, from obovate to oblong, abruptly con- 

 tracted into a claw at the base, nearly 2 in. long. Stamens with very stout filaments 

 Pistils about 20. Bipe carpels {fide Miquel) oblong, lenticellate.— -Miq. Ft. Ind. Bat. 

 SuppL 367 ; King in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. 58, pt. ii, 370. 



Perak, — Kunstler ; in dense jungle, at elevations of about 1,500 feet: only once 



collected. 



Distrib. — Sumatra. 



The specimens collected by the late Mr. Kunstler are without fruit. They agree 

 in other respects with the Sumatran specimens on which Miquel founded the species. 



Plate 54. Manglietia Sebassa, Mia.— Flowering branch : of natural size. 



2. M. insignis, Bl. Fl. Jav. Magnol. 23. A large tree ; leaf-buds, young branches, 

 petioles, and pedicels fulvous pubescent ; all other parts glabrous; branches annulate. 

 Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblanceolate to lanceolate-oblong or elliptic, acute or shortly 



