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MAGNOLIACEJE OF BEITISH INDIA. 



acuminate 



> 



ed gradually from the middle to the base 



ticulations minute 



d 



tinct; upper surface sh 



& 



lower pale dull, sub-glaucescent ; nerves 12 to 16 pairs 





j 



not much more prominent than the secondary nerves; length 4*5 to 7 in. 



in. m 



var. 



tifolia), breadth 2 to 3 



7 



petiole *7o to 125 in. Stipules 1*2 in., cinnamo 



Flowers solitary, axillary or terminal ; when fully open 4 to 5 in. in dia 



bud 



s 



pilose. 



ovoid-cylindric, 2 in. long; 



m 



pathoid bract smooth, gl 



Sepals 3, oblanceol 



oblo 



o 



obt 



) 



reflexed. Petals 9: the outer larger th 



but 



ke. th 



sep 



i 



the inner smaller; column of ovaries exceeding the stamens 

 obtuse. 3 to 5 in. long; ii 



Ripe fruit 



in form 

 d-oblono- 



dividual carpels compressed, ovate-oblong, with short blunt 



Hook. fit. & Thorns. Fl. Lid. 



beaks, »5 to '75 in. long, dehiscing dorsally; seeds 3 or 4 



76 



Hook 



Fl. Br. Ind 



i, 42 



Magnolia insigni 



j 



Wall Tent. Fl. Nep. 3, t 



1: Fl 



As. F 



78, t. 1«2; Cat. 973 (in part) 



Nepal ; Sikkim 



Assam and Kl 



ranges from 3,000 to 6,000 feet. Rengma-Na 



25 



II 



S 



G. Mann 



Vern 



n 



Fhul Sopp 



?» 



o n 



In Sikkim this species is rare; it has, so far as I know, been found there only 

 the Singa-le-la 



spur 



A very tall, handsome tree 



the petals whitish- yellow, tinged with 



pink 



or 



pure 



white 



tl 



cal) 



dull 



d with greenish veins. 



The 



rip 



fruit 



colour, the susp 

 of the leaves. 



nded seeds being scarlet. 

 Wallich, who had living 



m 



The 



is 



is erect, of a purpl 

 derable variability in the shap 



trees under observation during his reside 



in Nepal, says that on the older branches of the same tree the leaves tend to th 

 elliptic form; on luxuriant branches they 



are more elongate and oblanceolate 



The 



vernacular name in the Naga Hills is (I am informed by Mr. S. E. Peal, of Sibsagar) 



Fhul Sopa, and trees there often attain a girth of 12 or 14 feet 



Var. anrjustifolia : leaves 8 to 9 



long by 1 to 2 in. broad 



Kl 



d Assa 



Only leaf specimens of this variety are known as yet. It may probably prove 



to be a distinct species 



Plate 55. 



Manglietia 



insignis, Bl. — 1, branch with 



showing 



natural & 



the reflexed 



ly-opened flower; 2, flower 



ipal 



s 



? 



3, flower-bud ; 4, section of flower ; 5, ripe fruit 



all 



(Partly copied f 



Wallich 



i 



s Tentamen Florae Nepalensis.) Unfortunately the 



branch selected for figuring has not very characteristic leaves. They are a good deal 



broader than is usual. 



3. 



its parts 



M. Caveana, Hook, fl 



Thorns. FL Ind. 76. A larg 



tree 



? 



youn 



O" 



branches dark-coloured, annulate 



glabrous in all 



ptic-oblong, slightly obovate 



7 



the 



apex 



ihortly 



narrowed at the base ; 



shining, the lower rather dull and slightly paler ; main nerves 1 



Leaves thinly coriaceous, 

 and abruptly acuminate 



or 



both surfaces minutely and distinctly reticulat 



the 





to 1 



wh 



dry 



thin, but disl 

 in., slender. 



obovoid or cylind 



oblanceolate, obtuse ; the edges undulate 



pair 



length 8 to 10 in., breadth 3-2 to 3-6 in. 



Flowers solitary, axillary, when fully open 4 in. in diam 



2 in. long; spathoid bract smooth, sub-glau 



? 



slightly 



upper 

 preading, 



petiole T25 



i 





buds 



narrowly 

 Sepals 3, 



but all smaller than the sepal 



Petals 7 to 9, the outer larger than th 



than the stamens 



and of the same shape ; column of ovaries much longer 



Ripe fruit ovoid, blunt, 2 25 to 



3 in. long; 



dividual carpels much 



compressed, shortly and bluntly beaked, profusely lenticellate on the back, smooth inside, 



1 -seeded 



i 



75 in, long.— Hook. fit. Fl. Br. Ind 



i, 42 



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