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MICHELIA. 



Plate 60^ Michelia Cathcartii, Hook. fil. * 7W-1, branch with flower-bud 



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S th Pan f e(1 fl ° Wer; *'i aUd 5 ' Car P el - n --us stages : of natural si, c ; 6, an'thoph, 

 It J 1~ r r°X ed l Dd Car P°P hore ; r f stamens: ^ar^f. (P^ ^/ /; 



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#0^. /£ $• CW/w. Ill, Him. Plants.) 



2. M lanuginosa, Wall. Tent. Fl. Kep. 8, t 5; (7a/. 6493. A tall tr* ; the youn* 

 parts, petioles, the under surfaces of the adult leaves, stipules, and spathoid bracts densely 

 covered with pale grey tomentum. Leaves sub-coriaceous, obtefig or lanceolate, acute 

 the base acute or rounded; upper surface glabrous; the reticulation! minute 



ut distin 



nerves 14 to 17 pairs, prominent beneath; length 6-5 to 9 in., J>readth 225 to 3 in • 

 petiole -75 m. ; stipules narrowly oblong, 1 to 2 in. long. Flowers solitar } 



illary 



shortly pedunculate, when expanded 2-5 to 3 in. in di«mj buds oblong, 1 j 5 ' in. lon^ 

 spathoid bracts 2, oblong, densely sericeous-tomentose ext ■ rnally; peduncle -2 in. thick 



Sepals and petals varying from 12 to 18, oblanceolate: tl 



I mailer, yell 



Stamens shorter than gynoecium, very caducous: Ovaries densely lanate- the tfy]<> a 

 glabrous. Fruit 4 to 5 in. long; individual carpels distant, shortly stalked, obovoid- 

 compressed, woody, lenticellate, not beaked, -6 to 1 in. lour: seeds 1 



2 



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Wight III. i, 14; Hook. fil. $ Thorns. Fl. Ind. 80; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. hid. i, • Gamble 



Ind. Timb. 7.— 31. velutina, DC. Frod. i, 79 



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Temperate Himalaya, Nepal to Bhotan, alt. 5,000 to 7,000 feet; Khasia 



This species has a grey soft wood not so useful for building as that of some 



of the other species. Its Nepalese name is Gogay Champ. 



Plate 62. Michelia lanuginosa, Wall.— 1, flowering branch; 2> youiK leaf and 

 stipule; 3, ripe fruit,— all of natural size. 



3. M. excelsa, Bl. Fl Jav. Maguol 9. A large tree; the young parts densely 



covered with brown ferrugineous tomentum ; the branchlets stout, dark, lenticellate. leaves 

 thinly coriaceous, ovate-elliptic to oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute; the base slightly 

 narrowed or rounded; upper surface when adult shining, glabrous; the lower glaucous 

 silky brown when young, glabrescent and dull when old; nerves 7 to 8 pairs, thin but 

 prominent on the lower surface; the reticulations distinct on both; length 5 to 8 in. 

 breadth 2 to 3*5 in. ; petiole -75 to 1 in. Stipules oblong, acuminate, sericeous externally 

 1*5 to 2 in. long. Flowers white, sub-sessile, axillary, solitary, when fully open 4 to 

 5 in. in diam.; buds ovoid-cylindric, 2 in. long; spathoid bracts oblong, brown, densely 

 silky-tomentose outside. Sepals and petals 12, white, obovate-spathulate, the inner smaller. 

 Stamens much shorter than the gynoecium. Fruit 4*5 to 8 in. long; individual carpels 

 rather distant, obliquely ovoid, shortly beaked, -4. to *6 in. long, thinly woody, 1- to 



2-seeded.— Wight III. i, 14; Hook. fil. 6f Thorns. Fl. Ind. 80; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i 



43; Gamble Ind. Timb. 6; Griff. Ic. iv, 655.— Magnolia excelsa, Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep. 5, 



t. 2; Cat 6494. 



Temperate Himalaya from Nepal to Bhotan, alt. 6,000 to 8,000 feet; Khasia Hills. 



The wood of this, although soft, is very durable, and is largely used for building. 

 It is known to the Nepalese as Bara or safed Champ. 



Plate 63. Michelia excelsa, Bl.—l, branch with flower-buds enclosed in their spathoid 

 bracts; 2, expanded flower; 3, stamen; 4, gynoecium; 5, ripe fruit {of small sise); 

 6, carpel ; 7, seeds,— all of natural sise. 



Ann. Roy. Bot. Gtard. Calcutta, Vol. Ill 



