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MAO'OLIACEiE OP BRITISH INDIA 



4 



M. Cu 



L 



A 



tree; the brand 



pubescent. L 



ovate 



acuminate, rather abruptly 



d to the base 



shining 



membranous, 

 above, pale 



main nerves thin, 12 to 16 



and glabrous or puberulous beneath; 



4-"> to 9 in., breadth 2*25 to 3*5 in.; petiole 1 to 1 



P 



length of 



blade 



Fiowe 



illary or terminal, shortly pedunculate 



buds 



Sepals obi 



Petals about 1 



wly oblon 



1 



'8 yellow, solitary, 

 wly ovoid; the spathoid bract silky. 



in. long. 



Ripe fruit 3 to 6 in. 



long; 



i 



ndividual carpels ovoid, lenticellate, woody. — DC. Prodr. i, 79; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii, 656 



W. 



A. Prod 



6 



Wight III i, 13 ; Wall Cat 969 



spt K 



Blume FL Jav. Magnol 



. i ; Bijdr. 7 ; Hook, fil. 



Thorns. Fl. Ind. 79; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i, 42; Mig. Fl 



fnd. Bit. i 



i 



n 



» 



16 



Gamble Ind. Timb. 6: Brandts For. Flora 3. t. 1 



A 



Soe 



Beng 



vol. 53 



n 



j 



371 



M. 



rufii 



King in Jo urn 



DO. I. c. 79 



M. Dolisop 



Ha 



DC. 1. c; Don Proir. 226; Wall Tent. Fl Nep 



Bl 



t. 3 



Biidi 



8 



13 

 It. 



i. 4. 



//. Cat. 971 



•i 



M. 



antiaca. Wall Cat. 6492; Plant As. Rar.. t 147 



» 



M. Rheedii, Wight III. 14, t 5 



6 



M 



pubine 



Wight III, 

 Wight III 



Bl Fl Jav. Magnol, 



P 



14 



India ; sub-temperate forests in the Straits Settlements, but not common 



A tree much esteemed on 



unt of the sweetness of its flowers 



near 



Jain 



d Hindu tempi 



This 



is 



the 



<t 



Chamj: 



d often planted 



V 



par excellence: its wood 



durable, and is useful for cabinet work as well as for building 



ver)- 



3 



Platr 64. Michelia Champ 

 pathoid bract; 4, £ 



L 



1, flowering branch; 2 



flower fully expanded 



ynoecium 



5, stame 



> 



6 



8, ovary: enlarged, 



rip 



fr 



of natural 



7. stamen 



o. 



M. nilagirica, Zenk. PI Ind., t. 30 



stipules, peduncl 

 or oblanceolate. 



d 



pathoid bracts pal 



A tree or large shrub 



young 



acute or very shortly 



inate 



:. leaves el 

 rowed to th 



branche 



ptic, obovate-ellipt 



on the midrib, otherwise glabro 



distinct 



upper surface sh 



petiol 



5 to -75 in. 



main nerves 7 to 9 pairs 



the 



o 



lo 



pub 



dull 



ticul 



thin; length 2 



to 4 in., breadth 



1 to 2 in. 



y 



stipules equal to the petioles, sericeous, narrowly obion«\ 



solitary, shortly pedunculate, 3 to 4 in. in d 



Flowers 



i open 

 petiol 



dllary 



> 



hite 



i 



to 1 in. 



Sepals ar 

 Stamens short 

 3 in. long; 



ipathoid bracts ovate-rotund 



d petals 9 to 12 



» 



wh 



pale 



buds ovoid, pointed, *5 in. 



than the gyncecium 



oblanceolat 

 ovaries s 



e 



y 



>ous; peduncles thick 

 the inner smaller an 



25 in. long, 

 more acute. 



individual 

 d, sub-compressed, 



pels not crowded 



Iky 



ile 



.s 



t 938; Hook, fil 



ortly 



beaked, *5 in. long*; 



stylei 

 finely 



glabrous. Ripe fruit 2 to 



rugose 



? 



lent 



wood 



v 



5 



/. 6 

 M. 



Thorns. Fl. Ind. 82 



ovules 2 to o. — Wight III, 



l 



y 



4 



/( 



Thwaites Enum. 5 



M. Pulneny 



valifolia, Wight III i, 13 



Higher mountains of Southern 



Hook, fil Fl Br. Ind. i, 4 ; Bedd. Fl Sulv 

 Wight III. i, 14, t. 5 (except figs. 5 and 



India 



alt 



000 to 6,000 feet 



Var. Walkkri: leaves 2 



3 by 1 



i 



If in., 



segments of perianth usually 9 ; ovules 2, superposed. 



oblong or obovate-oblong, glaucous below; 



Wight III 



i, 13, 14. 



M. Walked and M, glauca, 



• 



Plate 65. Michelia 



and gy noecium ; 



nilagirica, 



Zenk. 



VAR. 



Walked, 



stamens ; 



all of natural size. 



ovary; 6 and 



flowering branch ; 2 



a 



nd 



stamens 



fruit; 8, leaf and 



gyncecium of 



