6 



M 



■k 



kisopa, DC. Prodr. i, 79 



parts, 

 lanceol 



sparsely lenticell 



MICHELIA. 



A tall tree ; the young branches 



217 



> 



except the spathoid bracr 



greyish-pubescent at first, but 



th 



their bark 



acute or 



quite glabrous when adult 



rtly acuminate 



Leav 

 th 



soon glab 



coriaceous 



the 



y 



b 



t 



ellipt 



as are all other 



» 



ed 



oblong 



or obi 



when youpo- 



b y 



reticulations distil? 



upper shining, the lower d 



or rounded ; both surfaces 



sub 



breadth 15 to 2*25 

 pubescent externally 



in. 

 •6 



y 



petiole about 1 in. 



nerves 10 to 12 pairs, faint 



puberulou 



y 



K 



in. 



expanded 1 to 1-5 in. in d 

 ovate-rotund, grey-pubescent 



12 to 15. narrov 



long 



y 



Flower 

 : bud 



solitarj 



length 5 to 6-5 in. 



dor; stipules narrowly oblong, gre} 



t 



d 



5 in. 



ly obovate, acute 



nally; ped 



ry, sub 



long ; 



ipatln 



Jong as tl 

 individual 



5 



tl 



15 in., stout, 



inner smaller, pal 



', pale yellow, when 



fleshy, 

 tpah and petals from 



d bracts 2, 



ynceemm. Ovaries sericeous-villose ; styles recurved 



yellow, 



H lament not so 



4 



pels sessile, 

 Wall. Tent PL Nep 



8 



ded, compressed, lenticcllat 



Fruit 3 to 4 



/. 4 



Cat. 670 



D 



4 in. in diam 



long 



Heds 3 or 



Hook, fil 



Thorns. Ft. Ind. 81 



; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i, 43 



w. t *,,,. , armu O 



Prod. Nep. 220 ; Wight 10. i, 13 





Temperate Himalaya from Kumaon to Nepal ; alt. 5,000 to 7 000 (eet 



Sikkim, rare. 



com 



Plate 58B. Michelia kisopa, Ham. 



flowe 



• 



and one stamen ; 7, ripe fruit : of natural size ; 



ring branch ; 5, bud 



s 



y 



stamens 



enlarged. 



gynoecium 



M 



pules 



PUNDUANA, Hook, fil 



Sf Thorns. Fl. Ind. 81 



7 



ipathoid bracts and peduncles rufous-pubescent 



A tall tree; tho youngest branches 



ly coriaceous, glabrous, oblong, 



acuminate : the base 



oblong-ellipt 



all other parts glabrous 



Leav 



y 



the reticulations wide, d 



r~"* h"*^"uo. weaves 



rely elliptic, shortly and abruptly 



shining, the lower dull ; nerves 9 to 1 



on both surfaces 



1*75 to 2 in. 



j 



peti 



5 to '75 in. 



pairs, not prominent ; length 3 to 5 



y 



the 



upp 



J 



petiole 



to l'O 



pedunc 



Fl 



in. 



diam 



xillary 

 : buds 



or m 



2 in. 



Sepals 



, solitary 



ovoid, apiculati 

 d petals about 9 



stipules narrowly oblong 



about as 1 



pairs, sub 



in., bread tli 

 °ng as the 



6 



in. 



three 



long 



when fully expanded 1-25 



spathoid bracts 



rows : the outer 6 obov 



rotund 



y 



the inner 3 or 4 much smaller, oblanceolate, acute. Stamen 



gyncecium. 

 compressed 



43. 



Rip 



fruit 3 to 4 in. long; the individual 



as 1 



ong as the 



beaked, lenticell 



oody 



4 in. in diam 



pels dints 



b 



globular, 



Magnolia pnnduana, Wall. Cat. 974 ; Cat. 6494 in part 



Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Jnd. 



i 



y 



Khasia H 



alt. 3,000 to 5.000 feet 



This resembles M. oblong 



Wall 



so 



uch 



at Wallich 



elf confused 



em 



specim 



species 



fro 



Cherra Punji (Cat. 972A) 



although issued 



as 



Th 



ob long 



y 



his 



best characters to separate the two aro found in the 



which in th 



is 



about 1*25 in. in diameter 



d has its 



neate 



wh 



the flower of oblonga measures 3 to 4 in. and has 



being in fact this 



expanded flower, 



segments obovate, 



nents narrow. 



Plate 66. Michelia pund 



y 



Hook, fil, 



Thorns 



1 



b 



y 



fruit 



flowering branch ; 2, 



ripe 



8. 



of natural size. 



M. oblonga, Wall. Cat. 972 (in part). A tall tree ; all parts quite glabrous. 

 Leaves thinly coriaceous, obovate-oblong, shortly and abruptly acuminate, gradually 

 tapering from above the middle to the slender petiole; upper surface shining, the lower 

 dull, rather pale; the reticulations lax, distinct on both surfaces; the nerves 7 to 9 pairs, 

 rather prominent on the lower; length 3*5 to 55 in., breadth 1-5 to 2*5 in. • 



