MAGNOLIACEjE. 11 



5. parviflora. Roxb, (I. c.) b Moluccas. Introduced into H. C. G., 

 where $ fl. R. S, but the fl. proved abortive. {Roxb.) 



* Myristica fatua, Swz. b. Guiana, W. Indies, Surinam. M. Oioba, 

 Humb. b. New Granada. M. Horsfieldii, Spreng. b. Ceylon, Java. 

 M. amygdalina, Wall. pi. as. rar. 1, t. 90. b. Moulmein. M. sphcc- 

 rocarpa. Wall. pi. as. rar. 1, t. 89. b. Martaban. M. sylvestris, 

 Telf. b. Mauritius. — Virola sebi/era, Aubl. b. Guiana. — Knema 

 glaucescens, Jack. b. Penang. 



ORDER VI.— MAGNOLIACEyE, DC— Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 16. 



THE MAGNOLIA TRIBE. 



Fine trees or shrubs, with large, beautiful, often strongly odoriferous 

 flowers. Their number amounts to 47 species, of which 9 belong to N. 

 America; 1 to Mexico ; 29 to the E. Indies ; and 8 to Cochin-China, China, 

 and Japan. R. Brown remarks, " that no species have been found on the 

 continent of Africa, or any of the adjoining islands." {Lindl.) Of the 

 8 Asiatic species of Magnolia, enumerated by DC, in the section Gwillimia, 

 Rottl., 2 have been removed to Michelia, and 1 to Talauma. Three other 

 Magnolias, (M. conspicua, Salisb., obovata, Thunb., gracilis, Salisb.), though 

 with introrse anthers, cannot be joined to Michelia, Bl. having terminal 

 flowers, and their fruit, besides, being unknown. The 2 remaining species 

 (M.? Coco and ? inodora, DC) are only known from Loureiro's verj^ deficient 

 descriptions. The Indian species are ranged under five genera, — Michelia, 

 L. ; Manglietia, Bl. ; Aromadendron, Bl. ; Sphenocarpus , Wall. Cat. ; and 

 Talauma, Juss. The first of these numbers 22 forms, or, if Wallich's 

 Magnolia punduana, be no Michelia, only 21; viz. 7 from Nepal; 

 5 from Java ; 3 from Ceylon ; 2 from the Khassya Mountains ; 1 from the 

 Neelgherries ; 1 from the Pulney Mountains ; 1 from Malabar ; 1 from 

 Pegu ; 1 from Amboyna ; and 1 from Chilmori. Manglietia has 3 species ; 

 one from Nepal, and two from Java ; Aromadendron and Sphenocarpus 

 each 1 species, the first Javanese, the latter Khassyan ; and Talauma, 

 2 Javanese — Molucca forms. Blume is of opinion, that Magnoliacese are 

 absolutely known from Dilleniacese by their bitter and aromatic properties. 

 Their fragrant flowers act decidedly on the nerves, some of them producing 

 sickness, headache, and paroxysms of fever. The bark of the root of Mag- 

 nolia glauca is an important tonic. {Bart.) 

 Michelia, L. Bl. {Wight ill. p. \\,from Bl.J 



1. Doltsoim. Buch. {DC. pr. 1, p. 79 ;— Wall. tent. fl. nep. p. 7, /. 



3;— Wight, ill. l,p. 13.) b. Forests of Nepal. In H. C G. Fl. ? 



Wood fragrant, excellent, used in Nepaul for house-building. {D. 



Don. pr. fl. nep. p. 226 ) Another Nepalese species, M. excelsa. 



