12 MAGNOLIACEjE. 



Bl, (Magnolia excelsa. Wall.) yields valuable timber, of a fine tex- 

 ture; at first greenish, but soon changing into pale yellow. Wall, 

 tent. fl. nep.) 



2. Champaca, L. {Wight, ill. 1, p. 13;—BI.,—DC. pr. \, p. 79, 

 partly ; — Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 656.) Ftll Champa, b. Moluccas, 

 Java. Cultivated in Bengal, (Calcutta, Serampore, &c.) Fl. large, 

 deep yellow, intensely fragrant, — H. and R. S. ; fr. C. S. Indeed, it 

 fl. and fr. nearly throughout the year. — Flowers highly esteemed by 

 the Natives, especially for the use they make of them in their religious 

 ceremonies. 



3. Kisopa, Buch. (DC I. c, — Wall. tent. fl. nep. p. 8. t. 4., — Wight, 



1. c.) b Forests of Nepal. In H. C. G. Fl. ? 



4. aurantiaca. Wall. {PI. as. rar. 2, t. 147.) L. b. Pegu. Fl. large, 

 orange- coloured, fragrant, — C. S. ; fr. June and July. 



5. fuscata, Bl. {Wight, ill. 1, p. 11. — MagnoUa fuscata, Andr. B. Re- 

 pos. 4, t. 229 ;—B. M. 25, t. 1008 i—DCjir. \.p. 81 ;—Roxb.fl. 

 ind. 2, p. 655.) 'B. China. Fl. largish, cream-coloured, purple. edged, 

 fragrant, — March and April ; fr. 



6. ohlonga. Wall. Cat. b. Khassya Mountains. In H. C. G. Fl. ? 

 Magnolia, L. {DC. pr. 1, p. 79.) 



? 1. obovata, Thunb. {DC. o. c. p. 81.) 



p discolor, DC. (/. c. — M. discolor. Vent. — M. purpurea. Curt., B. 

 M. II. t. 390. M. obovata, Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 655.) t. Japan, 

 China. Fl, large, dark, purple, rose-coloured, inodorous, — R. S. ; 

 fr. 0. (Roxb.) 

 ? 2. conspicua, Salisb. {Par. t. ZS,.—B. M. 39, t. 1621.— M. Yulan, 

 DC.pr. l,p. 81.) B China. Introduced in 1840. 

 Sphenocarpus, Wall. Cat. Sine charactere ! {Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 16.) 

 1. grandiflorus, WaM. Cat. (Liriodendron grandiflorum, Roxb. fl. ind. 



2, p. 653. L. indicum, Spreng. syst. 2, p. 642. Magnolia pterocarpa, 

 Roxb. Carom. 3, t. 266.) ^^t^^1, Doolee-champa. b, Chittagong, 

 Sylhet. Fl. large, white, fragrant, — April and May ; fr. C. S. 



What may be Liriodendron Lilifera, Roxb. {Fl. ind. 2, p. 654.) 

 ■S'?t^tt1> Ouva-champa, a large tree from the Khassya Mountains, intro- 

 duced into H. C. G. before 1814, is not easy to say. It is mentioned neither 

 in Wall. Cat., nor in Royl. 111., and to Mr, Griffith, who is familiar with 

 Bhootan, Assam, and the Khassya Mountains, it is entirely unknown. 

 Talauma, Juss. {G. Don's Mill. diet. \,p. 85.J 



1. pumila. Bl. {G. Don., I. c. — Magnolia pumila, Andr. B. Repos. 3, t. 

 227 ,—B. M. 25, t. 977 ;—DC. pr. 1, p. 81, ; Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 

 655 ; — not Spreng.) B China, Mountains of Araboyna and Java. 

 Fl. largish, white, fragrant, — nearly throughout the year ; fr. 0. 

 LiKiODKNDiioN, L. {DC.pr. \,p. 82.) 



1. iulipifera, L. {DC. I. c.,—B. M. 8, i. 275.) Tulip Tree. b. N. Ame- 

 rica. Introduced in 1840. 



