III. MAGNOLIACE.E 



[Michelia 



dark red or ferrugineous tomentum, full grown leaves nearly glabrous. El. 

 axillary, white, scented, 4 in. across. Perianth leaves 12, obovate and spatliu- 

 late. Fruiting spike lax, 4-8 in. long. Carpels h in., shortly beaked. Seeds 

 red. 



Himalaya from Nepal eastwards, 5,000-8,000 ft. Kliasi and Naga hills. Fl. March. 



9. M. Champaca, Linn. ; Brandis F. Fl. t. 1.— Syn. 31. aurantiaca, Wall. ; 

 PI. As. Rar. t. 147. Vern. Champ, Champa, Hind. ; Sampighi, Kan. ; Cham- 

 pakam, Tel. ; Shembuga, Tam. ; Saga, Burm. 



A large evergreen tree, heartwood light brown, young shoots silky. Leaves 

 nearly glabrous when full grown, blade 8-10, petiole slender, f-1 in. Fl. 

 yellow or orange, strongly scented, shortly pedunculate, 2 in. across. Perianth 

 leaves 15. Fruiting spike compact, 3-6 in. long. Carpels ovoid, blunt, 

 lenticellate. Seeds brown. 



"Wild on the "Western Ghats in the southern portion of the peninsula (Beddome), in 

 Sikkirn (up to 3,000 ft.) and in Lower Burma (Kurz). Cultivated in the moister parts 

 of India and Burma. Fl. H. and B. S. 10. M. manipurensis, "Watt MSS. Khongui hill, 

 Manipur, April, 1882, G. "Watt. A remarkable species resembling M. Champaca. 

 Leaves puberulous beneath, with very minute hairs, style as long as ovary, which is 

 clothed with ferruginous hairs. Fruit unknown. 11. M. montana, Blume ; Ann. Bot. 

 G. Calc. iii. t. 68. Sikkim, Assam, Silhet, Java. An anomalous species with only 

 1 or 2 carpels, which are 1-2 in. long, 1 in. broad, woody. Leaves 3-8 in., elliptic. 

 Secondary nerves 8-12 pair, prominent beneath. 



4. TALAUMA, Juss. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 40. 



Differs from Magnolia by the structure of the fruiting spike. Carpels 

 woody, and dehiscing by the ventral suture, or spongy and indehiscent, but 

 finally separating from the axis. Species 20, in the tropical and subtropical 

 regions of Eastern Asia and South America. 



A. Carpels woody, dehiscing by the ventral 

 suture, leaves glabrous beneath or nearly so. 



1. T. Hodgsoni, Hook. fil. & Thorns. ; Ann. 

 Bot. Card; Calc. iii. tab. 47. Balukhat, Nepal. 



A moderate sized tree, quite glabrous, except 

 the puberulous young carpels. Leaves coriaceous, 

 8-20 in. long, nerves 15-25 pair, reticulate veins 

 raised, prominent. Petiole 1^— 2£ in., slender, 

 base thickened. Fl. white, terminal, campanu- 

 late, 3 in. long, sepals and petals similar, fleshy. 

 Fruit ovoid, 4-6 in. long, consisting of numerous 

 imbricating woody carpels, separating from a 

 woody deeply pitted axis. 



Sikkim, ascending to 6,000 ft. Assam, Khasi hills, 

 Cachar, Taungme, Upper Burma. 2. T. andamanica, 

 King : Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. iii. t. 43. Andamans. 

 A shrub or small tree. Leaves oblanceolate, blade 7-10 

 in., petiole J-l in. ; fl. globose, li- in. diam. 3. T. Ra- 

 baniana, Hook. fil. & Thorns. ; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. 

 iii. t. 46. Khasi hills, Mergui (Kurz). Leaves lanceo- 

 late ; blade 8-12 in. ; petiole 1J-2 in. long ; fl. 2-2J in. 

 4. T. mutabilis, Blume ; Ann. Bot. G. Calc. iii. t. 44. — 

 Syn. T. Gandollei, Kurz ; F. Fl. i. 24. Tenasserim. A 

 shrub, fl. ovoid, 2i in. long. 



B. Carpels spongy or corky, indehiscent, cpn- 

 Jm. l.— Talauma Hodgsoni. fluent, separating when ripe from the central 



Hook. f. & Thorns, i. woody axis, leaves pubescent beneath. 



