= = = _ than the oblong anthers. (From Hooker’s Indian Flora.) 
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MAGNOLIACE. 
Sepals and petals very deciduous, arranged in whorls of 3, 
hypogynous. Stamens indefinite, hypogynous; the filaments free 
or connate ; anthers basifix, the cells adnate, bursting longitudinally. 
Carpels indefinite, free, or partly cohering in one whorl or in seve- 
ral on an elongate torus ; styles stigmatic on the inner face; ovules 
2 or more, or those of the ventral suture anatropous or amphitrop- 
Fruit composed of berry-or follicle-like, or rarely of woody — 
indehiscent carpels, sometimes arranged in a cone. Seeds solitary 
or few, sometimes suspended from a long funicle ; the testa single 
and erustaceous, or double, the outer fleshy. Albumen granular, 
fleshy and oily. Embryo minute.—Trees or shrubs, sometimes 
aromatic, with alternate simple leaves, with or without stipules. 
Flowers usually large, solitary, or clustered, axillary or terminal. 
The species are rich in a bitter, aromatic, tonic principle, chiefly 
present in the bark of the root and stem. The following are the 
only species hitherto known from Burma; they are scarce in the 
forests, and, therefore, of comparatively little importance to the 
forester. 
%* Stipules none. Perianth double. Carpels in a single 
row : . : : ‘ : s " - LIilicium. 
* > Stipules conspicuous, convolute, and sheathing the young 
foliage, deciduous. ; 
© Ovary sessile. 
Carpels of fruit indehiscent, deciduous . fe ; ‘ . Talauma. 
Carpels of fruit dehiscing dorsally. Ovuls2 . . .. 
Fruit-carpels dehiscing dorsally. Ovules6ormore . .  . Manglietia. 
OO Ovary stalked . F + ‘ ps, - Michelia. 
ILLICIUM, L. 
Sepals 3-6. Petals 9 or more, in 3 or more series. Stamens 
indefinite ; filaments thick ; anthers adnate, introrse. Ovaries inde- 
finite, in a single whorl, 1-ovuled ; style subulate, recurved. Folli- 
cles stellately spreading, hard, compressed. Seeds compressed. 
Albumen fleshy.—Evergreen aromatic trees or shrubs, with simple 
pellucid-dotted leaves and small solitary or fascicled flowers. 
1. I: majus, H. f. & Th. Ind. Fl. i. 40.—A shrub, 30 ft. high ; 
leaves obovate-oblong or lanceolate, 4-6 in. long, on a 1 in. long 
petiole, sharply acuminate, coriaceous, glabrous, shining above ; 
flowers pink, on a 1-3 in. long pedicel, solitary or fascicled, almost 
_ terminal ; “ perianth segments” about 16 ; sepals and petals orbieu- __ 
lar, ciliate, the inner petals broad-oval ; Sees awe broader _ 
Has.—Tenasserim, Thoungyeen range, at 5,500 ft. elevation, x S 
