24 : MAGNOLIACER. [ Talauma. 
TALAUMA, Juss. 
Sepals 3. Petals 6 or more, in 2 or more rows. Stamen 
indefinite, in many series ; anthers linear, introrse. Ovaries seas 
indefinite, in spikes or heads, 2 2-ovuled ; stigmas decurrent. Car- 
pels woody, separating from the woody axis at the ventral suture. 
Seeds suspended —_ a long funicle, the outer testa fleshy. 
Album ame —Trees or shrubs, with simple leaves and convolutely 
stipuled Pat buds. Dares large, terminal. 
Leaves glabrous ; fruits 4 to 6 in. long . : T. Rabaniana. 
Leaves usually pilose or downy beneath ; fruits 2 in. long i 7. Candollei. 
1. T. Rabaniana, H.f.& Th. Ind. Fil. i. 40.—An evergreen 
large tree ; leaves lanceolate, on an in. long petiole, 8-12 in. long, 
coriaceous, glabrous; flowers very large, solitary, terminal ; fruits 
large, 4-6 in. long, oval ; cares e peat, irregularly obovate, ob- 
tusely beaked, 14 in. long by 1 broad. 
Has. 
—Tenasserim, Mergu 
a Candollei, Bl. (7. eset Bl. ; H. £. Ind. Fl. i. 40).— 
An evergreen large shrub or tree, with bro own branches ; leaves oval 
or lanceolate, on a 1-2 in. teu petiole, acute at base, 6-12 in 
long, acuminate, a glossy above ; flowers large, white, soli- 
tary, ter ; sepals 3, broadly oval, 1-2 in. long; petals 6, 
nearly equal, obovate ; " shaiiehs more than 83 times shorter than the 
petals ; carpels 9-12 ; fruits small, 2 in. long ; ripe carpels tubercled, 
shortly recurved-mucronate. 
Has.—Tenasserim, from Moulmein southwards. 
MAGNOLIA, L. 
Sepals 3. Petals 6-12, in 2 to 4 whorls. Anthers linear. 
1s sessile, many, oblong-spicate, 2-ovuled. ee carpels cori- 
n oily.—Trees, with simple leaves and convolutely stipuled 
leaf-buds. Flowers large, terminal. 
1. M. sphenocarpa, Roxb. ; H.f. Ind. Fl. i. 41.—An evergreen 
_ middling-sized tree, the young shoots almost greyish tomentose ; 
leaves oblong, on a ‘rather long petiole, narrowed towards the base, 
blunt or nearly so, coriaceous, glabrous above, beneath minutely 
ae lous and glabrescent, the nerves very strong and prominent ; 
= ee ee: white, fragrant, solitary, on strong terminal greyish 
mentose pedun: cles ; petals oval, waved, fleshy ; carpels densely im- 
eee on a cylindrical 8 to 12 in Jong ‘eonical axis, tubercled, ter- 
k 
Rian Clctageg: Pegu.—Fl. Apr. _: Fr. C.S. 
more than an in. in length. 
