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themselves into an oval or oblong fruit, afterwards loosening, and 
Jongitudinally dehiscing in the middle of the back. 
(1) M. Insienis. (Dee.) 
Ident. Blume. fl. Nep—Hook. & Thams. Flor. Ind. I. p. 76. 
Syn. Magnolia insignis, Wall. tent. Fi. Nep. 
Engrav. Wall. }. c. t. I.—Pl. As. Ray. II. t. 182. 
Sprc. CHar. Tree: branches glabrous: leaves langeolate, cori- 
aceous, agute or acuminated, glabrous, paler beneath : stipulary 
areola equalling the petigle : peduncle terminal, short, thick : flower- 
buds ovate-oblong : sepals reddish, oblong; obtuse : petals 9, of 
various shapes, inner ones gradually less: ¢arpels purple, densely 
eompacted into an oblong shape, cuneate towards the axis, tubercu- 
lately wrinkled at the back : seeds 3-6. 
Khasia hills, flowering in April and May. 
(2) M. Caveana. (H. F.& TY) 
Ident. Hook. & Thoms. Flor. Ind. I. p. 76. 
Spec. Cuapg. Large tree: leaves approximated tawards the ends 
of the branches, oblong, rounded at the apex and produced into a. 
short acute or obtuse acumen, glaucous heneath : peduncle terminal, 
solitary, glabrous: carpels coalescing in fruit, rdunded at the back, 
warty when dry with small white tubercles. : 
Khasia hills. 
GENUS V. MAGNOLIA. 
Polyandria Polygynia. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. In honor of Pierre Magnol, a Freneh Botanical Author, 
Gen. Cuar. : Sepals 3: petals 6-12: gynophote sessile: ova~ 
ries 2-ovuled : carpels coriaceous, free, imbricately spiked, longitu- 
dinally dehiscing at the back. 
(1) M. spHEeNocarPa. (Roxd.) 
Ident. Hook. & Thoms. Flor. Ind. I. p. 78. 
Syn. Liriodendron grandiflorum, Roxb. for. End. II. p. 65.—. 
Michelia macrophylla, Don. prod. Nep. p. 226.—Talauma Roxbur- 
ghii, G. Don. Gen. Syst. 1. 85. 
Engrav. Roxb. Cor. IIT. t. 266. 
Spec. Cuan. Midding sized tree: adult branches glabrous, 
younger ones ashy-white or tomentose : leaves’ oblong, obtuse or 
scarcely acute, coriaceous, glabrous or slightly puberulous beneath : 
peduncles terminal, solitary, hoary-tomentose, marked’ with many 
approximated rings: sepals herbaceous externally: petals thick, 
