Talauma.J 111. magnoliace^. (Hook. f. (fe Thoms.) 41 



carpels 9-12eoriaGeous tuTbereled, beak short recmrvred. H.f. & T. M. Ind. 

 74, Manglietia CandoUei, Wall. Cat. 6497 {not of Bhrnne). 



Eastern Peninsula, from Moalmein to Penang. — Distkib. Java. 



A shrub, 6-9 ft. (Blume) or tree; bark brown. Leaves 6-12 by 2-4 in., glabrous 

 above, rarely so beneath, base acute; petiole 1-2 in., thickened below. Mowers large, 

 white ; peduncle stout, silky or woolly. Sepals 3, 1-2 in., oval,, thick,, greenish. Fetaii 

 6, obovate. Pruit 2 in. 



4 TCAaKOXiXA, Linn. 



Trees or strubs. Leaves evergreen or deciduous ; buds enveloped in the 

 convolute stipules, which are connate in pairs. Flower large, terminal. 

 Sepals 3. Petals 6-12, 2-4-seriate. Stamens numerous, many-seriate, 

 filaments flat; anthers adnate, introrse. Qynophore sessile. Carpels ma,ny^ 

 imbricated on a long axis, 2-ovuled, persistent ; stigmas decurreut on the 

 ventral suture. Fruit an elongated axis, with persistent adnate 1-2-seeded 

 dorsaUy dehiscing follicles. Seeds pendulous from the carpels by a long 

 cord ; outer walls of testa fleshy ; albumen oily.i — Disteib. Temp. N. Ame- 

 rica, temp, and trop. E. Asia and Japan ; species about 15. 



1. nx. Campbellil, H.f. & T.Fl. Ind. 77 ; leaves deciduous elliptic 

 ovate or oblong acute or acuminate membranous, flowers appearing before 

 the leaves white or rose, carpels obtuse not beaked. H. f. III. Uim. PI. t, 4, 5 ; 

 Griff. Ic. iv. t. 656. 



Eastern Himalaya, forests of Sikkim and Bhotan, alt. 8-10,000 ft. 

 , A lofty tree, branches black. Leaves 4-12 by 2--t in., glabrous above, rfaucous 

 pubescent or silky beneath, base cordate rounded or oblique; pet/iole 1 in. Mowers 

 6-10 in. diam. Petals 9-12. Fruit 6-8 in. 



2. IHE. g'lobosa, H.f. &T. Fl. Ind. 77; leaves deciduous? ovate acute 

 or obtuse shortly mucronate glaucous beneath, buds globose appearing 

 with the leaves, carpels shortly beaked. 



Inner ranges of the Sikkim Himalaya, alt, 9-10,000 ft.. 



A small tree, branches brown, young tomentose, old glabrous.' Leaittes 5-9 by 3-6 

 in., nerves beneath tomentose. Flowers 4^5 in. diam,, white, odorous; buds 14 in. 

 diam. Petals 6. Fruit 2-3 in. long. 



3. VS.. CrriffitliU, H.f. S T.; leaves persistent oblong acute palebeueath, 

 buds oblong appearing with the leaves, carpels obtuse not beaked. 



Forests of Upper Assam, near Sadya, _. -J, 



An evergreen tree ; young branches and buds silky tomentose, finally gl^rate._ Learns 

 10-14 by 6-6 in., coriaceous, glabrous above, nerves a little rough beneath ; petiole J in. 

 Flower-huds 2 in., enclosed in silky bracts, _ Carpels 1-2-seeded.— The number of ovules 

 j» doubtftil, and the plant may be a Manglietia. 



4. M. spbenocarpa, Roxh. Cor. PI. iii. t, 266 ; leaves evergreeri oblong 

 obtuse or subacute glabrous on both sides or puberulous beneath buds 

 globose appearing with the leaves, carpels very long^beaked. WaU. Gat. 

 975; H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 78. Liriodendron grandiflorum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. u. 

 653.' Michelia maorophylla, Don Prodr. 226. 



Tropical Himalayan forests, from Nipal to Assam, Khasla hills, and Chiitaoqn(J, 



* *Everereen ; young parts hoary, at length glabrate. Learns 8-16 by 3-6 in, tapering 

 to the base, thick) coriaceous ; petiole 1-2 in, i??oa)ers white, fragrant; buds 2 in-, diam. 

 Petalt 6 oval, fleshy. Fruit 8-16 in. ^ beak of carpels compressed, 1 in. or more.— 



