42 III. MAGNOLiACE^. (Hook. f. & Thoms.) [Ma^rmlM. 



There is an undesoribed Magnolia or Manglietia in Herb. Hook. fromBhotan {Booth) 

 too incomplete for description. 



5. MAMGIiXISTXA, Blume. 



Trees; foliage and inflorescence of i/ac/moZM!. Sepals d. Petals 6 or more, 

 2- or more-seriate. Stamens very numerous, many-seriate ; anthers linear, 

 adnate, introrse. Gynophare sessile. Ovaries many, cohering m an ovoid 

 head ; stigma decurrent on the ventral suture ; ovules 6 or more, ^ruit 

 ovoid, head of carpels persistent dehiscing dorsally. Seeds as in MagvMia.— 

 DiSTfiiB. Mountains of tropical Asia; species 5. ;' 



1. nx. insignls, Blume Fl. Jav. Magnol. 23 ; leaves lanceolate acute or 

 acuminate, fruit a dense oblong spike of carpels. H.f. & T. Fl.Ind. 76. 

 Magnolia insiguis, Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep. 1. 1 ; PI. As. Bar. ii. 1. 182 ; tai. 973. 



NiPAL, alt. 6-10,000 ft. Khasia hills' alt. 3-6000 fl. _ 



A lofty tree, wholly glabrous except a few brown hairs on the tips of the bud-scales. 

 Leaves 4-8 by 1-24 i°-i coriaceous, shining above, pale beneath, petiole §-1 in. Flowers 

 odorous, pale pink; buds 2 in., ovoid-oblong. Petcds 9. Fruit S-i in., bright-puiple 

 when fresh. 



Vab. 1. latitolia; leaves 4-6 by 2-2 1 in, elliptic-lanceolate acute. 



Vae. 2. AHGnsTiroLiA ; leaves 6-8 by 1-2 in., lanceolate acuminate. 



2. IMC. Caveana, H.f. ds T. Fl. Ind. 76 ; leaves obovate oblong obtuse 

 or mucronate, fruit an ovoid or subglobose spike of carpels. 



Forests of the Khasia hills, alt. 2-3000 ft., H. f.&T. 



A lofty tree, glabrous everywhere. Leaves 8-10 hy 3-4 in., coriaceous, glaucous be- 

 neath, reticulated when dry ; petiole 2 in. Flowers unknown. Carpels rounded at the 

 back. Seeds 2-6. 



6. nZXCHEXiIA, Linn. 



Trees. Leaves as in Magnolia. Flowers axillary, solitary (terminal ia 

 M. Caihcartii). Sepals und petals similar, 9-15 or more, 3- or more-seriate. 

 Stamens as in Magnolia. Gynophore stalked. Carpels in a loose spike, 

 stigma decurrent ; ovules 2 or more. Fruit a lax or dense elongate spike 

 of coriaceous dorsally dehiscing carpels. Seeds of Magnolia. — Distrib. 

 About 12 species ; temp, and trop. Mts. of India. 



* Flowers terminal. 



1. nx. Cathcartli, \?. /. & T. Fl.Ind. 79; leaves oblong-lanceolate 

 acuminate, nerves hairy on both surfaces, perianth-segments 9. H. f. lU. 

 Him. Fl. t. 7. . • 



Temperate forests of the Sikkim Himalaya, alt. 5-6000 ft. 



A lofty tree ; young branches densely silky. Leaves 4 by 1| in., thin, subcoriaceous, 

 pale beneath ; petiole 4 in. Flowers 1 in. diam., white. &pals and petals oblong, 

 inner gradually smaller. Carpels sessile, densely imbricate ; rachis 2-4 in. 



** Flowers axUlary. Ovules 3 or more {see also 8, nilagirica). 



2. 9X. Champaca, L. ; leaves ovate-lanceolate tapering to a long point, 

 flowers yeUow, segments of perianth 15-20, ovaries pubescent. DC. Frodr. 

 L 79; WaU. Cat. 969 {except K); Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 656; W. & A. Proda-. 

 i. 6 ; Wight III. i. 13 ; Blum^ Fl. Jav. Magnol. %.\;H.f.<i: T. Fl. Ind. 79. 

 M. rufinervis, DG. I.e. 79. M. Doldsopa, Ham. ex DC. I.e. ; Don Frodr. 226 ; 

 Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep. t. 3 ; Cat. 971. M. aurantiaca, WaU. Cat. 6492 ; PlarU. 

 As. Ear. t. 147, M. Kheedii, Wight III. i. 14, t. 6, f. 6. 



