Michelia.] ill. magnoliace^. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 43 



Commonly cultivated, but wild in the forests of the Temperate Himalaya, from 



Nipal eastward ; and in Pegd, Tenassekim, the Nilshikib and Teavancoe Disteib. 



Java ( Ohampi). 



A tall tree ; branohlets pubescent. Leaves 8-10 by 2i-4 in., shining above, pale 

 and glabrous or puberalous beneath ; petiole l-lj in. Flowers 2 in. diam., pale yellow 

 or orange, very fragrant ; peduncle short; buds silty. Sepals oblong, acute. Petals 

 linear. Fruit 3-4 in., carpels subsessile. 



3. UK. excelsa,' Blume Fl. Jav. Magnol. 9 ; leaves oblong or oblong- 

 lanceolate acute silky-brown beneath, flowers white, segmentsjof perianth 

 about 12, ovaries pubescent. Watl. Gat. 6494 : WiAt lU. i. 14 ; E.f. & T. 

 Fl. Ind. 80 ; Griff. Ic. iv. 655. Magnolia excelsa, WaU. Tent. Fl. Nep. t. 2. 



Temperate Himalaya, alt. 5000 ft., from Nipal to Bhotan, and in the Khasia hills.- 

 A lofty tree ; young parts spftly brown-hairy. Leaves 5-8 by 2-3 in., acute, glabrous 



above ; petiole 1 in. Flowers 4-5 in. diam. ; buds 2 in., silky-brown. Sepals obovate. 



Fetah gradually narrower. Fruit 5-8 in. ; carpels subsessile, rather distant. 



4 IW. lanugrlnosa, Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep: 8, t. 5 ; Gai. 6493 ; leaves ob- 

 long or lanceolate, glabrous above white and tomentose beneath, flowers 

 white, segments of perianth about 18, ovaries densely woolly. S.f. & T. 

 Fl. Ind. 80. M. velutina, DG. Prodr. i. 79. 



Temperate Himalaya, alt. 5-7000 ft., from Nipal to Bhotan, and in the Kelasia 

 hills. 



A small or large tree ; young parts densely white or grey-tomentose. Leaves 6-10 

 by2-3i in.; petiole J in. Flowers 3-4 in. diam. ; buds 14 in. Sepals narrow-obovate, 

 obtuse. Inner petals narrower, acute. Fruit i^b in. ; carpels obovate, stalked, dis- 

 tant. — Wallich describes this as a tall tree flowering in spring. In Sikklm it forms a 

 large bush, flowering in autumn. 



5. DC. Klsopa, Ham. BG. Prodr. L 79 ; leaves lanceolate or oblong- 

 lanceolate glabrous, flowers pale yellow, segments of perianth about 12, 

 ovaries densely pubescent. Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep. t. 4 ; Cat. 970 ; Don Prodr, 

 226 ■,H.f.do T. Fl. Ind. 81. 



Temperate Himalaya, alt. 5-7000 ft., from Nipal to Kumaon. 



A tall tree ; bark grey, young parts clothed with appreased grey pubescence, soon 

 glabrous. Leaves 5-6 by 14-2 in., acute or acuminate, glabrous on both surfaces; 

 petiole 1 in. Flowers |-1 in. diam. ; buds puberulous. Sepals narrow-obovate. Petals 

 scarcely narrower than the sepals. Fruit 3-4 in. ; carpels sessile. 



*** Flowers axillary. Ovules 2, superposed, 



6. m. oblong'a, Wall.'Cat. 972 : leaves obovate-oblong glabrous glaucous 

 beneath, flowers white, segments of perianth about 12. S.f. & T. Fl. Ind, 

 81 ; M. lactea. Wall, Gat. 6491. 



Forests of the Khasia HILLS and Assam. , , 



A tree ; branches glabrous. Leaves 4-6 by 2-2J in., obtusely acuminate ; petiole 



4-1 in. Flower-huds about 1 in., glabrous. Sepals IJ in., narrow-obovate. Petals 



lanceolate. Ca/rpels sessile. — ^An imperfectly known species. 



7. UK. punduana, H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 81 ; leaves oblong abruptly acu- 

 minate glabrous, flowers white, segments of perianth about 9, ovaries 

 densely pubescent. Magnolia punduana, fTa^^. &«<. 974. , 



Forests of the Khasia hills, alt. 3-5000 ft. 



A tall tree ; young parts brown-silky, soon glabrate. Leaves 4-6 by 2 in., base 

 acute or obtuse ; petiole ^-f in. Flowers 1^-2 in. diam. ; buds |-1 in., silky. Segments 

 efpervmth obovate, outer obtuse, inner acute. Fruit 3-4 in. ; carpels sessile. 



