44' rii. MAGNOLiACE^. (Hook. f. & Thoms.) 



8. W. nllagrlrica, ^mk Plant. Ind. t. 20 ; leaves oblong, elliptic- or 

 obovate-lanceolate acute at both ends or tip mucronate glabrous or pu- 

 berulous only on the nerves beneath, flowers white, segments of perianth 

 9-12, ovules 2 or 4-5. Wight TU. i. 14 ; /c. t. 938 ;H.f.& T. Fl. Ind. Si; 

 Thuiaites Enum. 5. M. Pulneyensis, WigM III. i. 14, t. 5 (except figs. 5 and 6). 



Higher mountains, alt. 5-6000 ft., of the Westekn Penihsdla (var.. 1) and. of i 

 Ceylon (var. 2). . _ 



, A tall tree, or shrub at high elevations, young "parts silfcy. Leaves 2-4 m. Floweri 

 3-4 in. diam. ; buds J-IJ in., ovoid, pubesnent. fmianth^segments obovate, inner 

 acute. JVttit 2-3 in. ; carpels sessile — There is some confusion in the descriphons of 

 the Ceylon and Nilghiri plants. Zenker describes M. nilagirifia as 1-ovuled ; Wight, 

 (Hlnst.) repeats this, but (Icones) figures 2 ovules and describes 4. Wight further' 

 afescribes (lUustr.) M. Walkeri as 2-ovuled, and ovalifoUa as 3 ovuled, whilst under 

 glauca he makes no mention of the ovules. His M. Pulneyemsis is figured with yellow 

 nbwers, and 4 ovules, and may be M. Champaca. — The following' varieties are possibly 

 species : — 



Vak. 1. Wiqhth; a tree, leaves 3-5 by 1^-2 in. elliptic green below, segments of 

 perianth usually 12; ovulfes 4-5.'— M. ovalifolki WigM. III. i. 13. 



Vae. 2. WALKERr; leaves 2-3 by l-lj in. oblong or obovate-oblong glaucous below, 

 segments of perianth, usually 9, ovules 2, superposed.— A Walkeri and M. glaum, 

 Wight lU. i. 13, 14. 



7. SCHIZAiMDKA, MichaHix. 



Climbing gkbrous shrubs. Leaves exstipulate. Flowers unisexual, white, 

 yellower reddish, axillary, or in the axils of scales near the base of shorp 

 lateral Iteafy branches. Sepals and petals 9-12, imbricate in about 3 series. 

 (^ Stamens '5-15 or more, in a spiral series, filaments very short, free or sub- 

 connate, often fleshy ; anthers free or subimmersed in a fleshy head of con- 

 fluent tilamentsj, cells small, remote. ? Ovaries many, densely imbricated ;' 

 stigma sessile ; ovules 2. Fruit a slender spike of globose indehiscent fleshyr 

 L-seeded carpels. Seeds 1-2, suspended, albumen fleshy, testa crustaceous : 

 embryo minute. — ^Disteib. U. States, mountains of temperate and tropical' 

 India and Java ; species about 6. 



* FUaments monadelphons below, free above., 



}• S. grandifiora, S.f. & T. ; leaves ovate or oblong-lanceolate acu- 

 minate distantly toothed, flowers 1 in. diam., fruit 6-9 in., carpels scarlet 

 fusiform on a cylindric fleshy axis. Sphasrostema grandiflorum, H. f. ik T. 

 Fl. Ind. 84. Kadsura gfandiflora, Wall. Tent. Fl. If'ep. t. 14 ; Cai. 4985 A, 



Temperate Himalaya, from Simla to Bhotan, alt. 6-10,000 ft. 



A woody glabrous climber. Leaves 3-6 by 1-2 in., rather fleshy, base acute, pale 

 beneath; petiole 1-lJ in. Flowers solitary, pinky-white, odorous; pedioeli 1-2 in. 

 Filaments cylindric above ; anthers ovoid, connective thickened, cells lateral, or sub- 

 extror^e. 



2. S. elong'ata, ff. /. <fc 7. ; leaves ovate acute or acuminate minutely 

 eartilaginous-toothed, flowers f in. diam.jiruit 2-3 in., carpels on a. slender 

 axis., Sfihsexostema elongatum, Slume Fl. Jav. Schiz. t. 5 ; H.f. & T. Fl. 

 Ind. 85. ' S. grandiflorum, WaU, Cat. 4983, A in part. £ 0.. 



Temperate Himalaya, from Nipal to Sikkim, alt. 5-6000 ft.; Khasia ttttt.^— 

 DiBTRiB.. Java, 



A woody climber; branches slender.. Leaves 3-4 by 1^-2 in., pale or glaucous ha,- 

 neath; petiole. 4-1 in. Flowers, fasdoled or solitary,, Jr-J' in. diam.,.yeUowiBli.; pedi» 



