78 FLORA INDICA. [MagnoUacecB . 



scentia, ad nervos prsEsertim fusco-tomentosa, juniora dense tomentosa. Areola sti- 

 jnilaris petiolum fere iequans. Pedunculi terminales, solitarii, dense tomentosi. 

 Alabastri globosi, 1^-poUicares, bractea spathacea ovata purpurea involuti. Wares 

 globosi, nivei, suaveoleutes. Sepala 3, fere tripollicaria, late obovata. Fetala 6, 

 late obovata, interiora minora. Carpella in spicam oblongam 3-3-pollicarem con- 

 gesta, breviter apiculata. Semina 1-2. 



TMs is the species which attains the greatest elcTation, and penetrates furthest 

 into the interior of the Himalaya. It seems nearly allied to M. cons]}icua of Japan, 

 a species now common in our gardens, and wiU, in aU probability, prove equally hardy. 



3. M. sphenocarpa (Eoxb. Cor. iii. t. 266); foliis oblongia 

 glabris, floribus coaetaneis, spathis cinereo-incanis, petalis 6, carpellis 

 longe rostratis. — Wall. Cat. 975 ! — Liriodendron grandiflorum, Roxb. 

 Fl.Ind.ii.&5. Michelia macrophylla, Z)o«, Prorf. iVep. 226. Talauma 

 Eoxburghii, O. Bon, Oen. Syst. i. 85. 



Hab. In. montibus subtropicis Bengalias orientalis prope Chittagong, 

 Roxb.; in mont. Khasia, alt. 2-3000 ped., Itoxb. Wall.!; in Nipal, 

 ^a«../— (H. vere.) (W. w.) 



Arbor mediocris, ramosa. Rami tabereulia crebris notati, adulti glabri, juuiores 

 cum omnibus partibns novellis cinereo-incani vel snbtomentosi. Medulla septata. 

 Folia oblonga, versus basin angustata, obtusa vel vix acuta, coriacea, utrinque glaber- 

 rima aut subtus minutissime puberola, 8-16 poU. longa, 3-6 lata, petiolo 1-2-polli- 

 oari. Nervi subtus validi, obliqui, paralleli. Fedunculi validi, terminales, solitarii, 

 iacauo-tomentosi, annulis plurimis approximatis notati. Flores magni, albi, suaveo- 

 leutes, spathis pluribus cito deciduis involuti. Sepala 3, extus herbacea. Fetala 

 6, alba, ovalia, crassa, carnosa, margine undulata. Ovaria plurima in conum imbri- 

 cata, rostro ensiformi villoso. Carpella in strobilum cylindricum 8-13 (vel ex 

 Koxb. 16) poUices longum dense imbricata, extus taberciilata, rostro ultrapollicari 

 ruguloso lateraliter compresso. 



The very coriaceous leaves and the long-beaked fruit remove this species to a con- 

 siderable distance from the other Himalayan species. On this accoimt Dr. Wallich 

 has, in his Catalogue, proposed to constitute of it a new genus {Sphenocarpus), but 

 it seems to us to possess no characters of sufficient importance to make it desirable 

 to separate it. 



5. MICHELIA, L. 



Sepala et petala plerumque conformia et concolora, 9-31. Gyno- 

 phorum stipitatum. Ovaria 2-6- vel pluri-ovulata. Carpella coriacea, 

 laxe spioata, sspe subremota, dorso longitudinaliter dehisoentia.' — Ar- 

 bores sape exceUm, floribus (excepta M. Catbcartii) axillaribus. 



The laxly spUced carpels, numerous ovules, and axillary flowers, in general suffi- 

 ciently characterize this genus. One or other of these characters, however, occa- 

 sionally fails us, and the stalked gynophore or torus alone remains ; and by that cha- 

 racter, in combination with most of those just enumerated, the genus may with cer- 

 tainty be known. Thus, though M. Fundziana and NUagirica have not more than 

 two ovules, and would thus technically be referable to Magnolia, yet their axiUai-y 

 flowers and distant carpels sufficiently distinguish them fi-om that genus. The most 

 anomalous species is M, Cathcartii, which has terminal flowers, and more densely 

 imbricated carpels than are usually seen in Michelia. Its numerous ovules and sti- 

 pitatc gynophore, however, prevent its being referred to Magnolia, and its general 

 habit seems to demand its admission among the Mickeliie. This genus is entirely 

 Indian. Two species are natives of the mountains of the Madras Peninsula, and one 

 of Ceylon. In the shady forests of the eastern Himalaya five species form a promi- 



