Michelia.] flora indica. 79 



nent feature in the vegetation oi the temperate zone, at elevations between five and 

 eight thousand feet. They arc, however, impatient of drought, and one only extends 

 as far west as Kumaou. In the Khaaia hills and the Malayan peninsula other species 

 occur ; and the latter, when we become better acquainted with the vegetation of its 

 mountains, may be expected to yield many species. The genus is common in Java 

 and the islands of the Eastern AJchipelago. 



§ 1. Moriius ierminalibus. 



1. M. Cathcartii (H.f. et T.) ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acumi- 

 natis utriuque secus costam pilosis cseterum glabris setate glabrescen- 

 tibus, iioribus albis, sepalis cum petalis novem, staininibus gynoeciuin 

 fere superantibus, carpellis dense spicatis. 



Hab. In sylvis temperatis Sikkim exterioris, alt. 5-6000 ped.! — 

 (Fl. Aprili.) (v. V.) 



Arbor excelsa, cortice griseo. Hamuli pubeseentes, uovelli cum gemmis dense 

 sericei. Folia tenuiter coriacea, subtus pallida, (in sicco) conspicue retienlatim ner- 

 vosa, 4 poll, longa, li lata, petiolo -J-poll. Areola stipularis petiolum fere Eequans. 

 Flores solitarii, terminales vel gemmae lateralis evolutione (interdum per florationem, 

 serins semper) ad speciem laterales. Pedunculus poUicaris. Spatha 1, calyci ap- 

 proximata, elliptica, mucrone piloso apiculata. Flores albi, diam. 3-4-poUieares. 

 Sepala et petala triserialia, oblonga, interiora sensim paullo minora. Stamina pe- 

 talis interioribus vix breviora. Anthera lineares, introrsse, connectivo obtuse mu- 

 cronato apiculata. Carpella secus rhachin 2-4-pollicarem spieata. Semina 1-4. 



§ 2. Moribua axillaribua ; ovulis 3 vel plurihus. 



2. M. Champaca (L. Sp. 756); foliis ovato-lanceolatis basi acu- 

 tis apice acuminatis saepe longs angustatis superne glabris subtus plus 

 minus puberulis eetate glabrescentibus, floribus flavis, sepalis cum pe- 

 talis 15-30 interioribus multo angustioribus. — BC. Syst. i. HI, Prod. 

 i. 79 ; JTall. Cat. 969 ! (exd. K) ; Xoxb. FL Ind. ii. 656 ; W. et A.! 

 Prod. i. 6; mght. El. i. 13; Blume, Bijdr. l,Tl. Jav. Magn. 9. t. 1. 

 M. rufinervis, BO. Syst. i. 449, Prod. i. 79 ; Bl. Bijdr. 8. M. Dolt- 

 sopa, Ham. in BC. Syst. i. 448, Prod. i. 79; Bon, Prod. Nep. 226; 

 Wall! Tent. Fl. Nap. 7. t. 3, Cat. 971 ! ; TFight! 111. i. 13. M. au- 

 rantiaca. Wall. Cat. 6492 ! PI. As. Bar. ii. t. 147 ; Wight, 111. i. 13. 

 M. pubinervia, Bl. Fl. Java Magn. 14. t. 4. M. Bheedei, Wight! III. 

 i. 14. t. 5./. 6 (fructus maturus tantum) ; Rheed. Mai. i. 1. 19 ; Rumph. 

 Ami. ii. t. 67. 



Hab. In Himalaya temperata : Kumaon et Nipal, Wall.! ; in sylvis 

 Pegu et Tenasserim, Wall.! ; et in montibus temperatis peninsulfe aus- 

 tralis ad Nilghiri et Courtalam, alt. 8-5000 ped., Wight! — (Fl. vere.) 

 (y. ».) 



DisTRiB. In Java sylvestris (Blume), et per totam Indiam tropicam 

 necnon in calidis totius orbis culta. 



Arior magna, umbrosa, culta plerumque mediocris. Hamuli cinerei, calloao-pnnc- 

 tati, glabri, juniores (cum omnibus partibus novellis) pubeseentes vel eiuereo- aut 

 fusco-sericei. Folia 8-10 poU. longa, 2-|-4 lata, petiolo l-l^^-poU., superne nitida, 

 subtus pallida, puberula ve) pubescentia, rotate ssepe glabrescentia. Areola stipularis 

 paullo ultra medium petiolum extensa. Alalastri breviter pedicellati, cinereo- vel 



