80 FLORA iNDicA. [MagnoUocece. 



fusco-sericei. Mores flavi vel anrantiaci, suaveolentes. Sepala et petala 15-20, 

 1^3-poIlicaria, exteriora oblonga cuneata acutiuscula, interiora miilto angustiora 

 lineari-oblonga acuta. Carpella ia spicam 3-4-pollicarem coogesta, subseasilia. 



The Champaca of Rheede and Rumphiu8, adopted by Linnseus and aU following 

 authors, and uaiversally recognized, notwithstanding the brevity of the original de- 

 scription of Linneeus, is only known as a cultivated tree. Indigenous trees, how- 

 ever, have been described by Wallich, Blume, and "Wight, from the regions investi- 

 gated and illustrated with so much success by these botanists, which very closely re- 

 semble the cultivated tree, differing only, it appears to us, in such characters as are 

 chiefly affected by cultivation. In all, the flowers have the same structure, and the 

 leaves the same shape and degree of variation. The pubescence is much more con- 

 siderable in the wild plants described by WaUich and Blume than in the cultivated 

 Champaca; and though "Wight describes his M. Ulieedei as glabrous, his specimens 

 were in fruit only, whilst flowering ones in our possession from the same localities 

 are quite as pubescent as M. Doltsopa from Nipal. Blume has recognized the aifi- 

 uity of his 31. pubinervia with 31. BoUsopa, "Wall., while at the same time he fully 

 admits its close afiinity to the cultivated Champaca of Java, by relying on characters 

 for its separation which are of very subordinate importance. For these reasous, after 

 a very careful examination of all the specimens to which we have access, we have 

 convinced ourselves that all the synonyms adduced above are referable to one species. 

 31. rufinervis of De CandoUe (not of Blume) is a cultivated Mauritius plant ; a spe- 

 cimen in Herb. Hook., which agrees exactly with the description, is a luxuriant 

 young shoot, with copious brown silky pubescence, but with leaves like those of M. 

 Champaca. De CandoUe's specimens were also without flowers, and probably of the 

 same age. It is more difficult to decide whether the Doltsopa of De CandoUe and 

 Don be the same as that of "Wallich, as the descriptions given by the two former 

 authors of 31. Doltsopa and M. Kisopa are very brief, and so obscure that they can- 

 not be referred with certainty to either species, but partake of the characters of both. 

 In these circumstances, as the original specimens are not available, having been dis- 

 persed with the Lambertian Herbarium, we have thought it advisable to follow "Wal- 

 lich in the use of the names Doltsopa and Kisopa^ considering him in fact as the 

 authority for the species, which he was the first to characterize in a satisfactory 

 manner. 



3. M. excelsa (Blume, Fl. Javse Magn. 9, in adnot.) ; foliis ob- 

 longis vel oblongo-lanoeolatis acutis superne glabris subtus fusoo-seri- 

 ceia estate glabrescentibus, floribus albis, sepalis cum petalis 12. — 

 irall. Oat. 6494 ! Wiffht, III. i. 14. Magnolia excelsa, TFall. ! Tent. Fl. 

 Nap. 5. t. 2. 



Hab. In Himalaya orientali temperata, alt. 6-8000 ped. : Nipal, 

 Wall.! Sikkim ! Bhotan, Griffith/ et in Khasia, alt. 5000 ped., Simons.' 

 — (Fl. vere.) (v. v.) 



Arbor excelsa, ramosa. Ramuli rugosi, grisci, puuctis callosis conspersi. Gemma: 

 fusco-pubescentes. Folia coriacea, acuta vel acuminata, superne nitida, subtus (ju- 

 niora dense, seuiora sparse) tomcnto brevi adpresso cinnamomeo sericea, rarius sub- 

 glabrescentia, 5-8 poU. longa, 2-3 lata, petiole polUcari. Areola stipularis pauUo 

 ultra medium petiolum extensa. Alabastri subsessiles, dense fusco-tomentosi, bi- 

 poUicares et ultra, spathis pluribus deciduis involuti. Sepala 3, obovata, coriacea. 

 Petala 9-10, anguste obovata, interiora sensim angustiora et breviora. Carpella 

 secus rhachiu 4-8-pollicarem laxe disposita, subsessilia, i-pollicaria. Semina 1-4. 



4. M. lanuginosa (Wall.! Tent. Fl. Nap. 8. t. 5) ; foliis oblongis 

 vel lanceolatis superne nitidis glabris subtus dense cinereo-tomentosis, 

 floribus albis, sepalis petalisoum 18. — Jf^all. Cat. 6493 ! Wight, III. i. 

 14. M. velutina, DC. Trod. i. 79. 



