Miclielia] III. MAa:NrOLIACEiE 7 



3. MIC HE LI A, Linn. ; Fl. Brit, Ind. i. 42» 



Trees, mostly evergreenj bnds enveloped in tlie convolute stipules. Leaves 

 thinly coriaceous, tertiary nerves pi'ominently reticulate. Sepals and petals 

 similar, 9-15, in whorls of 3. Filaments flat, anthers introrse. Ovaries 

 separated from the stamens by a distinct internode, style generally much 

 shorter than ovary. Fruit a lax, rarely dense spike of woody or coriaceous 

 dorsally dehiscing carpels. Species 16, Indo-Malayan region, mostly on the 

 mountains, 



A. Leaves small, 3-6 in, long, fl. white. 



1. M. Cathcartii, Hook. f. & Th. ; Ann. Bot. Grard. Calc. iii. t. 60. Vera. 

 Titi Champ, Nep. 



A large evergreen tree, heartwood dark olive-brown, young branches 

 densely silky. Leaves pale beneath, acuminate, midrib hairy on both sur- 

 faces, chiefly on the upper. Fl. terminal, 3-4 in. diam., white, turning red in 

 drying, perianth leaves 9, inner gradually smaller. Stamens more than 1 in. 

 long, overtopping the ovaries, which are sessile and densely imbricate. 



Sikkim Himalaya 5,000-7,000 ft. Naga hills Fl. May, June. 



2. M. nilagirica, Zenker; Wight Ic. t. 938; Bedd. Fl. Sjh\ t. 62; Ann. 

 Bot. Grard. Calc. t. 65. — Syn. M, piilneyensis^ Wight 111. t. 5. 



A moderate sized tree, buds silky. Leaves shortly and bluntly aouminate. 

 Fl. l|-2 in. across, on short generally leafless axillary branchlets. Perianth 

 leaves usually 12, the inner narrower. Stamens shorter than gynsecium. 

 Ovaries silky, with 2-4 ovules. Fruiting spike interrupted, 2-3 in. long, 

 carpels warty, apiculate, mixed with many abortive carpels. Seeds bright 

 scarlet. 



Nilgiris, Pahiis and other hills in tlie peninsula, Ceylon. Fl. H. S. 



B. Leaves moderate sized or large, 4-12 in. long. 



3. M. oblonga, Wall. ; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. iii. t. 67. Yern. Bor Soppa^ 

 Ass. 



A very tall tree, entirely glabrous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, 4-6 in. long. 

 Secondary nerves 7-9 pair, somewhat prominent beneath. Fl. yellowish white, 

 3-4 in. across. Fruiting spike lax, 6-7 in. long. Carpels sessile, woody, 

 lenticellate, blunt. 



Assam, Silhet. El. 0. S. Nearly allied are the following, which are all entirely 

 glabrous : 4. M. Mannii, King ; Ann. iii. t. 70. Assam, Silhet. Leaves rigidly coria- 

 ceous, fl. smaller, ripe carpels distant, oblong, slightly apiculate. 5. M. pimdiiana. 

 Hook, f . & Thorns. ; Ann. iii. t. Q<o, Assam, Khasi hills. Leaves thinly coriaceous. 

 Secondary nerves not much more conspicuous than the shorter intermediate and 

 the reticulate tertiary nerves. PL IJ in. across. Eipe carpels distant, compressed, 

 not beaked. 6. M. Kisopa, DC. ; Ann. iii. t. 58 B. Kumaon and Nepal 5,000-7,000 ft., 

 rare in SikMm. Leaves coriaceous. Fl l-lj in. across. Oarxoels small, J in. diam,, 

 compressed, shortly apiculate. 



7. M. lanuginosa, Wall. ; Ann. Bot, Gard. Calc. iii. t. G2. Vern. Gogay 

 Champ^ Nepal. 



A large deciduous tree, branchlets and underside of full grown leaves 

 densely pale-grey tomentose. Leaves lanceolate. Fl. axillary, yellowish 

 white, 2|--3 in. across. Perianth leaves 12-18, oblanceolate. Ovaries densely 

 lanate, style glabrous. Fruiting spike lax, 4-5 in. long. Carpels compressed, 

 shortly stalked, woody, warty, ^-1 in. Seeds orange. 



Eastern Himalaya, from Nepal eastwards, 5,000-7,000 ft. Khasi hills. Fl. B. S. 



8. M. excelsa, Blume; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. iii. t. ^^, Vern. Bara 

 Ohamp^ Safed Champ, Nepal. 



A large deciduous tree, heartwood olive-brown, buds clothed with brown, 



