Takaima] III. MAG-NOLIACE^ 



^ 5. T. spongocarpa, King, Ann. iii. tab. 47 (bis). Upper Banna. Secondary iierveN 

 7-9 pair, prominent beneath, as well as the shorter intermediate onet. 6. T. phellocaxpa, 

 King, Ann. iii. t. 47 (ter). Sib-sagar district and Mikir hills, Assam. Secondary 

 nerves 12-16 pair, not much more dibtinct than the reticulate veins between them. 



Illicimn, Linn., conipiises beveral evergreen aromatic bhrubs with coriaceous leaves, 

 readily known by the arrangement of the one-seeded carpels in one radiating whorl. 

 When ripe they are woody and split at the upturned ventral suture, so that the seed 

 becomes visible. Of the Indian species T. GHffithii, Hook, f. & Thorns. ; Ann. Bot. 

 riard. Calc. iii. 40a, Bhutan, Khasi Iiills, with 10-15 ovaries, is the most notable. 

 T. anhafum^ Loureiro, of China, yields the well known Star-anise. 



5. SCHIZANDRA, Michaux; M. Brit. Ind. i. 44. 



Climbing shrubs with exstiiDulate, glabrous, mostly membranous leaves. FJ. 

 unisexual. Sepals and petals similar, 9 or 12, in ti'imerous wliorls. (J: 5-30 

 stamens, filaments often fiesliy and confluent, anthers free or more or less 

 immersed in the fleshy mass of confluent filaments. ? : Ovaries numerous, 

 densely imbricate round a conical torus, which elongates considerably when 

 the carpels ripen. Species 0, mountains of India, China, Java and Korth 

 America. 



A. Filaments counate below, free above. 



1. S. grandiflora, Hook. fll. & Thorns.; Ann. iii. t. G9a; Collett, Simla 

 Fl. fig. 6. Vern, Rocdy Paternalla ; Ballon^ Jaunsar; Singoto, Nepal. 



Leaves membranous, approximate at the ends of branchlets, 3-4 in. long, 

 with distant minute obtuse teeth, petioles slender, |-1 in, long. Fl. white, 

 fragrant, solitary, nodding, more than 1 in. across, on slender peduncles 1| in. 

 long. Fruit with a cylindrical fleshy axis, 6-9 in. long, bearing numerous 

 scarlet fleshy 2-seeded carpels. 



Himalaya, from the Sutlej eastwards, 6,000-10,000 ft. Fl. May, June. Extends to 

 Western China. 2. S. elong-ata, Hook, f, & Thorns. ; Ann. Bot. G. Calc. iii. t. 69 B.^ 

 Himalaya, from Nepal eastwards, 5,000-8,000 ft., China, a iDowerful climber, leayes 

 broader, petiolps longer. 'Fl. yellowish, smaller, leisb than 1 in. aei'oss Fruiting si)ike 

 3-4 in. long. 



B. Filaments connate iuto a fleshy mass. 



B S. propinqua, Hook. f. & Thonib. ; Ann. iii. t. 41a. iSub-himalayan tract, from 

 Garhwal eaht^\ards, ascending to 5,000 ft., China. Leaves orate-lanceolate, petiole ir^ 

 in. Fl. yellow or orange, J in. diam., on short pedicels. Fruiting spike fleshy, 6 in. 

 long. 4. S. axillaris, Hook. f. & Thorns. ; Ann. iii. t. 74a. Khasi hills, Shan Stateb, 

 Upper Burma, 4,000 ft. Bifferh by narrower lanceolate, thinly coriaceous leaves. Fl. 

 small, scarlet. Fruiting spike 1-2 in. long. 



KadsTira, Ivaempfer. comprises several large glabi^ous woody climbers, the leaves 

 without stipules, fl. unisexual, the fruit a globose head of indehiscent fleshy 1-seeded 

 carj^els. 1. K Eoxbur^Mana, Arnott ; Ann. iii. t. 78a. Foot of Eastern Himalaya to 

 5,000 ft., Assam. Structure of wood noimal, vessels large. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 inner filaments connate, fruit 1-2 in diam., carpels shortly beaked. 2. K. Wightiana, 

 Am. : Ann. iii. t. 74b. Malabar. Leaves broadly ovate, denticulate in the upper half, 

 filaments all free, carpels truncate. 



Obdej? IV. ANONACEiE. Gen. PL i. 20. 



Trees or shrnhSj erect or climbing, bark of branchlets marked by numerous 

 longitudinal anastomosing narrow ridges. Leaves alternate, simple, entire, 

 exstipulate. Flowers bisexual, rarely unisexual. Sepals 3, free or connate, 

 usually valvate. Petals 6, hypogynous, biseriate, the 3 inner sometimes want- 

 ing. Stamens usually numerous, filaments short or none, the 2 anther cells 



