1889.] G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Pcninzida. 371 



only 1 ovule, but ai:)parontly it is a Manglietia and I put it into this genus 

 provisionally. The small rufous leaves, shining on the tipper surfaces, 

 and small axillary flowers mark it as distinct from any other Indo- 

 Malayau Magmliad. 



3. MiCHELiA, Linn. 

 Trees. Leaves as in Magnolia. Floivers axillary, solitary or termi- 

 nal. Sepals and petals similar, 9 to 15 or more, 3- or more-seriate. 

 Stamens as in Magnolia. Gynophore stalked. Carpels in a loose spike, 

 stigma decurrent ; ovules 2 or more. Fndt a lax or dense elongate 

 spike of coriaceous dorsally dehiscing carpels. Seeds of Magnolia. — 

 Distrib. About 15 species ; temp, and trop. Mountains of India. 



1. M. Champaca, Linn. A tall tree, the branchlots pabesoont. 

 Leaves membranous, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, rather abruptly narrow- 

 ed to the base, shining above, pale aud glabrous or pubcrulous beneath ; 

 main nerves thin, 12 to 16 pairs ; length of blade 4'5 to 9 in. ; breadth 

 2'25 to 3'5 in. ; petiolo 1 to 1'5 in. Flowers yellow, solitary, axillary or 

 terminal, shortly pedunculate ; buds nari-owly ovoid, the stipular hood 

 silky. Sepals oblong. Petals about 15, narrowly oblong, 1 in. long. 

 Ripe fruit 3 to 6 in. long : individual carpels ovoid, lenticollate, woody. 

 DO. Prodr. i, 79 ; Roxb. Fl. lud. ii, 656 ; W. & A. Prod, i, 6 ; Wight 

 111. i, 13 ; Blume PI. Jav. Magnol. t. 1, Bijdr. 7 ; H. f. & T. PI. Ind.79. 

 Hook. fil. PI. Br. Ind. I, 42 : Miq. PI. Ind. Bat. Vol. I, pt. ii, 16 ; M. 

 ruflnervis, DO. 1. c. 79 ; Bl. Bijdr. 8 ; M. Doldsopa, Ham. ex DO. 1. o. ; 

 Don Prodr. 226 ; Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep. t. 3 ; Af . aurantiaca, Wall. Cat., 

 Plant. As. Rar. t. 147. M. Bheedii, Wight HI. i. 14, t. 5, f. 6. M. puh- 

 inervia, Bl. Fl. Jav. Magnol. p. 14, t. 4. 



In temperate forests in the Straits Settlements, but not common. 

 Distrib. India. 



2. M. MONTANA, Bl. in Vorh. Bat. Gen. IX, p. 153. A glabrous tree. 

 Leaves thinly coriaceous, shining, obovate or obovate-rotund, shortly and 

 abruptly apiculate, rather suddenly narrowed to the base ; nerves 10 to 12 

 pairs, thin, sjireading ; length of blade 6-7'5 in., breadth about 4 in. ; 

 petiole, slender '75 in. Flowers white, I'S in. in. diam., solitary, terminal 

 or axillary, on annulate peduncles about "5 in. long. Buds cylindrie. 

 Sepals and petals about 8, oblanceolate or lanceolate. Pistils 3 to 4. 

 Carpels usually single, sub-globular, 1-5 in. long, the walls lenticellato, 

 woody, -5 in. or more thick. Bl. Bijdr. 7, PI. Jav. Magnol. p. 15, t. 5 : 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Vol. T, Pt. ii, 17. 



Porak, at low elevations. Java, on the mountains. Distrib. Eastern 

 Himalaya. 



Specimens from the B. Himalaya have less obovate leaves, aud rather 



