70 Magnoliaceae-Anonaceae. 
MAGNOLIACEAE 
Magnolia Family. 
The Magnolia Family is represented by the two introduced 
genera, Michelia and Magnolia. Of the former, two species are in 
cultivation, M. chain paca L. and M. fuscata Blume, of the later 
Magnolia grandiflora L. only. Michelia champaca L. is a small tree 
with pubescent branches and ovate-lanceolate leaves ; the flowers are 
yellowish, waxy, and exceedingly fragrant. It is a native of India 
and is known in Honolulu as Mulang. Specimens may be seen in 
Mrs. M. E. Foster's premises. The second species, M. fuscata Blume, 
is a shrub with the young shoots brown-pubescent ; the flowers are 
small, erect, and brownish, and also very fragrant. It is a native of 
China, and specimens may be seen on the above-mentioned premises. 
The Magnolia does not grow so luxuriantly as in the southern 
United States, but remains stunted, barely reaching a height of fifteen 
or twenty feet. It grows better in the uplands, as on Maui on the 
slopes of Haleakala, where it is in cultivation. 
ANONACEAE 
The Anona family is distributed exclusively in the tropics, es- 
pecially within those of Asia, Africa and America. In Honolulu a 
number of genera are under cultivation. The genus Anona is well 
represented by the edible species Anona muricata L. the Sour;op, A. 
squamosa L. the Sugar Apple, A. Cherhnolia Mill., the Cherimolia. 
and A. reticulata L., known as Bullock's Heart or Custard Apple. 
All four species are of South American origin, but are cultivated for 
their fruits practically throughout the tropics. Of the genus Poly- 
althia there is one species in Honolulu grown in Queen's Hospital 
grounds. It is a small tree or shrub with small dark purple globose 
fruits, erroneously recorded by G. P. Wilder as Bumelia Sp. in his 
book on the "Fruits of the Hawaiian Islands," plate 117. 
Canangium odoratum (Lam.) Baill. 
( Syn. Cananga odorata Hk. f. et Th.) 
Ilang ilaxg. 
The Ilang ilang is a medium-sized to rather large tree with droop- 
ing branches; the leaves are oblong-ovate with a pointed apex and 
usually rounded base and are five to eight inches long. The flowers, 
which are greenish and very fragrant, are pendulous and turn yellow 
