N. 0. M AGNOLIAOEiE. 
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Wood moderately hard, smooth. Ijeaves 2-4 in., oblong- 
elliptic or obovate-lanceolate, acute at both ends or tip, 
mucronate, glabrous, or puberulous only on the nerves beneath. 
Flowers, white, 3-4 in. diam. Buds in., ovoid. Peri- 
anth-segments 9-12 obovate, inner acute and narrower than 
the outer. Stamens shorter than the gyncecium. Ovaries silky 
with 2-4 ovules. Fruiting spike interrupted, 2-3 in. long 
carpels warty, spiculate, mixed with many abortive carpels 
Seeds bright and scarlet (Brandis' 
Part used : — The bark. 
Use : — The bark is made into decoction and infusion, and 
used as a febrifuge. 
32. lllicium Griffithii, H. f. and Thoms, h.f.b.i., 
i. 40. 
Vern : — Badayfm (Marathi). 
Habitat : — Bhotan ; Khasia hills. 
A shrub. Branches angular, glabrous. Leaves elliptic- 
lanceolate, 2-4 by 1-2 in., acute at both ends, coriaceous, 
shining. Flowers 1£ in. diam. Perianth — segments about 24. 
Sepals 6, orbicular. Petals 18, outer oval, inner smaller, narrow. 
Carpels with a thin fleshy pericarp, woody endocarp, and short 
subulate incurved beak (Hooker). 
Copses in Bhutan and the Khasia Hills, 4-5,000 ft. 
Use : — The authors of Pharmacographia Indica, (Vol. I. p. 40) 
write that it occasionally finds its way into the market. It is 
used as a substitute for Illieiuin verum which is a native of 
Cochin-China. Star-anise is aromatic, stimulant and carminative. 
“ The fruit of I. Orifithii would appear to contain some 
bitter principle as well as tannin.” (Pharmacographia Indica, 
Vol. I. p. 41). 
