Michelia.] hi. magnoliace^e. 15 
fewer, Indo-Malaya. Two species are common in gardens, M. 
champaca L., the Chempaka with narrow lanceolate leaves and 
yellow fragrant flowers, a native of India, and M. longifolia Bl., 
the white Chempaka, Chempaka putih, with larger and broader 
leaves and longer white flowers, a native of Java. 
(1) M. montana Bl. in Verh. Bat. Gen. ix. 153; Bl. FI. Jav. 
Magnoliacece, 15, t. 5; King , l.c. 371; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. iii. (2), 
218, pi. 68. 
A glabrous tree 20 to 30 ft. tall. Leaves thinly coriaceous 
obovate narrowed at both ends dark green; nerves 12 pairs, 6 to 
7-5 in. long, 4 in. broad petioles 75 in. long. Flowers white, 
fragrant, 1-5 in. across, solitary axillary or terminal peduncle *5 in. 
long. Sepals and petals 8, oblanceolate or lanceolate-acute. Stamens 
18 to 24. Pistils 3 to 4. Follicles usually 1, subglobular pyriform, 
woody 3 in. long, walls -5 in. thick. Seeds 4 or 5. Hab. Mountains. 
Rare. Perak at Goping (Kunstler). Kedah Peak at Geroon (Bell 
and Haniff). Dislrib. Himalaya and Java. 
4 . TALAUMA, Juss. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves and inflorescence as in Magnolia. 
Flowers usually large, white. Sepals 3. Petals 6 or more in 2 or 
more whorls. Stamens numerous in many whorls; anthers linear 
introrse. Carpophore sessile; ovaries indefinite 2-ovuled, spicate. 
Stigmas decurrent. Carpels woody separating from the axis at 
the ventral suture and dehiscing, so that the seeds remain attached 
to the axis by a cord. Species about 20, tropical Asia and S. 
America and West Indies. 
Carpels pubescent or woolly. 
Leaves over 4 in. wide, obovate or elliptic. 
Flowers 2 in. long; peduncle woolly . 
Leaves 3 in. wide, elliptic. 
Flowers i in. long; peduncle glabrous 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate; peduncle glabrous 
Carpels glabrous. 
Leaves very large, stiff coriaceous. 
Petals 3 in. long . 
Leaves narrow lanceolate, thin. 
Petals -75 in. long . 
(1) T. lanigera 
(2) T. mutabilis 
(3) T. Kunstleri 
{4) T. Singapurensis 
(5) T. longifolia 
(1) T. lanigera Hook. fil. F.B.I. i. 40; King, l.c. 372; Ann. Bot. 
Gard. Calc. iii. (2), 202, pi. 42. 
A tree about 20 ft. tall, with erect branches. Young leaves, 
branches and petioles, peduncles, stipule covering the bud and 
ovaries brown villous. Leaves coriaceous oblong-oblanceolate 
abruptly cuspidate base narrowed, deep green shining glabrous 
except midrib beneath, 9 to 12 in. long, 2-5 to 4 in. wide; petioles 1 to 
i '5 i n - long. Sepals and petals white. Sepals 2 in. long, acuminate 
obtuse. Petals smaller. Pistil woolly. Fruit 3 to 4 in. long, 2 in. 
