18 in. magnoliaceje. [Aromadendrum. 
coriaceous, 3 to 4 in. long, 1 to 1*5 in. wide. Flowers 2 in. long, 
fragrant. Sepals lanceolate glabrous narrow acuminate. Petals 
linear acuminate white. Fruit 3 in. long, obovoid, apex rounded, 
base narrowed, fleshy smooth green outside, white inside; seeds 
pink. Hah. Dense forest. Probably not rare, though seldom col¬ 
lected. Singapore, Garden Jungle. Malacca, Selandor road (Derry). 
Penang on Government Hill (Curtis) . Disirib. Java. Native name : 
Chempaka hutan. 
Order IV. WINTERACE/E. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, often aromatic, gland-dotted 
exstipulate. Flowers small, pink or white in axillary fascicles. 
Sepals 1 (or 2) series. Petals in several series. Stamens several, 
anthers small, sub-globose. Carpels in 1 whorl, few. Fruits 
capsular. Seeds shiny, endosperm copious, embryo minute. Species 
about 35, Australia, Malay Isles, S. America to Florida. 
ILLICIUM, L. 
Shrubs or treelets. Leaves usually small coriaceous or mem¬ 
branous entire. Flowers bi- or uni-sexual, solitary or fascicled in 
the axils, or on the stem, yellow, white or rose-pink, small. Sepals 
3 to 6. Petals 9, 3 or many seriate. Stamens indefinite; filaments 
thick; anthers introrse. Pistils indefinite in 1 whorl, i-ovuled. 
Fruit of radiating leathery green follicles. Seeds compressed with 
hard shining testa. North America, China, Cambodia. 
Leaves thin coriaceous distinctly nerved. 
Stamens 9 to 13 . . . . . . (1) I. cambodianum 
Leaves thick coriaceous nerveless. 
Stamens 30 to 50 . . . . • ( 2 ) I* evenium 
(1) I. cambodianum Hance, Jo urn. Bot. 1876, p. 240; Pierre, FI. 
For. Cochinchine, i. pi. 4; King, Journ. /Is. Soc. Beng. Lc. 374; 
Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. iii. (2), 200, pi. 38B. 
A large shrub, very variable. Leaves opposite or in whorls of 
3 or 4, dark green oblanceolate to obovate-lanceolate-acuminate, 
3 to 4-5 in. long, 1 to 2 in. wide; petioles under *5 in. long. Flowers 
axillary or in old plants fascicled on the stem, rose colour or white, 
1 in. across or less; pedicels stout or slender. Sepals 3 or 4, ovate 
round edge ciliate or not. Petals 9, ovate-oblong blunt. Stamens 
9 to 13 in a single row. Follicles 8 to 12, radiate beaked, *4 to -5 in. 
long. Seeds flat ovoid, base truncate, polished brown. Hab. In 
woods on mountains, especially near streams from 3000 to 5000 ft. 
altitude. Common and variable. 
var. tenuifolia Ridl. Leaves lanceolate or oblanceolate thin 
almost membranous; pedicels very slender. Flowers small *5 in. 
