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MICIIELIA LANUGINOSA. 
mented by the people often inventing names on the spot. II a specific or generic 
appellation is to be derived from any native language, which can never be necessary, 
and but rarely prove expedient, the Arabic or Sanscrit ought to be the only sources 
from whence they are to be derived. 
MICHELIA KISOPA, Be Cand. TAB. 4. 
Foliis lanceolatis, acuminatis, glaberrimis, breve petiolatis; alabastris gemtmsque 
cincreo-villoculis ; petalis duodecim, oblongis, subaequalibus. 
Michelia Kisopn , Be Cand. syst. nat. 1. p. 418. 
lleperi in pluribus sylvis Napalise, eodemque anni tempore cum priorc specie floren- 
tern et fructiferam. 
Arbor excelsa, ramosissima. Hamuli glabri, terctes, cinerei, calloso-punctati, cica- 
-tricibus stipularum solitia notati. Folia sparsa, approximate, pateutia, valde coriacca, 
rio-i.la, oblono-a vel lanceolato-oblonga, acuminata, basi nunc rotumlata, nunc acuta, 
.I,, vablc l.icida atroviridia, subtus pallida atque opaca, puhe pare A adpressa aetatc 
evanida conspersa, utrinque dun. sicca elegauter reticulato-venosa; 5-7 poll,cam 
Petiolm gracilis, teres, pollicaris, e basi ultra medium supra notatus plaga elevate 
plana linear! elongata. Gemma stipulacm oblonga, acuta, petiolu.n jumorem fe.e 
■ lequans, argenteo-vel cinereo-villosa.-yifato<™» axillare, solitarium, erectum ova tun,, 
breve pcdunculatum, semipollicare, cinerco-villosum; spath* (fig. 4.) cito decidue, 
ovato-subrotundie, obtusissinm. Flos (fig. 1.) parvus, dilute llavus, odore valde do u i, 
pedunculo suffultus crasso, annulate, viUosulo—Petafo duodecim acuta, liucari.cuuea- 
ta, pollicaria. Anther* fere sessiles, mimerosic, laxe imbricate, Vmeares, apicula mu a 
cuspidat*; locula marginalia, introrsum pafum dehiscentia. Ovaria ( «) ^ , 
' sericeo-iillosa, coacervata in columnam evliiidriram, supra torum (fig. 2.) ant iciai 
pedicello angulato semiunguiculari elevatam. Siyli recurvati, pubescentes, papillosi. 
Capml* (fig. 5, (i.) subglobosse, basi nunc late subadnat® nunc subcuneata quasi pedi¬ 
cellate, cinereee, punctate, majores quam in antecedents specie, dispositic in sp 
tortam quadripollicarem, pluribus abortivis intermixtis. Semina tria vel quatuor, ova- 
ta, cocci nea. 
Observation. 
This species comes very near to M. Champaca , but besides being a larger forest 
tree, its leaves are, generally speaking, narrower and the flowers much smaller. I ha e 
scarcely any doubt of its being the same as that noticed by Be Candolle, although his 
specific character does not well apply to it, the leaves being almost always inoie or 
less acute or attenuate at the base. The fleshy part of the seeds is aromatic, am 
that more so than in die oilier species. 
MICHELIA LANUGINOSA, Wall. TAB. 5. 
Foliis oblongis, acutis, subtus ramis genimis alabastrisque cinereo-lanuginosis. 
Eadem fere ac prccedens incolit loca, eodemque tempore florens ; sed rarior est ar 
bor 
Arbor magna ct procera, ramosissima. Ramuli obtecti cortice ciuereo calloso-punc- 
tato ; juniores uti foliorura pagina inferior, 1 )etiolus, alabastra, gemmaeque vestiti lanu- 
gine ilensu decumbente mollissiniA eano-argentea. Folia valde approximata, alterna, 
subbifario, pateutissima, oblonga, acuta, basi parurn rotundata, apicc cuspidate, 5 ad 10 
