MAGNOLIA EXCELS*. 
fjue ferrugineo-barbatis; floribus solitariis, axillaribus; petalis duodeeim, calycinis 
nullis: eapsulis globosis, rcmotis, spicatis, monospermis. 
Nomen Parbutteanum Chaw pa s. Chaump. 
Observa\i tantummodo in monte Sheopore Napaliae, ad elevationem ab oeeano sep- 
tem circiter mille pedum, Horens Martio, fruclibus maturis Octobre. 
Arbor 50-ad 80-pedalis, admoduiu ramosa, trunco valde crasso, cortice varie fisso 
et rimoso. Hamuli crassi, tcretes, fuscescentes, juniores grysei, punctis callosis 
111 ajusculis couspersi, vestigiis stipnlaruni delapsaruin annularibus, horizontalibus vcl 
©blitjuis, notati.— Folia sparsa, patentia approximate, pollicem et dimiditmi circiter 
distantia, coriacea et firina, oblongo-elliptica, in acumen lineare acutissimum semiun- 
ciale abeuntia, integerrima, margine subinsequalia obsolete que repanda, basi acuta, spi- 
tlianiaeaad dodrantolia, supra laevia, lucida, saturate viridia, leviter plicata; subtus valde 
glauca, fere pruinosa couspersaque pilis brcvibus lerrugineis adprcssis, aetaie glabra, 
costd prominula gracili, nervis alternantibus ad margiuem anastomosantibus, more 
generis, praeprimis dum sicca, pulchre rctieulato venosa. Petiolus pollicaris et parum 
ultra, teres, gracilis, leviter sulcatus, basi parum intumescens, supra vestigio lineari 
piano elougato notatus.— Stipulcc due oppositae, membranaceae, ob!onga\ acuminate, 
sesqui- ad bipollicares, tomento densissimo sericeo clnnamomeo vestitae, intus laevcs, 
more generis supra descriptu, initio in gemmam sub-cylindricam dense barbatam 
connatee, iuox solutie citoque .cadueae, vestigiis istis annularibus ramorum linearibus- 
que petiolorum manentibus.— Flores axillares, solitarii, magni, erecti, albi, fragrante*, 
campanulato-pat.entes, pednnculo elevati valde crasso brevi columnari, vix dimidium 
pollicem emetiente, cinuamomeo-tomentoso, ad medium notato icstigiis duobus annu¬ 
laribus pnullo distantibus. A la hast r a oblonga, acuta, cinnamomeo-tomentosa, mollis- 
Sima, bipollicaria, spat his involute rnonophyllis: exteriore fugaeissimft, interiore tomen- 
tosA, intus laevi argenteS diutius manente. Pet a la (fig. 1.) 12 vel 13 coriacea, crassa, gla- 
berrima, oblongo-ovata, obtusa, deorsum angustiora, fere bipollicaria, interiora sensim 
ammstiora et breviora, basi debilissime viridescentia, coeterum alba, triplici disposita 
serie quadripetala, intima nunc quinquepetal L — Columna genitalium {fig. 1,3 ) sesqui- 
pollicaris, erecta, basi crassior. Stamina (fig. 2.) plurima, luxe imbricata, inaequalia, 
tertiam petaloruui partem longitudine aequantia; filament a brevissima, carnosa, crassi- 
uscula; ant he nr adnat®, marginales, paullo introrsum dehiscentes.— Ovaria (fig. 4.) 
pan a, fusco-puberula, tetraspora; orula angulo interiori loculi ope funiculorum bre- 
xissimoruin decurrentium adfixa. St plus ovario longior, subulatus, recurvus, suprd 
papilloso-asperulus. Banco (fig. 5, 6. par.ue, globes®, calloso-verrucos®, glabriuscu- 
la?, cinerascentes, maguitudine nucis avellan®, basi lata sessiles, pluribus effoetis inter¬ 
sperse, in spicam quadripollicarem curvam digest®, hiatu semicirculari supra debis- 
centes in valvulas duas divaricatas concavas. Semen (fig. 7.) unicum, grandiusculum, 
ovatum, subreniforme, coccineum, baccatum, plend maturitate extra loculuru snum 
dependens, ventre exsculptum umbilico miuutissimo.— Arillus carnosus, mollis, ruber. 
—Intesrunientum ejeterius atrum, crustaceum ; inter ius tenuissinmm. P crisper mum 
earnosuin, byaliiium. Embrpo ut in priore specie. 
Observation. 
This is at all times a very beautiful, large tree, especially when in blossom. I have 
onlv met with it on mount Sheopore, where it is confined to one single spot: a limita- 
on which is not of very rare occurrence among the plants of Nipal; thus Orchis ( Habena - 
via) gigantca, Exot. Hot. is solely to be met with in a particular place of Nag-Ar- 
joon, Ly cilia crispa, Brown and Daphne Gardner *, Wall, are confined to one parti¬ 
cular place on Sheopore. The wood is greatly prized by the inhabitants o( Nipal 
as also at Patna, where it is employed for various objects ol joinery and carpentry aud 
