MAGNOLIA INSIGNTS. 
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order of JVintercrr. alluded to by De Candolle, loc. eit. p. 548. It will be seen, here¬ 
after, that Dr. Hamilton actually considered one o! the Kadsurae as a species ol Dry- 
mis. 
It is not a little remarkable that Nipal should produce two distinct shrubs, resem¬ 
bling a plant of French Guiane, another ol North America and a third ol Japan to such 
a degree, as to be difficultly separable lrom the former, and scarcely at all to be recog¬ 
nized as different from the last: and that they should serve to connect them all under 
the standard of one genus only. 
Noue of the preceding plants possess to my knowledge any particular medicinal pro¬ 
perties, nor are they admitted into the materia medica ol India. The fruit of both my 
Kadsura are eaten by the hill-people. 1 hey have all more or less of an aromatic pun¬ 
gency diffused in their leaves and seeds, especially in the pulpy aril lus of the latter, and 
their flowers are inmost instances delightfully fragrant. The wood of the arbores¬ 
cent species is very useful, and not inferior to that of our Champa of Hindoost han 
(Mtihelia Ckampat'a , Linn.); that of my Magnolia exceha is, as ( have already men¬ 
tioned, hi shiv valued for furniture. 
MAGNOLIA INSIGNIS, Wall TAB. 1 
Arborea, foliis oblongis acuminatis subtus glaueis, gem mis ferrugineo-tomentosis; flo- 
ribus terminalibns solitariis novem-petalis ; petalis tribus exterioribus ealyciformibus re- 
flexis ; alabastris laevibus; strobilo ovato dense imbricate, capsul is vertical]bus tetras- 
perm is. 
Nomen Nevvarrense, Secte So ah. 
Crescit praecipue in collibus prope San It on convallis Napoliae ; etiam observavi nd m- 
■Cumen montis S/tcopore adque latus ejus septentrionale, altitudine sex usque ad decern 
mille pedum. Floret Aprili, Majo ; fructus maturescunt Octobre. 
Aiboi v asta, raniosa, trunco recto, siepe quatuor vel quinque pedes diametro emeti- 
ente,coinA dense frondosA expansA et umbrosA. Rami glabri, striati, cinerei, calloso-puncta- 
ti. Ramuli virides, glaucescentes, crassi, cylindrici, laeves, notati vestigiis annularibus, 
borizontalibus vel obliquis, a Iapsis stipulis manentibus, approximatis, villosulis, demum 
glabris et distantioribus. Folia versus summitates valde approximata, patentia, undique 
sparsa, oblonga, in luxuriantibus ramis magis elongata et sub-cuneata, in vetustioribus 
ad formam ellipticam tendenlia, acuminata, integerrima, deorsum parum angustiora, ba- 
si acuta, coriacea, finna, uocias sex ad decern longa, plana, laevissima, atroviridia, luci- 
da, subtus glauca et opaca, pube adpressA baud copiosa solubili et evanidA eonsper.sa, 
< osta graeili eleveta, uervis copiosis parallel is numerosis approximatis tenuibus ad mar- 
ginem anastomo autibu.s, siccitate utrinque, imprimis subtus, eleganter reticulato-ve- 
nosa. Peftoltts gracilis, teres, sesqui-aut bipollicaris, glaber, basi subtus parum intu- 
mescens, supra notatus plaga elevata plana lineari unguem longa extrorsum obtusA et 
rotund at A, primum villosula, oliin stipulas vel gemmam adfigente. Stipule (fig. 15 , JO.) 
duae, opposite, oblonga?, acute vel acuminate, plaga? istae petiolari et lineolm annulari 
raineie insert®, ramum ipsuin omnino amplectenles, valde decidu®, initio connate in 
gemmam oblongam, densissime cinnainomeo-tomentosam intus laevem, juxta latus 
ramum spectans demum Assam citoque delabentem .—Flores (fig. I.) speciosissimi, fra- 
grantes, ex albo rosei, campanulato-patentes, terminates, solitarii, erecti, tres quatuorve 
poll ices longi, laeves, suffulti pedunculo laevi columnari crasso medio cicatricein orbicu¬ 
lar em geiente, super tie pal lido sub albicante. Alabastra erecta, ovato-oblonga, obtusa, 
basi rotundata, bipollicaria, involota spat hot (fig. 8.) lato-ovatA subrotundatA membrana- 
eea laevi, basi contracta in collum breve, cylindricum, dimidi® superiori pedunculi parti 
arete adpressum, medio ejus insertA, caducA .—Calyx petaloideus, triphyllus, erubes- 
cens, demum fuscescens: sepala oblonga, obtusa, deorsum parum angustata, reflexa 
