PLATE VI. 
TALAUMA HODGSONI, wy ec 7. 
Nat. Ord. MaGnoniacea. 
Arbor mediocris, foltis obovato-oblongis coriaceis glabris margine subsinuatis, floribus terminalibus solitariis, sepalis 3 
crassis, petalis 6 interioribus minoribus, fructu magno, carpellis subtetragonis argute rostratis diametro transversali 
longitudinalem excedente, rachi profunde excavata, foveolis rotundatis.— Hook. Jil. et Thoms. Flora Indica, v. 1. p. 74. 
Tax. In sylvis densis Himalayee exterioris, regione subtropica : Sikkim, alt. 3-5000 ped. #7. April. 
This is not an uncommon plant in the Sikkim forests, as at Khersiong and below Leebong, where it 
grows close to the road, forming a small tree, twenty to forty feet high, flowering in April, and always 
densely clothed with its large, handsome, coriaceous, evergreen leaves, which attain a very great size in 
young plants. The flowers are very fragrant and aromatic; though they do not expand much, they are 
exceedingly handsome, from the rich plum-bloom on the purple outer sepals, contrasting with the ivory 
whiteness of the inner ones; all the pieces of the flower are thick, hard, and fleshy. The wood is very soft 
and worthless. , 
Talawma Hodgsoni flourishes in a stiff clay soil, as do almost all the Himalayan Wagnoliacee, and 
would require to be grown in a conservatory heated in winter. 
Prare VI. Flowering branch of Zalauma Hodgsoni, with a full-grown leaf of a young tree behind, of the natural size. 
Fig. 1. Stamens and column of ovaria. 2. Stamen. 3. Transverse section of stamen. 4. Pollen. 5. Ovary. 
6. Longitudinal section of ovary :—all magnified. 7. Ripe fruit. 8. The same with most of the carpels removed, 
showing the woody alveolate axis and insertion of the seed. 9. Seeds :—all of the natural size. 10. Vertical, 
and 11, transverse sections of seeds. 12. Endopleura and albumen. 13. Portion of endopleura (very highly 
magnified). 14, Vertical section of albumen and embryo. 15, 16. Embryos :—al/ magnified. 
