204 JtAGNOLlACEiE OF BRITISH INDIA.
4. T. Kunstleri, King in Journ. As. Soc. Benff. vol. 58, pt. ii, 373. A tree, 25 to 30
feet liigh ; glabrous, except the peduncle and unripe carpels. Leaves oblong-lanceolate,
acuminate at base and apex, thinly coriaceous, both surfaces shining; nerves 10 to 14
pairs; length of blade 6 to 9 in., breadth ITS to 2 5 in.; petiole •5°to 1-25 in., slender;
the base thickened. Fioivers ovoid, terminal, solitary, scarcely expanding, -So in. long;
peduncles erect, pubescent, annulate, 1 in. long. Sepals 3 and jjeials 6, scarcely exceeding
the stamens, broadly elliptic, fleshy, glabrous, waxy white. Auth'jj-s sessile, more than
•5 in. long. PiiiiU 6 to 8, linear, pubescent. Hipe fruit ovoid, pointed, 1'25 in. long
and -75 in. in diatn. ; individual carpels '75 to 1 in. long, wiih short, stout, terminal
beaks.—Magnolia Kunstleri, King MSS.
I'crak, in dense forest at elevations of from 3,500 to 4,000 feet.
P l a t e 4IB. Talauma Kunstleri, Kiiig.—^5, öowenng branch; 7, fiower-bud;
8, young and 9, mature fruit,—all of natural size.
5. T. Rab.\.nuna, Eook. fil. Sf Tkoms. FL Lid. 74. A tall tree; young branches
deciduously tawny-tomentose. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic-lanceolate to lanceolate, shortly
and bluntly acuminate, much nai-rowed at the base, glabrous, shining and (when dry)
couspicuDUsly reticulate; nerves about 10 pah-s ; length S to J 8 in., breadth 2-75 to 6';5
in,; petiole 1-25 to 2 in. Flowers solitary, terminal, 2 to 2'5 in. long, on stout, atmulate
peduncles less than 1 in. long. Spathoid bract densely adpressed-fuscoiis-tomentose.
Sepah 3, sub-orbicular, rough esternally. Petals 9, narrower than the sepals, concave,
connivent, tlie outer row reflexed after the fall of the sepals. Fruit unknown.—Hook.
Fi. Br. hid. i, 40.
Khasia Hills at elevations of about 4,000 feet.
P l a t e 4TI. Talauma Kabaniana, Hook. fil. ^ Thorns.—I, branch with fully-blowii
flower the sepals of which have fallen off; 2, ilower-bud showing spathoid bract ;
3, flower with sepals attached ; 4, flower artificially opened up ; 5 and 6, carpels and
stamens,—ûZÎ of natural size.
6. T. Hodgsoni, Book. fil. (5- Thorns. Fl. Lid. 74. A considerable tree; ail pai-ts
glabrous except the puberulous young cartels ; young branches very stout, lenticellate :
the youngest glaucescent. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblaoceolate or lanceolate-oblong,
subacute or obtuse, much narrowed toward t)ie base; both surfaces shining; the
reticulations distinct (when dry); nerves 15 to 20 pairs; length 8 to. 20 in., breadth 3
to 6 in.; petiole I'O to 25 in., .slender, with a thickened base. Flowers solitary,
terminal, ovoid, scarcely expanding, about 3 in. long; peduncle thick with 2 or 3
rings, glabrous, -75 to 1 in. long. Sepals 3, ovate, obtuse, fleshy. Fetds G, like the
sepals, the inner smaller. Ovaries fin'uiing a sub-;:lobose cone much exceeding the
stamens. Fruit ovoid, 4 to 6 in. long by about 3 in. in diam. ; individual carpels
numerous, woody when ripe, verrucose, narrowly and shortly beaked, nearly 1-5 in.
long and (when dehisced) -6 in. broad; the rachis woody, deeply pitted.—¿Zoo/f, /il.
FL Br. lud. i, 74; Hook. fiL and Cuihc. IlL Him. Phmts, t. 6; Gamble Ind. Timb.
b.—Manglictia insignis, WalL Oat. 333 (addition at p. 236), not of Blume.—.? MicMia
macrophyUa, Don Prod. FL Nepal 2-26.
Sikkim; KLasia and Assam Hills; at elevations of 1,400 to 5,000 feet, yei-y common.
Nepal,— WalUeh ? Vern. ^^ Boramihuri"
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P l a t e 47. Talauma I-Iodgson;, Itoolc. fit. Thoms.-\, gowcring breneh; 2, ripe
fruit; 3, raeliis of carpophore; 4 and 5, individual carpels dehisced,—aii of natuml size.
iFiirtly copied from Hook. Jil. and Catlia. 111. Him. Plmis, t. 6.)
Seot. Zi.-SPOKGOOASPOH. Carpcls spongy or corky, indehiscent, confluent; each
separating when ripe from the central woody axis and leaving tho fibrous curved
process which attached it to the azis; seeds escaping by the decay of the carpels;
sepals and petals about 12.
7. T. spoKGOeiEPA, Ki„g, n. A tree 50 to 60 feet high; young branches minutely
tawny-pubeseent. Lea,,, thinly eoriaceons, elliptic, gradually narrowed from about tho
mtddle to the aeute apex; the base rather abruptly cuneate; the edges sligl.tly and
minutely waved in the upper half; upper surface shining, glabrous, eicopt the rufouspubescent
m.dnb; lower with sparse, sub-adpressed, white pubescence; main nerves 7
to 9 pan-s, ascendmg, curving and interarching freely at some distance from the margin •
rather promment beneath as are the intermediate nerves; reticulations minute, sharp°an,i
d.stmet on both surfaces (when dry); length of blade 5 to 6 5 in., breadth'2-5 to 3-65
in.; petiole 1 to 1-2 in., pubescent. Flower, white, solitary, ariHary, about 2-25 in in
diam when expanded; pedicels stout, -5 to -6 in. long, pubescent like the young
branches, annulate about the middle; spathoid hood of calyx tawny-pubescent; buds
oblong, rather blunt; eefal, and ¡.etab each 6, glabrous, oblong; tho sepals obtuse
when young pointed when old: the petals shorter than the sepals and more pointed.
Stamen, about half as long as the gynmcium; tho anthers with apical tails. Carponhore
on a rather long woolly stalk; , „.„„^j^ cene, densely
covered with white wool ; the stigmas elongate, glabrous. Fruit sub-eylindi-ic, rather
blunt, much lenticellate, glabrous, 3 to 4 in. long and 1-3 in. in diam.; individual carpels
cuneate, -To in. long. iijpoio
Upper Burmah, on Mymyo Hill; Calcutta Botanic Garden collector IQO
The section Spo^oeorpon which I have ventured to form for tho reception of the
above two new species of Talauma has the s.,mo kind of spongy, indehiscent carpels as
Hume's genus -« - j u s t l y reduced to a section of Talauma by Mr Benthan,
and Sir J. D. Hooker. Bat in that the flowere are large; and the sepals and petak
are numerous (28 to 36), whereas in this their number is only 12
P l a t e 47 Us. Talauma spongocarpa, King.-l, flowering branch- 2 rine £
3, vertical section of same; 4, fibrous framework of the fruit after carpels'hare fallen'
5, flower d issected,—o f natural sise; 6, anthers : =
^ 8. T. rnncLOCAKPA, King n. ep. A tree 60 to 80 feet high; young branches minutely
cinereous-pubescent, leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, aeute; the base cuneate
npper surface glabrous, shining; the lower paler, dull, sparsely and minutely sub-adpressed'
pubescent; mam nerves 12 to 16 pairs, slightly prominent beneath when dry, ascendin.'
interarchmg freely within the margin; reticulations minute, distinct on both snrfacer'
ength 0 blade 4 to 6 in breadth 1-3 to 2-15 in.; stipules narrowly oblong, about ll
long as the petioles, smooth; petiole -5 to '7 in,, puberulous. Mower, solitary, axillary,
A^-^•. Eoy. BOT, GAUD, CALCUTTA, TOL. III.