206 MAGXOLIACE^ OI" BRITISH l.N'DIA,
3 to S'To izi. in dlam. when fully expanded (buds not seen); pedicels stout, with several
rings, about '3 in. long, pubescent. Spathoid bract ovate-rotund, obtuse, glabroua.
Sepals and petals 12, yellowish-white, glabrous, oblanceolate, sub-acnte; the inner smaller.
Stamens slightly more tlian half as long as the cylindric, glabrous gyncecium; styles rather
thick, sub-recurved; anthers apiculate. Fruii sub-cylindric; its apex rather pointed; the
base rounded, glabrous, sparsely lenticellate, 3 to 4- in. long and about 1-25 in. in diam.;
individual carpels cuncate, about '5 in. long.
Assam, Sibsagar district (Mr. S. Peali, where the vernacular name is Kori/ca sopa;
Mikir Hills,—Mr. G. Mann, who informs me that the native nime there is Tita sopa.
The special names of the various kinds of So2)pa seem to be rather loosely applied
b y the Assamese, and the term soppa is, moreover, not always confined to species of
JSlagnoliacea. This species was first collected by Mr. S. Pcal of Sibsagar, who kindly
sent me ilowering specimens and drawings. The flowers much resemble those of
Michelia oblonga, Wall., to which I was disposed to refer it. The receipt, however, from
Jlr. G. Manu of good fruiting specimens made it impossible any longer to think of it
ns a Michelia. Mr. Mann's specimens were collected at some distance from Sibsagar.
The species has, therefore, probably a wide distribution in the province.
P l a t e 47 ter. Talauma phellocarpa, Einij.—1, flowering branch; 2, section of
f l o w e r ; 3, petal from outer row; 4, ripe fruit; 5, axis and its processes after the carpels
have fallen,—a l l of natural size.
I here subjoin a description of a new species from Sumatra.
Talauma Forbesu, King in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol 58, pt. ii, 373. A small tree or
shrub; glabrous escept the peduncles which are adpressed-villose. Leaves oblong-lanceolate,
acuminate both at base and apes, green and shining on both surfaces, thinly
coriaceous; nerves 12 to 15 pairs; length of blade 4'5 to 6 in., breadth 1 to r 5 in.
Flowers terminal, solitary, erect, -To in. long, oq stout peduncles. Spathoid Iract of calyx
d e n s e l y covered with adpressed, fulvous, silky hair; buds pointed. Sepals and petals
about equal in length, white, nearly glabrous. Ripe fruit 1'25 in. long; the individual
carpels -6 in. long, ovate, rugose, with sliort terminal beak. Seeds -4 in. broad by -3 in.
l o n g ; the base compressed.—Magnolia Forbesii, King MSS.
Sumatra, on Kaiser's Peak, &c., at elevations of 5,000 to 6,500 feet. Forbes,
Noa. 1853, 2066 and 2204.
T h i s resembles T. pmiila, BI., but its leaves are not glaucous beneath, and they
have more nerves; moreover the flowers are smaller and not drooping, the petals ovate
and not obovate, and the carpels are only about half the length of those of that species.
PLATE 4OA. Talauma Forbesii, King.—1, twig with ripe fruit; 2, bud with spathoid
bract; 3, flower; 4, young fruit; 5 seeds,—a i l of natural size.
4. Magnolia, Linn.
Trees or shrubs. Lcaoes evergreen or deciduous ; buds enveloped in the convolute
stipules, which are connate in paira. Flowers large, usually terminal. Sepak 3. Peíais 6
IIAGNOLIA. 20 7
to 12, 2- to 4-seriate. Stamens numerous, many-seriate; filaments flat; anthers adnate.
introrse. Gynophore sessile or shortly stalked. Carpels many, imbricated on a long axis
2-ovuled, persistent; stigmas decurrent on the ventral suture. Fruit an elongated axis,'
with persistent, adnate, l-2-8eeded, dorsally dehiscing follicles. Seeds pendulous from the
carpels by a long cord; outer walls of testa fleshy; albumen oily.
D i s t e i b . — T e m p . N. America, temj). and trop. E. Asia and Japan. Species about 18.
Synopsis of spccies.
GyDophore quite sessile.
Ripe fruit oblong; cari)els with loog, coriaceous, apical
beaks I M t •
Bipe fruit ovoid-cylindric 2 M. ^^LlllT"'
liipe fruit narrowly cylindric, elongate.
Sepals and petals 12 to l o Camphdlii.
Sepals and petals 9
t « p . k r i U o u . 4, J/. Jf„„„.-,
I, smooth 5 M C i •
Gynopliore shortly stalked.
Leaves 9 to 13 in, long, densely sericeous when young . 6. M. Griffithii
„ 6-5 to 8 in. long, pnheriilons when yonng . . . 7. M.
1. M. PTEROMEPA, Boxk Conm. PI. ¡H, 62, f. 266. A laree tree- thp
a d p r e s , e d . t . w a y . p i l o s e ; the braoohlets annnlated, nlli„.ately all pa''^ i L r V
c o n a c e o f s , oboyate-oHong, sub-rhomboijal, narrowed to the rather obtuse
a r r o w e d to the acute base; both surfaces glabrous when adult: the ^ p T „
lower rather dull and darter in colour; the reticulations conspicuous ( X n d r y r L e
13 to 17 pan-s, promment beneath; length 8 to 16 in., breadth 4-? to fi ;„ l , f
broader, fleshy, white. 0 „ ™ in a conical head, exceeding the s Z t s , "
oHong.cc„rc, o to 7 in. long and 1-5 to 2-0 in. in dian..; Fndiyidual r p t l s ! rowT
r i ; : ^ : : r f r — • - - ^
^.u. a . 27 ) ;
- -- th» . u c h con..oner
(of small „/ „ w 1 . ' ' "PO « t
A®-. Hot. Boi. &„„, Caiccita, Yoi. III.