'Ill
212 MAGKOLIACEiE OF BRITISH INDIA.
acuminate, narrowed gradually from the middle to the base; rcticulatioas minute, distinct;
upper surface shining, lower pale dull, sub-glaucescent; nerves 12 to 16 pairs,
not much more prominent than the secondaay nerves; length 4-5 to 7 in. (9 in. in
var. an'mtifolia), breadth 2 to 3 in.; petiole -75 to 1-25 in. Stipules 1-2 in., cinnamoneous
pilose. Flotoers solitary, axillary or terminal; when fully open 4 to 5 in. in diam. •
buds ovoid-cylindric, 2 in. long; spathoid bract smooth, glaucous. -S-e/ii/s 3, oblanceolate
or oblong, obtuse, reflexed. Feials 9: the outer larger than, but like, the sepals in form,
the inner smaller; column of ovaries exceeding the staoiens. Ripe fruit ovoid-ohloug,
obtuse, 3 to 5 in. long; individual carpels compresscd, ovate-oblong, with short blunt
beaks, -5 to '75 in. long, dehiscing dorsally; seeds 3 or 4.—Honk. fil. & Tlwms. PI. Ind.
76; Hook. fil. FL Br. Ind. i, A^.—Magnolia imic/ms, Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep. 3, t. 1; Fl.
As. Far. 7S, i. 182; Cat. 973 {in part).
Nepal; Sikkim ; Assam and Khasia ranges from 3,000 to 6,000 feet. Rengoia-Naga
Hills,—e. Mann. Vern. ''F/iul Sopjia."
In Sikkim this species is rare; it has, so für as I know, been fuund there only
on the Singa-le-la spur.
A very tall, handsome tree; the petals whitish-yellow, tinged with pink, or pure
white; the calyx dull red with greenish veins. The ripe fruit is erect, of a purple
coloui-, the suspended seeds being scarlet. There is considerable variability in the shape
of the leaves. Wallich, who had living trees under observation during his residence
in Nepal, says that on the older branches of the same tree the leaves tend to tiie
elliptic form; on luxuriant branches they are more elongate and oblanceolate. The
vernacular name in the Naga Hills is (I am informed by Mr. S. E. Peal, of Sibsagarj
Phtil Sopa, and trees there often attain a girth of 12 or 14 feet.
Var. ani/usHfolia: leaves 8 to 9 in. long by 1 to 2 in. broad.
Khasia and Assam.
Only leaf specimens of this variety are known as yet. It may probably prove
to be a distinct species.
I ' l a t e 55. Manglietia insignis, Bl.—1, branch with newly-opened flower; 2, fluwer
showing the reflexed sepaU; 3, flower-bud; 4, section of flower; 5, ripe fruit,—all of
natural size. {Partly copied from Walliclh Tentamen Florce Nepalensis.) Unfortunately the
branch selected for figuring has not very characteristic leaves. They are a good deal
broader than is usual.
3. M. Caveana, Hook. fil. ^ Thorns. Fl. Ind. 76. A large tree, glabrous iu all
its parts ; young branches dark-coloured, annulate. Leaves thinly coriaceous, elliptic or
elliptic-oblong, slightly obovate; the apes shortly and abruptly acuminate, slightly
narrowed at the base ; both surfaces minutely and distinctly reticulate : the upper
shining, the lower rather dull and slightly paler; main nerves IS to 15 pairs, spreading,
thin, but distinct when dry; length 8 to 10 in., breadth 3-2 to 3-ß in.; petiole 1-25
in., slender. Flowers solitary, axillary, when fully open 4 in. in diam.; buds narrowly
obovoid or cylindric, 3 ia. long; spathoid bract smooth, sub-glaucous. S^'pals 3,
oblanceolate, obtuse ; the edges undulate. Petals 7 to 9, the outer larger than the inner,
but all smaller than the sepals and of the same shape; column of ovaries much longer
than the stamens. liipe fruit ovoid, blunt, 2-25 to 3 in. long; individual carpels iiuwh
compressed, shortly and bluntly beaked, profusely lenticellate ou (he back, smooth inside,
1-seeded, -75 in. Xou^.—Eooh fil Fl. Br. Ind. i, 42.
MAKGLIETI.A.. 2 ! 3
Kliasia Hills: at elevations of from 2,000 to 3,000 laai,—Hook. fil. 4- Thorns.;
at 3,500 feet,— G. Mann; Assam, in the Makum Forest, Lukimpt.re District,—(7. Mann.
Mr. Mann describes this as a tree attaining, in the Khasia Hills, a girth of 10 feet.
It is closely allied to M. insifftisj lîl., but differs fi'oiii tliat species by its (arger leaves
and l-seeded carpels. In my own opinion it would be better treated as a variety of
inaipm. Tlie vernacular name is the same as for the last, viz. " P/iiil Soppa."
P l . ; t b 57. Manglietia Caveana, IIqoIc. fil ^ R/ioms.—Branch with nearly ripe fruit :
of natural sise. 1, section of a ripe carpel: sli'jhtla enlarged; 3, seed: emmhrahly enlarged.
P l a t e 57 his. Manglietia Caveana, Booh, fil JVioins.—Branch with hud. 1, flower
artiiieially opened, and 2, ripe fruit,—«// of nniural size. [Note.—s i a m e n s h&va hem
removed from the p,wer in order to show tlie whole of the gijnoeeiam.']
4. ir. Gi..iuci, Bl But. Verh. ix, 1Î9. A tall glabrous tree. Zemet coriaceous,
oval or obovate-oblong, shghtly acuminate; the edges slightly recurved when dry, glaucescent
beneath ; nerves l i to U pairs, not prominent ; length of blade 5 to 7 in
breiidih 2-S to 3 in. ; petiole -75 to 1-5 in. Moiiert about 3 in. in diam., terminal'
solitary, on annulate peduncles 1 to l o in. long, yellowish. Spathoid bract broadly
ovate, glabrous. Sepale and ¡oetd, 9, greenish-yellow, oblong, sub-acate, those internai
smaller. Filaments short. Pifiis numerous. Mipe fruit ovoid, the size of a hen's c-oglabrous;
carpels 2-seeded. with a red fleshy a r i l h i s . — 8 - M Jav iiaalol
- ^ ' 3 7 0 ' ''
Perak at 3,000 feet,
Distrib.—Java.
PUTE 56. Manglietia glauoa, Si—Branch with bud, (lower and young fruit. 1, youn»
flowcr-bud; 2, stamens and ovaries; t, ovaries after fertilization; 6, yoiing fruit: of
natural sie; 3, stamen, inner face; 6, vertical section of carpophore; 7, sin°Ie carpelenlarged.
{Partly eopied from Blume'a Fhra Java.)
6. M. SomTEcm»!,, Ki.g in Jour,. A,. Sae. Bens. «I 58, f t . ii, 370. A tree- the
young branches, stipules and under surfaces of the leaves niinuteiv r ) 7
tlnu,y coriaceous, lanceolate, narrowed ,0 base . T a rtllo
upper surface sh.nnrg ; reticulations minute, distinct on both surfaces; nerves about To'
pan..; length of blade 3-5 to 1 in., breadth 1-20 in ; petiole -3 to i'n. « L M "
less than 1 ,n m d,.m., solitary, axillary, on annulated ped.ccls shorter than thé
pétroles; st.pular hood rufous, silky. and about 12, similar, -5 t w
huear-lanceolate. Stamen, linear. F„it ovoid (young -5 in Ion-) on a sl,„,t
rafoas.pubcscent. Carpet, 6 to £,rteeHnU. KiTÉ^r
Perak,—/lii/iir Scortechini.
The only specimens of this have unripe fruit. The ovaries have only 1 ovule- b,.,
apparent y .t >s a Manglietia, aud I therefore put it into this genus pro.fsi n 1 iy ''H»
It as distii.ct from any otlier Indo Malayan ilagnoliud
o f j ^ i ^ - 2, lowering branches; 3, unripe fruit:
A c t . Eoy. BOT. O m C.iLam, TOL.
\l\H
LB!
'11M