216 1I.1GN0LIACE.E OF ßtilTJSH IXDIA.
4. H. CiUMPACA, Li,m. A fall trse; the brancMol» pubescent. Learn membranous,
ovalo-lanceolate, acuminato, rather abruptly narrowed to the base, shining above, pale
and glabrous or puberulous beneath; main nerves thin, 13 to 16 pairs; len"-th of'blade
4 ' D t o 9 in, breadth 2-25 to 3'0 in.; petiole 1 to l-o in. ye lW, soHtary,
aiillary or terminal, shortly pedunculate; buds narrowly OToid; the spathoid bract silky.
SepaU oblong. Peiah about 1.5, narrowly oblong, 1 in. long. Ripe fruii 3 to 6 in. longindividual
carpels ovoid, lenticellate, woody.—¿>¿7. Prodr. i, 79; Eoxb. PL Ltd. ii 656'
W. ^ A. Prod, i, 6; Wight III. i, 13; WaU. Cat. 969 eicpt K; Blume À. J,a. Magmi.,
t. i; Bijdr. 7; Boojt. fi. I'knm. PI. Ind. 79; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i, 43; Miq. PI.
Ind. Bd. i, f t . ii, 16; Gamble Ind. Tini. 6; Brandi, Por. Plora 3, t I ; King in Jonm.
As. Soe. Bcng. voi. 58, pi. ii, 371.—r u j l n e r v i ì , DO. l. c. 79; Bl. Bijdr. 8.—
M. DoUsopa, Ilam. et DO. l. e.; Don Pro*. 330; Wall. Tenl. PI. Nep., t. 3; Wight III.
13; WaU. Cat. 971.—a u r a n t i a c a , Wall. Cai. 6193; Plani. As. Rar., t. 147; Wight III.
I . ' ? . - * Bheedii, Wight III. 14, t. 5, /. 6.—Ji. pnUnerm, Bl. PI. Ja,. MagnoL, p. 14,
I n d i a ; sub-temperate forests in the Straits Settlements, but not common.
A tree much esteemed on account of the sweetness of its flowers, and often planted
near Jain and Hindu temples. • Tiiis is the ''dimip" par excellenoe: its wood is very
dni-able, and is useful for cabinet work as well as for building.
P l i t b 64. Michelia Champaca, Zinn.—l, flowering branch; 3, flower fully expanded;
3, spathoid bract; 4, gyncecium; 5, stamen; 6, ripe fruit: of natural aise; 7, stamen;
8, ovary : enlargid.
5. M. NILILGIEICi, Zeni. PI. Ind., t 30. A tree or large shrub; young branches,
stipules, peduncles and spathoid bracts pale-sericeous. Leaves elliptic, obovate-elliptic
or oblanceolate, acute or very shortly acuminate, narrowed to the petiole, puberulous
on the midrib, otherwise glabrous; upper surface shining, lower dull; reticulations open,
distinct; main nerves 7 to 9 pairs, tliin; iength 3 to 4 in., breadth 1 to 2 in.; petiole
•5 to -75 in.; stipules equal to the petioles, sericeous, narrowly oblong. Plom axillary,
solitary, shortly pedunculate, 3 to 4 in. in diam., white; buds ovoid, pointed, -5 in.
to 1 in.; spathoid bracts ovate-rotund, pale-sericeous; peduncles thick, -25 in. long.
Sepals and petals 9 to 13, white, oblanceolate, the inner smaller and moro arale.
Slamns shorter than the gyncecium; ovaries silky; styles glabrous. Ripe fruit 3 to
3 in. long; individual cai-pels not crowded, sessile, finely rugose, lenticellate, woodv,
ovoid, sub-corapressed, shortly beaked, -5 in. long; ovules 3 to i.—Wight III i, 14; le',
I. 938; Hook. fU. ^ Thorns. PL Ind. 83; Hook. fl. PL Br. Ind. i, 4; Bedd. PL 'siilii'.,
i. 62; Thwailes Pnum. 5.-M. Pnhenyeni,, Wight lU. i, 14, L 5 {exeept fgs. 6 and ¿).—
M. ovalifolia, Wight HI i, 13,
Higher mountains of Soutiiern India; alt. 5,000 to 6,000 feet.
Vak. Walkeri: leaves 3—3 by I—lA in., oblong or obovate-oblong, glaucous below;
segments of perianth usually 9 ; ovules 2, superposed.-J/ . Wallteri and M. glauca,
Wight IlL i, 13, 14.
I W 65. MiehcEa nilagirica, flowering br a n d , ; 3 and 3, stamens
and gy.icecmm; 4, stamens; 5, ovary; 6 and 7, fruit; 8, leaf and gyn<nciu,n of
ViR. Walkeri,—aii of nalural size.
6. iM. KTSOPA, DC. Prodr. i, 79. A tail tree; the young branches thiu ; their bark
dark, sparsely Icnticellate, greyish-pubescent at first, but soon glabrous, as are all otiier
pai'ts, except the spathoid bracts. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic, oblong or obloncr.
lanceolate, acute or shortly acuminate ; the base narrowed or rounded ; both surfaces
quite glabrous when adult ; the upper shining, the lower dull, sub-glaucous, puberulous
when young; reticulations distinct; nerves 10 to 12 pairs, faint; length 5 to 6-5 in.,
breadth 15 to 2'3Ó in.; petiolo about 1 in., slender; stipules narrowly oblong, greypubescent
externally, -6 in. long. Ploioers solitary, axillary, sub-sessile, pale yellow' when
expanded 1 to 1-5 in. in diam. ; buds ovoid, -5 in. long ; spathoid bracts 3, 'fleshy
ovate-rotund, grey-pubescent externally; peduncles -15 in., stout. Sepals and petal, from
13 to 15, narrowly obovate, acuto ; the inner smaller, pale yellow. Siameu not so
long as the gynoecium. Ooaries sericeous-viilose ; styles recurved. Pruit 3 to 4 in lon<r •
individual carpels ses.sile, rounded, compressed, lenticellate, -4 in. in diam • - ,eed, 3 °o '
i.-WalL TenL PL Nep. 8, i. 4 ; Cat 670; Don Prod. Sep. 236; WioU 111 i 13.
Hook, fiL f Thmm. Fl. Ind. 81 ; Hook. fi. FL Br. Ind. i, 43. ' ' ' .
Temperate Himalaya from Kumaon to Nepal ; alt. 5,000 to 7,000 feet common •
Sikkim, rare. ' '
Pn-tTE Ó8B. Michelia kisopa, Hant.-i, flowering branch ; 6, buds • 6 gvnoeci
and one stamen ; 7, ripe fruit : of rutturat »lie ; 8, stamens : enlarged. ' '
7. M. Pn^DHAM, fLJ, Thon„. PL Ind. 81. A tall tree; the youngest branches
stipules, spathoid bracts and pcduncles rufous-pubescent ; all other parts glabrous f
thinly eori,ioeous glabrous, oblong, oblong-elliptic, rarely elliptic, shortly and abrupâv
acuminate ; the base acute ; the reticulations wide, distinct on both surfaces • (1.
shining, the lower dull; nerves 9 to 11 pairs, not prominent; length 3 to 5'in , " ' ' Ï T
1-75 to 2 in.; petiole -5 to -73 in.; stipules narrowly ob.'ong, "about as t t '
petiole. Phwer, axillary, solitary or in pairs, sub-sessile, when fullv T , 0
to 1-.Ô in. in diam.; buds ovoid, apiculate, -6 in. lono-. sUho d 1 , ^^^
peduncle -3 in. Sepals and petal, aLat 9,' in three r o ; ^ I „„ter 7 ^ "T ^
the rnuer 3 or 4 much smaller, oblanceolate, acute. ^ J l / u e T r l y t C T « , i
gynoecium. R.pe f,.,t 3 to 4 in. long; the individual carpcls diiant Z , u
compressed, not beaked, lenticellate, woody, -4 in. in d i am. - L l / « t-""';^'"'
i3.~Mugnolia punduana, Wall. CaL 974; CaL 6494 in part ? '
Kbasia Hills, alt. 3,000 to 5,000 feet.
This resembles M. oUonga, Wall., so much that Wallicl. himself confused tl.em - h'
.specuoens rem Cherra Punji (Cat. 972A), although issued as » t o » « beinÎ i^
species. The best eharacters to separate the two are found in the e™„ded fl
which m this IS only about 1-35 in in diameter a„H -, . e--'l»n<ied flower,
cniieate; while the flower of me aLr e s 3 " o ' 4 1 d
fruit :
Leaves
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