MAGNOLIACEAE. 
Determined by Atrrep REHpER and E. A. Witson. 
MAGNOLIA L. 
Magnolia officinalis Rehder & Wilson, n. sp. 
Magnolia hypoleuca Diels in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 311 (non Siebold & Zucca- 
rini) (1900). — Finet & Gagnepain in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, LII. Mém. 
IV. 37 (pro parte, non Siebold & Zuccarini) (1905); Contrib. Fl. As. Or. 1I. 
37 (1907). — Wilson in Gard. Chron. ser. 8, XXXIX. 234 (1906), exclu- 
denda descriptione fructus. 
Arbor 6-15-metralis, ramis ascendentibus, coma satis densa, truneo 
0.3-1 m. circuitu; ramuli hornotini initio sericeo-tomentosi, anno- 
tini glabri, laeves, flavidi v. pallide flavo-cinerei, vetustiores cineras- 
centes, lenticellis paucis et circatricibus foliorum magnis notati; 
gemmae cylindrico-ovoideae, acutiusculae, circiter 3.5 cm. longae, 
verruculosae, fulvo-villosulae. Folia decidua, in apice ramulorum 
congesta, elliptico-obovata v. oblongo-obovata, apice plerumque 
rotundata, breviter acuminulata, rarius obtusa, basim versus angus- 
tata, cuneata v. interdum subito contracta et fere rotundata, 35-45 
em. longa et 12-20 cm. lata, supra glabra, laete luteo-viridia, in sicco 
reticulata, subtus initio dense cinereo-tomentosa, densum glauca v. 
glaucescentia, satis dense villosa praecipue ad nervos, reticulata, 
nervis utrinsecus 20-30 subtus ut costa elevatis; petioli subteretes, 
3-4 em. longi. Flores simul eum foliis, fragrantes, albi, cupuliformes 
15-20 em. diam.; pedunculi crassi, 2-3.5 em. longi, dense sericeo- 
villosi; sepala petalaque 9-12 v. plura, subaequalia, carnosa, tria 
exteriore demum reflexa, spatulato-obovata, 8-10 cm. longa et 3- 
4 cm. lata, apice rotundata, interiora patenti-erecta, oblongo-spatu- 
lata v. oblonga, apice rotundata, infra trientem inferiorem angustata, 
prius decidua quam exteriora; stamina numerosa, filamentis dilatatis, 
scarlatinis, 3-5 mm. longis, antheris 10-12 mm. longis introrsis, con- 
. hectivo mucronato; gynaeceum cum parte staminifera 3.5 cm. longum, 
rubrum; carpella numerosa, stigmatibus 5-6 mm. longis acutis leviter 
recurvis intus papillosis. Fructus oblongo-ovoideus, apice truncatus, 
basi rotundatus carpellis infimis basi subito contractis, 10-12 cm. longus 
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