MAGNOLIACEAE. — MAGNOLIA 393 
Kiangsi: Kiukiang, foot of ascent to Kuling, cultivated, alt. 
300 m., August 2, 1907 (No. 1649; tree 10-12 m. tall). 
Except in its bilobed leaves this variety differs in no particular from the type. 
It is also cultivated for the medicinal value of its bark and leaves. The peculi- 
arity in the foliage is constant in all the trees we saw. This variety is also culti- 
vated in the vicinity of Ningpo where it was collected a few years ago by the 
late Bishop Moule. 
Magnolia globosa Hooker f. & Thomson, Fl. Ind. I. 77 (1885); in 
Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. I. 41 (1872).— Gamble, Trees & Shrubs 
Darjeeling 2 (1877); Manual Ind. Timbers, 9 (1902). — King in Ann. 
Bot. Gard. Calcutta, III. 208, fig. 50 (1891). — Finet & Gagnepain 
in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, LII. Mém. IV. 39 (1905); Contrib. Fl. As. 
Or. 1I. 39 (1907). — Brandis, Ind. Trees, 6 (1906). 
Sikhim Himalaya: alt. 3000-3300 m. 
Magnolia globosa, var. sinensis Rehder & Wilson, n. var. 
Frutex 2.5-5 m. altus, ramis gracilibus; ramuli hornotini initio 
sericeo-pilosi, glabrescentes, annotini, glabri, laeves, pallide cinerei 
v. flavido-cinerei, rarius fuscescentes. Folia decidua, membranacea, 
maturitate subchartacea, late-obovata v. elliptico-obovata, rarius 
elliptico-ovata, apice rotundata et breviter acuminulata, rarius suba- 
cuta, basi rotundata, interdum truncata, rarissime late cuneata, 10- 
20 cm. longa et 6-16 cm. lata, supra glabra, obscure luteo-viridia, 
in sicco reticulata, subtus laxe villosa, ad nervos densius sericeo- 
villosa, glaucescentia, maturitate saepe glabrescentia, nervis utrin- 
secus 10-15 in triente superiori plerumque manifeste furcatis supra 
ut costa colore flavido conspicuis subtus elevatis reticuloque venula- 
rum leviter elevato; petioli sericeo-villosi, 2.5-4 em. longi. Flores ut 
in typo, simul cum foliis bene evolutis, fragrantes, albi, cupulares, 
12-15 em. diam., gynaeceo scarlatino; alabastra ovoidea. Fructus 
oblongo-cylindricus, 4.5-5 em. longus, 1.5 em. diam.; pedicellus satis 
gracilis, 5-6.5 em. longus, glabrescens; carpella rostrata. 
Western Szech'uan: west and near Wén-ch’uan Hsien, wood- 
lands and thickets, alt. 2000-2600 m., June and September 1908 (No. 
1422). 
This Chinese variety is always a shrub of straggling habit, and thus differs 
from the Indian species which is described as a tree, 40 ft. tall. The Indian plant 
also differs in its ovate acute or obtuse leaves and in its rufous pubescence. 
This variety is a handsome flowering shrub and is not uncommon in the moist 
woods and thickets of north-western Szech’uan. 
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