MAGNOLIACEAE. — MAGNOLIA 395 
Magnolia Wilsonii Rehder, n. sp. 
Magnolia parviflora, var. Wilsoni Finet & Gagnepain in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, 
LII. Mém. IV. 39 (1905); Contrib. Fl. As. Or. II. 39 (1907). 
Magnolia globosa Wilson in Gard. Chron. ser. 3, XXXIX. 234 (pro parte, non 
Hooker & Thomson) (1906). 
Frutex divaricatus, circiter 3-metralis v. rarius arbor tenuis ad 
8-metralis, ramis gracilibus; ramuli tenues, hornotini rufo- v. cinereo- 
villosi; annotini glabri, lenticellis sparsis notati, purpureo-brunnei; 
gemmae terminales, anguste oblongae, 1.5-2 cm. longae, dense 
rufo-pilosae. Folio decidua, sparsa, elliptico-lanceolata, rarius ellip- 
tico-ovata v. elliptico-oblonga, acuta v. breviter acuminata, basi rotun- 
data v. leviter subcordata, rarius late cuneata, 7-15 cm., plerumque 
9-12 cm. longa et 2.5-6 cm., plerumque 3.5-5 em. lata, supra glabra, 
obscure viridia, in sicco leviter reticulata, subtus dense villoso-tomen- 
tosa pilis longis sericeis subaccumbentibus cinereo-flavidis ad costam 
rufis, nervis utrinsecus 10-12 ut costa subtus elevatis; petioli dense 
rufo-pilosi, 1-4 em. longi. Flores simul cum foliis, albi, gynaeceo 
staminibusque rubris, fragrantes, cupulares, 10-12 cm. diam.; ala- 
bastra ovoidea, acuta, sparse fulvo-villosa, glabrescentia; pedicellus 
2-2.5 em. longus, cicatricem bracteae spathoideae circa medium 
gerens, fulvo-villosus; sepala petalaque plerumque 9, erecto-paten- 
tia, 5-6 cm. longa et 2-4.5 cm. lata, exteriora elliptica, acuta v. obtusa, 
interiora obovata apice rotundata; stamina numerosa, 10-12 mm. 
longa, erecto-patentia, filamentis brevissimis, 1.5-2 mm. longis rubris, 
connectivo apice rotundato plerumque mucronulato; gynaeceum cum 
parte stammifera circiter 2.5 cm. longum, rubrum; carpella vix 
numerosa, stigmatibus erecto-patentibus 3-4 mm. longis. Fructus 
nutans, oblongo-cylindricus, obtusus, 6-7 cm. longus et 2-2.4 cm. 
diam., purpureus; earpella matura congesta, aperta naviculiformia, 
valvis plerumque apice et basi cohaerentibus 1-1.5 cm. longis circiter 
8 mm. altis supra manifeste rostratis; semina 1-2, irregulariter 
latissime obovoidea, interdum latiora quam longa, 7-8 mm. longa v. 
lata, compressa, scarlatina, testa interiore griseo-brunnea non sulcata 
basi acuminulata. 
Western Szech’uan: south-east of Tachien-lu, woods and 
thickets, alt. 2300-2600 m., May 24 and October 1904 (Veitch Exped. 
No. 3137, type); same locality, alt. 2000-2800 m., June and October 
1908 (No. 1374). 
This is a remarkably distinct species, readily distinguished by the dense pubes- 
cence of the under side of the leaves, their shape and by the prominent scar on the 
