Tas. 7411. 
MAGNOLIA parvirFLora. 
Native of Japan. 
Nat. Ord. Macnoriaces.—Tribe MaGNno.Liem. 
Genus Maenorra, Linn. ; (Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 18.) 
Maenotta parviflora; arbor, ramulis pubescentibus, foliis deciduis petiolatis 
elliptico-ovatis cuspidatis immarginatis basi rotundatis subtus pallide 
viridibus puberulis, nervis utrinque 5-7 arcuatis impressis, floribus foliis 
coetaneis longe pedunculatis 33—4 poll. diam., sepalis 3 oblongis pallide roseis 
demum reflexis, petalis ad 6 late obovatis concavis albidis, staminibus 
numerosis incurvis, filamentis antheras lineari-oblongas sanguineas 
zquantibus, gynostegio oblongo breviter stipitato, carpellis paucis. 
M. parviflora, Sieb. & Zuce. in Abh. Akad. Muench. vol. iv. pt. 2 (1848), p. 187. 
Miq. Prolus. Fl. Japon. p. 146. Franch. & Sav. Enum. Pl. Japon. vol. i. 
p. 16. Rev. Hort. Belg. (1891), p. 44,45. Walp. Ann. i.956. Keisuke 
Ito, Descr. Plant. Bot. Gard. Koishikawa (Tokio Hort. Bot.), vol. i. t. 18. 
Kwa-wi Arb. vol. iii. fol. 8. Phonzo Zufou, vol. 82, fol. 9, 10. 
Oyama Renga, Jap. 
Under Magnolia Watsoni, I have in this Magazine (Tab. 
7157) alluded to M. parviflora, and indicated the differences 
between these two species, which consist in the small size 
of all the parts of the latter, the few nerves of its leaves, 
and the long peduncle of its flowers; to which may be 
added the absence of the yellow margin of the leaves, and 
the fewer carpels. 
M. parviflora is a native of the alpine region of the 
Japanese island of Nippon, and is recorded from Mounts 
Hakone and Hego-san, and from the foot of the volcano 
of Wunyen. The plant from which the drawing is made 
was purchased in 1893, from the Yokohama Gardener’s 
Association. It flowered in June, 1894, in the Temperate — 
House of the Royal Gardens, Kew. : 
Deser.—A small tree ; branches rather slender, glabrous ; 
branchlets pubescent. Leaves four to six inches long, mem- — 
branous, oblong or obovate-obloug, shortly obtusely cuspi- 
date, glabrousabove, pubescent beneath, base rounded, nerves 
five to six pairs, light green above, much paler beneath 
Aprit Ist, 1895, 
