Tab. 7157. 

 MAGNOLIA Watsoni. 



Na t ive of Jaj >an. 



Nat. Ord. MAGNOLIACE^. — Tribe Magjjolie.e. 

 Genus Magnolia, Linn.; (Benth. and Hook.f. 6 en. PI. vol. i. p. 18.) 



Magnolia Watsoni ; glaberrima, foliis breviuseule petiolatis oblongis obova- 

 tisve subacutis v. cuspidatis undulatis basi cuneatis v. roduntatis supra 

 saturate viridibus luteo marginatis subtus pallidis junioribus sericeis, 

 nervis utrinque 10-15 arcuatis impressis costaque navidis, floribus odoratis 

 foliis coetaneis 5-6 poll, diam., sepalis oblongis v. lineari-oblongis concavis 

 demum reflexis roseis v. pallide purpureie, petalis late obovatis concavis 

 obtusis patentibus albidis, staruinibus numerosissimis multiseriatis 

 recurvis, rilamentis sanguineis antberas lineares obtusas sordide carneas 

 sequantibus, gynostegio oblongo crasse stipitato, carpellis lanceolatis 

 acuminatis evectis lente recurvis, stigmatibus linearibus. 



It is with considerable hesitation that I propose the 

 subject of this plate as a new species of Magnolia, consider- 

 ing how imperfectly described are the Chinese and Japanese 

 members of this genus. That it is not M. parviflora is 

 obvious, as the size of the flowers implies. Of this latter 

 I have seen a good dried specimen, and an excellent figure 

 by Keisuke Ito (" Figures and Descriptions of Plants in 

 the Koishikawa Botanical Gardens (Tokio) " by Keisuke 

 Ito, Professor of Botany in the University of Tokio, vol. i. 

 t. 13), and these perfectly agree with the description pub- 

 lished by iSiebold and Zuccarini, who ascribe to it small 

 orbicular-obovate cuspidate membranous deciduous leaves 

 with few nerves (6-8 pairs), and small flowers with long 

 slender pedicels. M. Watsoni is much nearer M. hypo- 

 leuca Sieb. and Zucc. (Keisuke Ito, t. 14) which is a 

 larger plant with robust branches, large oblong leaves 

 densely pruinose and thinly hairy beneath, and more or 

 less biennial in duration. I have the pleasure of naming 

 it after Mr. W. Watson, the Assistant-Curator of the Royal 

 Gardens, to whose skill and care the Botanical Magazine 

 is indebted for the flowering of so many of the interesting 

 plants depicted in its plates. 



February 1st. 189L 



