Tas. 8077. 
MAGNOLIA unxypotruca, 
ci 
Japan and China. 
MaGnoLiackz.—Tribe MaGNouies. 
Maenoiia, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 18. 
Magnolia hypoleuca, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. sect. i. p. 79; K. Ito, 
Koishikawa Shokubutsuyen Somoku Dsusetsu, vol. i. tt. 14 et 15; Sargent 
in Garden and Forest, vol. i. (1888), p. 304, f. 49; Henry, Notes on the 
Economie Botany of China, p. 27; Useful Plants of Japan, p. 132, f. 533; 
Shirasawa, Iconogr. des Essences Forest. du, Japon, vol. i. p. 70, t. 39, ff. 
13—29; HB. H. Wilson in Gard. Chron. 1906, vol. i. p. 234; Kwa-wi, Arb. 
vol. ii. fol. 2; Honzo Zufu, vol. lxxxii. fol. 8 recto; species distincta 
habitu M. Uméreile, Desr. similis, foliis deciduis magnis obovatis, floribus 
foliis submaturis coztaneis flavescenti-albis vel albis, fructu strobiliformi 
elliptico. 
Arbor magna, sepe 50-80 ped. interdum 100 ped. alta, trunco usque ad 2-3 
ped. diam.; rami late patentes, longi, novelli sericei, cortice Jevi 
brunneo conspicue lenticellato tecti. Folia decidua, sepius in apicibus 
ramorum subverticillata, breviter petiolata, obovata vel elliptico-obovata, 
seepe 8-15 poll. longa et 6-8 poll. lata, supra atro-viridia, glabra, subtus 
glauco-viridia, plus minusve prasertim ad venas primarias pilosa, rotun- 
data vel rarius breviter cuspidata, basi cuneata vel interdum paulum rotun- 
data; venw laterales primariz utrinque 18-24. Flores cum foliis sub- 
maturis cowtanei, Havescenti-albi vel albi, gravissime fragrantes, 6-8 poll. 
diametro. Sepala et petala obovato-spathulata, coriacea, rotundata vel 
paulum cuspidata. Staminwm filamenta vivide rabro-purpurea. Fructus 
strobiliformis, ellipsoideus, 5-8 poll. longus, erectus, usque ad maturi- 
tatem ruber; carpella ultra 100, truncata.—M. glauca a, Thunb. Fl. Jap. 
p- 236, non Linn. 
This Magnolia is widely spread in Japan, but it is in the 
damp rich forests covering the low hills of Yezo that it is 
to be seen at its best. It was only here, Professor Sargent 
informs us, and on the high mountains in the extreme 
northern part of the main island that he saw it of large 
size. Shirasawa observes that on the plains it grows with 
Quercus glandulifera, species of Carpinus, &c., and on the 
mountains with Fagus japonica and species of Acer and 
Betula. It is found at altitudes up to 5,600 feet. 
In Western and Central China the tree is common 
around dwellings at elevations between 2,500 and 4,500 feet, 
but Dr. Henry and Mr. E. H. Wilson, who have collected 
specimens in China, never met with it in an undoubtedly 
wild state. Mr. Wilson sent seeds to Messrs. Veitch, who 
now have the Chinese plant growing in their nursery at 
JUNE Ist, 1906, 
