Tap. 8483. 
MAGNOLIA. SALICIFOLIA. 
Japan. 
MaaGnourackak. Tribe MAGNOLIEAE. 
Maenouta, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 18. 
Magnolia salicifolia, Maxim. in Bull. Acad. Pétersb. vol. xvii. (1872), p. 418 ; 
Mélanges Biol. vol. viii. p. 509; Franch. et Savatier, Enum. Pi. Jap. vol. i. 
p. 16; Sargent in Garden and Forest, vol. vi. p. 65, fig. 12; Sargent, Vor. 
fl, Jap. p. 10, t. 4; Shirasawa, Ic. Essences For. Jap. vol. i. p. 72, t. 40; 
C. K. Schneider, Ill. Handb. Lanbholzk. vol. i. p. 829; Gard. Chron, 1912, 
vol. li. p. 222, fig. 99; affinis M. Kobus, DC., a qua foliis lanceolatis, gemmis 
glabris facile distinguitur. 
Arbor decidua, gracilis, 4°5-6 m. alta, trunco 8 dm.diametro. Ramuli hornotin 
laeves, annotini parce lenticellati. Gemmae glabiae. Folia lanceolata vei 
oblongo-lanceolata, acute vel obtuse acuminata, basi obtusa vel subcuneata, 
7-14 cm. longa, 2~5 em. lata, supra opaca, viridia, subtus subglauca minute 
appresse puberula; nervi laterales utrinque 9-10; petioli graciles, 1-1°5 
cm. longi. Alabastrahirsuta. Flores ramulos breves laterales terminantcs, 
7°5-10 em. diametro; pedicelli virides, crassi, circiter 5 mm. longi. 
Sepala 8, patula, albido-viridula, ligularia, 3-4 cm. longa, mox decidua, 
Petala 6, nivea, anguste obovato-oblonga, 5-6 cm. longa, 1°3-1°8 cm. 
lata. Filamenta rosea; antherae connectivo ultra loculos producto. 
Pistilla viridia; stylus introrsum papillosus. Fructus aggregatus carneus, 
4-7-5 em. longus. Semina coccinea.—Buergeria salicifolia, Sieb. et Zuce. 
Fam. Nat. pars 1, p. 79. Talwuma salicifolia, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot, 
Lugd. Bat. vol. ii. p. 258.—T. A. SPRAGUE. 
The Magnolia which forms the subject of our plate 
differs from all the other species in cultivation in its thin 
narrow leavesand slender twigs. The flowers on the whole 
recall most readily those of J stellata, Maxim., figured at 
t. 6370 of this work. In that species, however, all the 
perianth leaves are petaloid, whereas in MM. salicifolia, the 
species now figured, the perianth is differentiated into a 
calyx and acorolla. In this regard M. salicifolia agrees 
with its nearest ally, 1. Kobus, DC., but 1s readily dis- 
tinguished by its Janceolate leaves and glabrous leaf-buds. 
According to Professor Matsumura J/. salicifolia occurs 1n 
many localities in Nippon and is also found on Kiusiu; 
Mr. Shirasawa gives its range of altitude as from 1700 to 
4500 feet above sea-level, and states that it naturally prefers 
a deep soil. The plant from which the material for our 
Maron, 1918. 
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