C 1621 ] 



Magnolia conspicua. Lily-flowered 

 Magnolia, or Yu-lan. 



Oaf s and Order, 



POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 



Generic Charafter. 



Cal 3-phyllus. Petala 9. Cap/. 2-valves, imbricata?. Sent, bac- 

 tata, pendula. 



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Specific Character and Synonyms, 



MAGNOLIA confpicua ; foliis obovatis obtufis cum acumine 

 poll anthefin prodeuntibus. Hort, Kew. ed. alt, v. 3. p. 

 33°- 



MAGNOLIA confpicua; foliis pod flores prodeuntibus, petiolis 

 gracilibus larainis late obcuneatis : petalis 9, 3 exterioribus 

 vix minoribus ; germinibus ovato-lanceolatis. Salijb. Farad. 

 3 8 - 



LE YU-LAN. Mem. Chin. v. 3. p. 441. 



Native of China, where we are told by the author of the 

 above-quoted memoirs that it forms a pyramidal tree thirty or 

 forty feet high; but with us it hitherto appears only as a 

 ftraggling fhrub, which blofibms freely before it arrives at 

 any confiderable fize. The flowers are ufually produced 

 fingly at the extremities of the branches, and for the mod part 

 fall off before the leaves make their appearance ; and on this 

 account it is far lefs agreeable to the eye than the Magnolia 

 grandiflora^ whofe magnificent bloffoms are beautifully contrafted, 

 by being embofomed in large mining leaves. 



Two other varieties are faid to be known in China, one with 

 pale rofe-coloured, and the other with double bloffoms; but 

 neither has found its way into our gardens, and indeed are 

 extremely rare even in China. 



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