Magnolia. POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 655 
MAGNOLIA. Shreb. gen. n. 942. 
GEN. Crar. Calyx three-leaved. Corol nine petal- 
led. Germs numerous, one-celled, two-seeded, attach- 
ment interior. Capsules two-valved. Seed berried, pen- 
dulous. 
1. M. pumila. Bot. Repos. N. 226. 
Shrubby, erect, smooth. Leaves broad-lanceolar, en- 
tire. Peduncles terminal, solitary, one-flowered. Retans 
six, concave and fleshy. . 
A native of China. Flower pure white, and exqui- 
sitely fragrant. Compare with Louriero’s Liriodendron 
Coco. p. 424. In the Botanic garden at Calcutta it is in 
blossom all the year, but has never produced even half 
grown fruit. The genus is therefore doubtful. 
2. M. obovata. Willd. 2. 1257. 
‘Shrubby, erect, twiggy. Leaves oblong, entire, smooth. 
Peduncles terminal, solitary, one-flowered. Petals six, 
expanding. | ae 
A native of China; it blossoms during the rainy sea- 
son in the Botanic ites: _ Flowers very large, rose- 
coloured, and inodorous, like pumila it it never aoinees 
fruit in Bengal. 
3. M. fuscata. Bot. Repos. N. 229. : 
Shrubby, very ramous. Leaves oblong, ventricose, ob- 
tuse, smooth. Flowers axillary, solitary. Calyx spatha- 
ceous, petals six, lanceolar. 
A very ramous middling sized shrub, a native of Chi- 
na, In the Botanic garden at Calcutta it blossoms in 
March. The flowers are rather small for a Magnolia, 
of a very pale yellow, ox cream-colour, and seca 
fragrant ; it has never produced fruit in Bengal. — 
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