CALYCANTHACEAE • MAGNOLIACEAE 145 



CALYCANTHVS— continued 



C.floridus. Carolina Allspice. 10. May-June. D. Buds hidden. Ls. ov., 4, 



downy below. Fls. 3, dark wine-red, fragrant. Fruit 2^, pear-shaped. 



South United States. 

 C. Mohrii. 10. May-June. D. Fls. 2, purple. South-east United States. 

 C. occidentalis. Californian Allspice. 10. May-June. D. Buds visible. 



L. ov., 8. Fls. similar to C. fioridus, but larger and longer stalked, and 



petals change to more tawny shade near tip. California. (Fig. 77 e.) 



Chimonanthus fragrans (Calycanthus praecox, Meratia praecox). Winter 

 Sweet. November-March. D. Ls. opposite, lane, 6, long-pointed, rough above. 

 Fls. I, transparent yellowish green, inner petals smaller and purplish, very fragrant, 

 solitary on short stalk on old wood. Fruit li, a stalked gourd-like structure 

 (Bean). China and Japan. (Fig. 77 b.) 



Family 3. MAGNOLIACEAE. K3, C6-00, A 00, G 00 



Ovaries spirally arranged round a column. 



LIRIODENDRON. Tulip Tree. C6. Ls. alternate, lobed, with concave apex. 

 Young Is. enclosed by stipules. 



L. Tulipifera. 100. July. D. Branchlets brown. Ls. 8. Fls. i|, resembles 

 tulip, greenish white with orange band near base of petal, U.S.A. 

 (Fig. 36 D.) 



Variety aureo-maculatum. Ls. blotched with yellow. 

 L. chinensis. 50. July. D. Branchlets grey. Ls. deeply lobed. Petals without 

 orange band. China. 



MAGNOLIA. Buds large, with single outer scale. Young Is. enclosed by 

 stipules. Ls. alternate, large, entire. Fls. large, solitary, ovary with not more than 

 two ovules. 



{a) Fls. appear before leaves 



M. Camphellii. 100. February-April. D. Bark black. Ls. ov., 12, tapering 

 to both ends, hairy below. Fls. 10, deep rose to crimson, fragrant. Fruit 

 6 ; seeds red. East Himalaya. 



M. conspicua {M. denudata). Yulan, Lily Tree. 30. April. D. Buds covered 

 with shaggy hairs. Ls. ov., 6, blunt or short-pointed, downy below. 

 Fls. 3, white, petals thick. Fruit 8, spindle-shaped. China. (Fig. 112 A.) 



M. Kohus. 30. April-May. D. Usually shrubby. Branchlets hairless; 1.- 

 buds slightly hairy, fl.-buds densely so. Ls. obov., 4, abruptly pointed, 

 tapering to base, light green below. Fls. 4, creamy white, petals with 

 faint purple line at base outside. Fruit 4, cylindrical. Japan. (Fig. 112 H.) 



M. Soulangiana. 30. May. D. Ls. ov., 6. Fls. white or purple, sepals at 

 least half as long as petals which they resemble. Hybrid. (Fig. 112 B.) 



Variety Lennei. Ls. 8, pale green. Fls. 4, petals white inside, rosy 



purple outside. 



Variety speciosa. Fls. striped purple outside. (Fig. 112 B.) 

 M.stellata. 15. March-April. D. Buds hairy. Ls. oblong, 3, margins slightly 

 recurved. Fls. 3, white or pink, petals more numerous than that of any 

 other magnolia. Japan. (Fig. 112 c.) 



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