146 MAGNOLIACEAE 



MAGNOLIA— row/mMe^ 



{b) Fls. appear with or after leaves 



M. acuminata. Cucumber Tree. 90. May-June. D. Buds hairy. Ls. ov., 

 10, pointed, base rounded, downy below. Fls. 3, dull greenish yellow, 

 petals erect. Fruit dark red. U.S.A. (Fig. 112 D.) 

 Variety aiireo-variegata. Ls. blotched with yellow. 



M. Delavayi. 30. June. E. Buds and young branchlets downy. Ls. ov., 12, 

 dull green above, greyish white below; stalk stout, up to 3. Fls. 8, white. 

 Fruit 4, egg-shaped. China. 



M. Fraseri. 50. June-July. D. Buds hairless. Ls. obov., 20, round-ended, 

 heart-shaped base, hairless; stalk slender, up to 3. Fls. 8, creamy white, 

 fragrant. Fruit 4, egg-shaped or cylindrical, red. South United States. 

 (Fig. 112 E.) 



M. glauca {M. virginiana). Sweet or Swamp Bay, Beaver Tree, Laurel 

 Magnolia. 70. June- August. D. or | E. Branchlets slender, hairless. 

 Buds hairy. Ls. ov., oblong, lane, 4, leathery, bluish green above, 

 greyish white below; stalk slender, f. Fls. 2|, round, white, fragrant. 

 Fruit 2, egg-shaped, dark red. South United States. (Fig. 112 G.) 



M. grandiflora. Bull Bay. 80. July-September. E. Buds hairy. Ls. ov., 10, 

 leathery, glossy, dark green above, red-brown felt below, clustered at end 

 of branch. Fls. 10, round, creamy white; petals thick, concave. Fruit 4, 

 egg-shaped, rusty-woolly. South United States. (Fig. 113 d.) 



M. macrophylla. Large-leaved Cucumber Tree. 50. July. D. Buds hairy. 

 Ls. obov., 36, slightly heart-shaped at base, green above, white below. 

 Fls. 12, cup-shaped, creamy white, fragrant, petals reflexed above middle, 

 purplish at base, thick. Fruit 3, egg-shaped, rose-coloured, hairy. South 

 United States. (Fig. 113 b.) 



M. obovata {M. hypoleiica). 60. April-May. D. Branchlets purplish, hairless. 

 Buds hairless. Ls. obov., 16. Fls. 6, cup-shaped, fragrant, white with 

 red centre. Fruit 8, cyhndrical, red. Japan. (Fig. 112 f.) 



M. parviflora. 30. May-June. D. Branchlets slender. Buds hairy. Ls. 

 oblong, 6, apex contracted abruptly to short point. Fls. 2, white with 

 red centre. Fruit 2, egg-shaped, red, with red seeds. Japan. (Fig 112 j.) 



M. tripetala. Umbrella Tree. 35. June. D. Branchlets and buds hairless. 

 Ls. ov., 24, pointed, downy below. Fls. 9, white, heavy-scented. Fruit 4, 

 rose-coloured. U.S.A. (Fig. 113 c.) 



Manglietia insignis. 100. E. Ls. alternate, lane, 10, entire, with prominent 

 polygonal venation (Brandis). Fls. 4, white or yellowish white tinged with pink, 

 scented, K3, C9, ovary with six or more ovules. Fruit 3, narrowly egg-shaped. 

 East Himalaya. (Fig. 113 a.) 



MICHELIA. Differs from magnolia in the ovary-bearing centre of the flower 

 being stalked. Leaf-stalk very short. 



* M. compressa. 20. April-June. E. Ls. ov., lane, 4, hairless, glaucous below. 



Fls. 2, white, fragrant. Japan. (Fig. 114 B.) 



* M. fuscata. Banana Shrub. 20. April-June. E. Young shoots hairy, 



Ls. ov., 4, tapering to both ends, blunt, becoming nearly hairless, stalk 

 hairy. Fls. i, yellowish green or purple, fragrant with 'pear-drop' scent. 

 China. (Fig. 114 A.) 



