Magnolia MAGNOLIACEAE Liriodendron 



(Lee 474). Evergreen shrub or small tree. South China; locally in Ki. Planted, 

 ornamental. 



2. Magnolia grandiflora Linn. Bull Bay T^EEHf (Yang Yii Lan; Foreign Magnolia) 

 (R.M. 249). Tree, 15m. high; fls. white, V-VIII. Eastern North America; 

 locally in Che., Ku. Planted, ornamental. 



3. Magnolia officinalis Rehd. & Wils. var. biloba Rehd. & Wils. KU4)¥+F (Lii Shan 

 Hou P'u) (R.M. 248). Tree, to 10 m.; lvs. deeply emarginate or 2-lobed. Eastern 

 and central China; locally in An., Ki. Planted, medicinal. 



4. Magnolia liliflora Desr. ^M (Mu Lan; Woody Orchid) (R.M. 250). Shrub, to 

 3 m.; fls. reddish purple, IV; sepals greenish. China; locally in An., Ku. Planted, 

 ornamental. 



5. Magnolia stellata Maxim, var. rosea Veitch Starry Magnolia HM^ 1 ^. (Ch'ung 

 Hua Hsin I) (R.M. 252). Shrub, to lm.; fls. pink or white, III-IV. Introduced 

 from Japan; locally in Ku. Planted, ornamental. 



6. Magnolia denudata Desr. EEff (Yii Lan; Jade Orchid) (R.M. 251). Tree, to 

 10m.; fls. white, fragrant, III-IV; fr. VII. Central China; locally in An., Che., 

 Ki., Ku. Planted, ornamental. Fig. 117. 



7. Magnolia zenii Cheng SfefHlSJ (Pao Hua Yii Lan) (Sc. C. 8:291). Small tree, 

 5-7 m. high; fls. III. China; locally in Ku. Woodland. 



2. Manglietia Blume TfcHM (Mu Lien Shu) 

 Trees or shrubs with perfect or polygamous fls.: lvs. usually reticulate on both 

 sides: fls. subtended by spathe-like bracts a short interval below: fr. ovoid or oblong- 

 ovate, many-seeded. 10 species, in the mountains of southern Asia; 5 in China. 

 (From Manglet, the name of M. glanca in Java.) 



1. Manglietia fordiana (Hemsl.) Oliv. ifM (Mu Lien; Woody Lotus^ (Chen 297). 

 Tree, to 13 m.; fr. VIII; carpels several -seeded. China; locally in An. Temple 

 woodland. 



3. Michelia Linn. ^MVcM ( Pai Lan Hua Shu) 

 Trees or shrubs with axillary fls.: carpels on a stalked elongated receptacle, 

 forming follicles. About 15 species, in eastern Asia; 10 in China. (After R.A. Micheli, 

 1679-1737, an Italian botanist.) 



Key to the Species 



Brts. brown-hairy : lvs. 5-10 cm. long : fls. brownish purple 1. M. figo 



Brts. glabrous : lvs. 12-20 cm. long : fls. pale yellow 2. M. champaca 



1. Michelia figo (Lour.) Spreng. (M. fuscata Blume) Banana Shrub ^^ffc (Han 

 Hsiao Hua; Smiling Flower) (B.M. 417; M.L. 159). Tree, to 5m.; fr. VII-VIII. 

 China; locally in An., Ki. Planted, ornamental. 



2. Michelia champaca Linn, r'il'/ijii: (Pai Lan Hua; White-orchid Flower) (B.M. 1st. 

 291). Shrub, to 2 m.; fls. pale yellow, fragrant, VI-IX. Introduced from 

 Himalayas; locally in Ku. Planted, ornamental. Fig. 118. 



4. Liriodendron Linn. Tulip Tree fif:#*JI (E Chang Ch'iu Shu) 

 Deciduous trees: lvs. truncate at the apex: fls. large, terminal and solitary; 

 carpels in a cone-like aggregation on an elongated receptacle, becoming samaras. 



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