456 BOTANICON SINICUM, 
Beautiful, glossy, fragrant flowers resemblin g the Lotus- 
flower. There is however a difference in the stamens and the 
receptacle. The flowers appear in the 4th month and last for 
24 days, but are not followed by fruits. This is the true mu 
lan. The flowers are red, yellow and white. The wood 
is fine-grained and has a yellow heart. It is much prized by 
wood-carvers. The tree from Shao chou, mentioned by 
Su Sone, is the mou kui (Cinnamon. See 303], not a mu lan. 
The mu lan tree does not die when its bark has been stripped 
off. Lo Tey [v. supra] says that it blossoms in winter. 
The fruit is like a small shi (persimmon), sweet and pleasant. 
This latter statement is doubtful. The name mu lan is derived 
from the fragrance of its flowers. For lan is a fragrant 
flower (an orchid), 
Ch., XXXII, 14:—Mu lan. The drawing represents a 
Magnolia. 
Amen, exot., 845 :—7e BR mokkwuren. Fratex tulipifer 
ramis raris incondite divaricatis ; foliis plerumque nudus cito 
deciduis...... flore lilionarcissi rubente. Figured in Banks’ 
Icones Kempf. sel. tab., 43. This is Magnolia obovata, Thbg. 
Cultivated only in Japan. Said to be introduced from China. 
It has been recorded from Sz ch‘uan and Kiang su. See 
Ind. Fl. sin., I, 23, 
The Phon zo, LXXX [13, 14] represents, under the 
above Chinese name, Magnolia conspicua, Sal. 
Horr. & Sour, 96 :—7e FE, Buergeria (Magnolia) 
obovata, S. & Z. 
Matsumura, 118 >—7R OBA, Magnolia obovata, and 
3 P) Hi, Magnolia compressa, Maxim. 
806.—3F # sini. P.. XXXIV, 25. 7. COXCII 
Pen king :—Sin i, 36 Mé sin chi, $8 hk how t'ao and FB 
fang mu. The flower-buds are used in medicine. 
