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The flowers of this species are yet unknown; according to the notes 

 on the labels of Hers' nos. 457 and 541 their color is white. Photographs 

 of the tree from which Hers' specimen 964 was collected are in the photo- 

 graph collection of this Arboretum; the tree is 18 m. tall with a trunk 1.20 

 m. in girth. 



Magnolia denudata Desrousseaux in Lamarck, Encycl. Meth. m. 675 

 (1791), ex parte.— Rehder & Wilson in Sargent, PI. Wilson. I. S99 (1913) 

 Bailey, Gent. Herb. I. 24 (1920). — Hers in Jour. N. China Branch R. As. 

 Soc. Lin. 112 (1922); Liste Ess. Lign. Honan, 18 (1922). 



Magnolia conspicua Salisbury, Parad. Lond. I. t. 38 (1806). — Maximowicz 

 in Bull. Acad. Sci. St. P6tersb. xvn. 419 (1872); in M61. Biol. vm. 508 

 (1872). — Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. xxm. 23 (1886). — Faber in Dcnkschr. 

 Entwickel. Kiautschou, 32 (1898).— Ito in Tokyo Bot. Mag. xiv. 73 

 (1900). — Gilg in Bot. Jahrb. xxxiv. beibl. lxxv. 35 (1904). — Loosener in 

 Bot. Centralbl. Beih. xxxiv. abt. n. 124 (1919). 



Magnolia Yulan Desfontaines, Hist. Arb. n. 6 (1809). — Bunge in M6m. Div. 

 Sav. Acad. Sci. St. P6tersb. n. 77 (Enum. PI. Chin. Bor. 3) (1833). 



Magnolia Julan Turczaninov in Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscou, x. no. vn. 149 (1837). 



Chili: planted (ex Bunge, 1. c, Maximowicz, 1. c., and Hemsley, 1. c.). 

 Shantung: planted (ex Faber, 1. c., Gilg, 1. c, Ito, 1. c., and Loesener, 

 1. c.). 



Northern Kiangsu: Su kow, near Hai chow, J. Hers, no. 622, May 

 5, 1921. 



Honan: Sung hsien, Suan kuan miao, alt. 1200 m., J. Hers, no. 541- 



May 24, 1919; Sung hsien, Shih tze miao, alt. 1200 m., J. Hers, no. 



1254, September 25, 1919; Lushih, Lao kiun shan, alt. 2000 in., J. Hers, 

 no. 1159, September 21, 1919; without locality, J. Hers, no. 38. — See also 

 Bailey, 1. c., and Hers, 1. c. 



Distribution (including the variety) : also Chekiang, Kiangsi, Hupeh; 

 cultivated in Japan. 



As no flowers of the Honan plant have been collected it remains doubtful 

 if it belongs to the typical form or to var. purpurascens Rehder & Wilson 

 which occurs in Hupeh. 



Magnolia liliiflora Desrousseaux in Lamarck, Encycl. Meth. in. 675 

 (1791), ex parte.— Rehder & Wilson in Sargent, PI. Wilson. I. 402 (1913) 



Hers in Jour. N. China Branch R. As. Soc. Lin. 112 (1922); Liste Ess. 

 Lign. Honan, 18 (1922). 



Magnolia obovata Thunberg in Trans. Linn. Soc. n. 336 (1794), pro parte. — 

 Gilg in Bot. Jahrb. xxxiv. beibl. lxxv. 35 (1904). — Loesener in Bot. 

 Centralbl. Beih. xxxvu. abt. n. 124 (1919). 



Shantung: Cape Ya tau, near a temple (ex Gilg, 1. c.,and Loesener, 1. c). 



Honan: planted (ex Hers, 1. c). 



Distribution: also Kiangsu, Hupeh, Szechuan, but probably planted. 



The native habitat of this plant which is much cultivated in China and 



Japan is probably southern China. The specimen from Shantung is prob- 

 ably from a planted tree and its correct identification is open to doubt, 

 as it is stated to bloom in July. 



