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spreading. Petals 9, lanceolate, pointed. (Don’s Mill.,i. p. 83.) A low tree. 
North America. White flowers. May and June. 1811. Height 20. 
Description, History, §c. This tree, which is found in the western parts of 
Carolina and Georgia, resembles the preceding species in every particular (ex- 
cept size) so closely, that we have not the least doubt of its being onlya 
variety of it, or, at least, its bearing the same relation to that species which M. 
cordata does to M. acuminata. It has been found in only two or three locali- 
ties. One of these is on the banks of the Alatamaha river in Georgia, 40 miles 
south of Savannah, where it was discovered by M. le Conte. (See Gard. 
Mag., vol. viii. p. 288.) It was brought to England in 1818 by Mr. Lyon; and 
the original tree still exists in Messrs. Loddiges’s nursery. It is extremely 
difficult to propagate (which is done by inarching on M. auriculata); and it is, 
in consequence, very sparingly distributed over the country. Plants, about 
London, cost 21s. each; at Bollwyller, 15 francs; in New York, ?. 
§ ii. Gwillimia Rott. in Dec. Syst. 
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Derivation. General Gwillim, some time governor of Madras. (Don’s Mill., 1. p. 83.) 
Sect. Char. Asiatic species, generally with two opposite spathe-like bracteas 
enclosing the flower-bud. Anthers bursting inwards. Ovaries somewhat 
distant. Perhaps the species of this section, with one bractea, should have 
been given among the michelias. It is, however, evident, that none of them 
are true magnolias. (Don’s Mill., i. p. 83.) 
¥ 9. M. conspi’cua Salish. The Yulan, or conspicuous-flowered Magnolia. 
Identification. Dec. Prod.,1. p. 81.; Don’s Mill. 1., p. 83. 
Synonymes. M. précia Correa ; M. Yidan Desf.; Yu lan, Chinese; the Lily-flowered Magnolia ; 
Magnolier Yulans, Fr.; Yulans Bieberbaum, Ger. 
Derivations. The epithet précia was given to this magnolia by M. Correa, because it produces its 
flowers before its leaves. Yu lan signifies the lily tree. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., 1621.; Otto and Hayne, t. 72.; E. of Pl., 7907.; our jig. 34. and the plate 
of this species in Vol. II. 
Spec. Char. Leaves obovate, abruptly acuminated, younger ones pubescent, 
expanding after the flowers. Flowers erect, 6—9-petaled. Styles erect. 
(Don’s Miil,, i. p.93.) A middle-sized tree in China. Flowers white. 
Feb. to April. Introduced in 1789. Height from 30 ft. to 40 ft. 
Varieties. 
¥ M. c. 2 Soulangeana. Soulange’s conspicuous-flowered Magnolia. 
Synonymes. MM. Soulanged@na An. Hort. Soc. Par., Swt. Fl.-Gard., Don’s Mill.; Mag- 
nolier de Soulange, Fr. 
Engraving. M. Soulangedna Swt. Brit. Fl.-Gard., t. 260. 
Description. The leaves, wood, and general habit of the tree bear 
so close a resemblance to those of M. conspicua, that, when the 
plant is not in flower, it is almost impossible to distinguish it from 
that species. The flowers resemble in form those of M. purpurea var. 
gracilis or of M. purpurea, and the petals are slightly tinged with 
purple. It was raised at Fromont, near Paris, from the seeds of a 
plant of M. conspicua, which stood near one of M. purpurea, in 
front of the chateau of M. Soulange-Bodin; the flowers of the 
former of which had been accidentally fecundated by the pollen of 
the latter. 
* M.c. 3 Alexandrina Hort. The Empress Alexandrina’s conspicuous- 
flowered Magnolia. —This variety so closely resembles the preceding 
one, as not to be distinguishable from it otherwise than by its 
flowering somewhat earlier. It was originated at Paris a few years 
after the preceding variety, and sent to London by the Parisian 
nurserymen in 1831. 
% M.c. 4 speciosa Hort. The showy conspicuous-flowered Magnoka. 
