480 ODOROGRAPHIA. 



" Kobus " or " Side Kobusi." It has a rough bark which smells 

 like camphor. Leaves obovate, acuminated at both ends, deciduous, 

 produced after the flowers, the younger ones pubescent underneath, 

 adult ones smooth. Flowers erect and solitary w^ith the outside 

 segments purple and the inside white ; 3 sepals and 6 petals ; 

 styles reflexed. Ovaries purple. Very fragrant. 



M. ohovnta, Thunberg in Trans., Lin. Soc, ii., p. 336. Native of 

 Japan and cultivated both in Japan and China. Deciduous ; leaves 

 obovate, acute, reticulately veined, almost smooth. Flowers erect, 

 of 3 sejDals and 6 ol)ovate petals ; styles very short. 



Var. a, chnudata, Lam. Die, iii., p. 675 ; Banks, Icones 

 selectic plantarum Japonica, t. 43 ; Syn. M. glauca, var. /S, 

 Thunberg, Flora Japonica, p. 236. Native of the island 

 of Nipon, in Japan. Flowering branches without leaves ; 

 Flowers red : petals obovate. 



Vai' l3, discolor, Yentenat, Jardin de la Malmaison, No. 24, 

 t. 24. Syn. M. 2nirpurea, Bot. Mag., t. 390. Bot. Kep., 

 t. 324. Flowering branches leafy. Flowers purple 

 outside but whitish inside. Petals obovate, of two 

 colours : fragrant. 



Vf'.r 7, latifolia, Lam. Die, iii., p. 657 : Banks, Icones selectae 

 plantarum, t. 44. Native of China. Flowering branches 

 leafy. Flowers white, fragrant : petals oblong, white on 

 both sides. Height 5 feet. 



M. Soulangcana, Sweet, British Flower Garden, t. 260 ; Bot. 

 Eeg., t. 1164. This is a hybrid raised from the seed of M. Yulan 

 by Soulange Bodin ; the other parent is supposed to be M. ohovata 

 var. P discolor. It is a deciduous shrub of 5 or 6 feet in height. 

 Leaves obovate, abruptly acuminated, veiny, pubescent on both 

 surfaces. The flowers are of 6 obovate, expanded, whitish petals 

 tinged with purple. Sepals 3. 



M. fv.sccda. A very ramous shrub of only 3 or 4 feet in height ; 

 native of China, where it is cultivated on account of the exquisite 

 and powerful fragrance of its flowers, noticeable even at a distance. 

 Leaves elliptical-oblong, obtuse, the adult ones smooth. Branches 

 and petioles covered with brown tomentum. The flowers are 

 axillary, solitary, rather small for a Magnolia, very pale yellow, or 

 cream coloured. It is noticed that varieties of it are of a dull 



