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MAGNOLIACEAE. 



6. Leaf -scars U-shaped. (4). M. acuminata. 

 Leaf-scars broadly crescent-shaped. 7. 



7. End-bud slender: glabrous. M. salicifolia. 

 End-bud mostly enlarged: hairy. 8. 



8. Low shrub: twigs slender, brown. M. stellata. 

 Large shrubs or small trees. 9. 



9. Twigs green, slender. (Purple magnolia). M. liliflora. 

 Twigs brown, dotted with white lenticels. . 10. 



10. Pubescence of buds rather short. X M. Soulangeana. 



Flower-buds with long coarse hairs. (5). M. Kobus. 



MICHELIA. Banana Shrub. 

 (Family Magnoliaceae). 



Shrubs: evergreen. T w i g s 

 rather slender, subterete: pith 

 rather small, round, white, con- 

 tinuous, with firmer sometimes 

 brownish diaphragms at intervals. 

 Buds solitary, ovoid-oblong, ses- 

 sile, with a single scale. Leaf- 

 scars alternate, 2-ranked, small:, 

 half-round, slightly raised : 

 bundle-traces about 5 in a single 

 series, or less definitely fixed if 

 more numerous: stipule-scars lin- 

 ear, encircling the twig, but 

 usually concealed by pubescence. 

 Leaves oblanceolate-obovate, blunt- 

 ly mucronate, entire, veiny be- 

 neath. 



Though now considered to be 

 a distinct genus, Michelia has been 

 placed in Magnolia by many 

 writers, and the banana shrub is 



still commonly spoken of as a species of Magnolia. 



Twigs and buds very golden-rusty. M. fuscata. 



