Magnolia purpurea, 
THE PURPLE-FLOWERED MAGNOLIA. 
Magnolia purpurea, 
Synonyrnes. 
IDe Candolle, Prodromus. 
Don, Miller's Dictionary. 
Loudon, Arboretum Britannicum. 
Magnolier bicolore, Magnolier discolore, France. 
Rother Bieberbaum, GERMANy. 
Obovate-leaved Magnolia, Britain and Anglo-America. 
Derivations. The French names imply Two-coloured Magnolia, in allusion to the colour of the flowers. The German name 
signifies Red Beaver-tree. 
Engravings. London Botanical Magazine, pi. 390; and Loudon, Arboretum Britannicum, i., figure 36. 
Specific Characters. Deciduous. Leaves obovate, acute, reticulately veined ; almost smooth. 
*>rect, of 3 sepals, and 6 obovate petals. Styles very short. Don, Miller's Diet. 
Flowers 
HE Magnolia purpurea is a shrub, from six to twenty feet 
high; native of Japan, and introduced into England in 
1790; propagated by seeds and layers in the gardens 
of China, Europe, and America ; grows in open situa- 
tions, in sandy peat, with loam, or in sand and clay, well-drained, with manure. 
T weaves large, of a very dark-green; flowers large, more or less purple without, 
and always white within ; put forth in March, April or May, but do not fully 
expand till a day or two before they drop oif. The bark, when bruised, has 
an aromatic odour. 
Varieties. Although plants of this species may exhibit slight shades of differ- 
ence, there cannot be truly considered but one or two distinct varieties, the M. p. 
gracilis, and the M. p. obovata-pumila, Casoretti. The chief difference between 
the former and the species, consists in being less hardy, rather more fastigiate in 
its form; leaves of a paler green, and somewhat narrower in shape; flowers 
longer and more slender, the points of the petals slightly turned back, and exte- 
riorly of a dark-purple. 
