MAGNOLIACEAE 141 



M. officinalis Rehder & Wilson. 



Tree to 14 m. tall with yellowish branchlets and obovate leaves up to 

 45 cm. long. The fruit is oblong-ovate, 10-15 cm. long. Closely allied to 

 the Japanese M. kypolenca from which it may be distinguished by the 

 yellowish and not purplish branchlets. The bark and flower buds are 

 medicinal. 



Hupeh and Szechuan. 



M. globosa var. sinensis Rehder & Wilson. 

 A shrub. Yunnan. 



M. nicholsoniana Rehder & Wilson. 



Shrubby or small tree 6 m. tall. W. Szechuan. 



M. wilsonii Rehder. 



Branchlets pubescent. Leaves densely silky tomentose beneath, 8-15 

 cm. long. Flowers cup-shaped, white, very fragrant; carpels and filaments 

 red ; fruit about 6 cm. long. 



W. Szechuan. 



M. aulacosperma Rehder & Wilson. 



Tree 11 m. tall with the seeds grooved in the under surface. 

 W. Hupeh. 



M. dawsoniana Rehder & Wilson. 



Tree to 10 m. tall. W. Szechuan. 



M. liliflora Desrousseaux. 



Large shrub with scentless flowers white on the inside and purplish 

 outside. Common cultivated plant. China & Japan. 



M. henryi Dunn. Yunnan. 



M. coco De Candolle. 



Evergreen shrub with nodding white fragrant flowers. 

 Cultivated in S. China. Kwangtung. 



M. biondii Pampinini. Shensi. 



