MAGNOLIA 



MAHERNIA 



1969 



large shrub or small tree: Ivs. oboyate to obovate- 

 oblong: fls. large, campanulate, white, more or less 

 purplish outside, often fragrant; sepals usually colored, 

 sometimes almost as long, sometimes hardly half as 

 long as petals, rarely small and greenish. May. A.G. 

 15:283. B.R. 1164. Gn. 59, p. 241; 66, p. 76; 76, p. 135. 

 F.R. 8:3. R.H. 1912, p. 373. F.E. 15:482 (pi. 51). 

 Gt. 5 : 166 and 168. Var. Lennei, Rehd. Nearer to M . 

 liliflora. More shrubby: fls. large, deep crimson outside, 

 late. F. 1864:25. V.5:196. G.26:316. G.M. 53:1031. 

 G.L. 24:7. Var. Niemetzii, Hort. A fastigiate form. 



There are many other named varieties, varying in 

 color and flowering-time, as var. Alexandrina, Hort., fls. 

 outside toward the base deep purple, white inside, one 

 cf the earliest (Gn. M. 5:149. R.B. 26:217. R.H. 1912, 

 p. 370); var. alba superba, Hort., white (G. 33:449); 

 var. BrozzSnii, Hort., fls. white, shaded purple (G. 

 34:429, 431) ; var. cyathiformis, Hort. Rinz., cup-shaped, 

 light purple; var. grandis, Hort. Rinz., white, outer 

 petals purple at base and in the middle ; var. Norbertiana, 

 Hort., white and light purple, one of the latest to bloom; 

 var. rustica (M. rustica fl. riibro, Hort.), deep purple 

 outside (F.S.R. 1:16. G. 29:201); var. specifisa, Hort., 

 white, striped purple outside; var. triumphans, Hort., 

 pink toward the base outside. These hybrids are among 

 the most popular magnolias on account of their early, 

 bright-colored fls. : they are showier and hardier 

 than the preceding species. 



21. denudata, Desrouss. (M . precia, Correa. 

 M. conspicua, Salisb. M. Yulan, Desf.). Fig. 

 2301. Tree, to 50 ft., with spreading branches: 

 Ivs. obovate or obovate-oblong, shortly 

 pointed, pubescent beneath when young, 4-7 

 in. long: fls. large, campanulate, white, sweet- 

 scented, about 6 in. across; petals and sepals 

 almost alike, 9, concave, fleshy, 3-4 in. long: 

 fr. brownish, 3^4 in. long, slender. April, 

 May. Cent. China. B.M. 1621. L.B.C. 

 12:1187. G.C. III. 9:591.; 36:59. Gn. 21, p. 

 311; 23, p. 138; 24, p. 511; 31, p. 505; 34:667; 

 45, p. 365; 46, p. 145; 51, p. 474. G.M. 

 31:289; 36:386; 44:181. G. 26:47. C.L.A. 

 3:173. M.D.G. 20:253. G.W. 14, p. 206. 

 One of the most showy species. Var. purpur- 

 ascens, Rehd. & Wilson (M. conspicua var. 

 purpurdscens, Maxim.). Fls. rose-red outside, 

 pale pink within. Var. elongata, Rehd. & 

 Wilson. Lvs. longer and larger: fls. larger, 

 white. 



22. stellata, Maxim. (M, Halledna, Hort.). Shrub or 

 small tree, with spreading branches: Ivs. elliptic or 

 obovate to oblong-obovate, obtusely pointed, pubescent 

 beneath when young, 2-5 in. long: fls. white, short- 

 stalked, numerous, about 3 in. across, sweet-scented: 

 petals narrow-oblong, 9-18, spreading and afterward 

 reflexed: fr. with only few fertile carpels. March, 

 April. Japan. B.M. 6370. R.H. 1878:270. Gn. 13:572; 

 61, p. 379; 75, p. 240; 77, p. 145; 78, p. 117. G.F.9:195. 

 G.C. III. 7:617; 17:521; 39:260, 261. Gng. 2:57. A.F. 

 6:305. F.E. 9:611; 15, pi. 318, 616 (pi. 53). G.M. 

 38:489; 44:180; 50:293; 57:769. Gn.M. 3:267; 5:141, 

 150. Gn.W. 20:15. Gt. 52, p. 409. M.D.G. 1909:289. 

 G.W. 5, p. 113; 14, p. 207. F.M. 1878:309. Quite 

 hardy and very free-flowering; it begins to flower when 

 hardly 2 ft. high. Var. rdsea, Hort. Fls. blushed outside. 

 R.B. 30, p. 85. J.H.S. 27, p. 865. Var. Keiskei, Makino. 

 Densely branched shrub: fls. smaller, purple outside. 

 Not yet intro. 



23. Campbellii, Hook, f . & Thorns. Tree, to 80 ft. : Ivs. 

 elliptic-oblong or ovate, abruptly acuminate, glaucous 

 beneath and silky pubescent when young, 5-12 in. long: 

 fls. cup-shaped, 6-10 in. across, white and pink inside, 

 shaded with crimson outside; petals obovate, 9-15: fr. 

 greenish brown, 6-8 in. long. May. Himalayas. 

 B.M. 6793. F.S. 12:1282-5. Gn. 48:142; 53, pp. 167, 



125 



305. G.C. III. 23:89; 42:4. F.S.R. 2:296. G. 35:175. 

 Gn.W. 23:552. J.H. III. 42:117; 62 : 145. Beautiful 

 tree, hardy only S. 



M. compressa, Marim.=Michelia compressa. M. Dawsoniana, 

 Rehd. & Wilson. Tree, to 35 ft.: Ivs. subcoriaceous, obovate, 

 glossy above, glabrous beneath, 3-6 in. long: fr. cylindric, 4 in. 

 long: fls. unknown. W. China. M. fuscata, Andr.=Michelia 

 fuscata. M. globdsa, Hook. f. & Thorns. Allied to M. parviflora. 

 Tree, to 40 ft. : Ivs. ovate, fulvous-pubescent on the veins beneath, 

 5-9 in. long: stamens and pistil bright red: fr. oblong, 2 in. long. 

 Himalayas. M. officinalis, Rehd. & Wilson. Closely related to M. 

 hypoleuca. Branchlets yellowish: Ivs. obovate, to 1 Yi ft. long: 

 stamens shorter: fr. oblong-ovate, 4-5 in. long. Cent. China. M. 

 Sargentidna, Rehd. & Wilson. Tree, to 75 ft.: Ivs. subcoriaceous, 

 obovate, glabrous above, pubescent beneath, 4-7 J^ in. long: fr. 

 cylindric, 4-6 in. long: fls. unknown, said to be rosy red and about 

 8 in. across. W. China. Var. robusta, Rehd. & Wilson. Lvs. oblong- 

 obovate, <MJ in. long: fr. to 7 34 in. long. AljFRED R E HDEK. 



MAGYDARIS (old Greek name). Umbelliferx. Two 

 perennial herbs of Spam, Sicily and N. W. Afr., one of 

 which is offered abroad as an ornamental plant. Lvs. 



2301. Magnolia denudata, commonly known as M. conspicua. 



pinnate or pinnatisect, the segms. large, dentate or 

 cut: fls. white in compound many-rayed umbels, with 

 the many bracts of the involucre and involucels linear 

 or lanceolate; petals obovate and inflexed at the apex 

 and more or less 2-lobed: fr. oblong, tomentose. M. 

 tomentosa, Koch, has Ivs. pinnatisect, tomentose be- 

 neath, nearly or quite glabrous above: bracts of invo- 

 lucre elongated-linear and undivided: fr. ovate, the 

 carpels very obtuse and tomentose. 



MAHERNIA (anagram of Hermannia). Sterculiacese, 

 One very fragrant herb-like plant in greenhouses, and 

 perhaps one or two others are cultivated. By some 

 united with Hermannia. 



Calyx campanulate, 5-cleft; petals 5, with hollow 

 claws, twisted in the bud; stamens 5, opposite the 

 petals, the filaments prominently enlarged or dilated 

 at about the middle (and thus differing from Her- 

 mannia, which has no sudden enlargement in the fila- 

 ments), the anthers long; ovary 5-loculed, ripening 



