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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. Twigs 

 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. 



