MAGNOLIA 



MAHERNIA 



1969 



larne shrub or small tree: Ivs. obovate to obovate- 

 oblong: fls. largo, canipanulate, white, more or less 

 purplish outside, often fraKrant; sepals usually colored, 

 sometimes almost as loiin, sometimes hardly half as 

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

 10:283. B.U. lltU. "(in. 51), p. 241; tK>, p. 76; 7(), p. 135. 

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

 Gt. 5:1(56 and IGS. Var. Lennei, Rehd. Nearer to M. 

 liliflora. More slirubbv: 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, Ilort. .\ fastigiate form. 



There are many other named varieties, varying in 

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

 outside towaril the base lieep purple, white inside, one 

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

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

 var. Brozzonii, Hort., fls. white, shaded purjjle (G. 

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

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

 petals i)urple at base and in the middle ; var. Norbertiana, 

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

 var. riistica (M. nixlica il. riibro, Hort.), deep jjurple 

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

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

 pink toward the base outside. These hybrids are among 

 the most pojiular 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. consplcua, Salisb. M. Yiilan, Desf.). Fig. 

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

 Ivs. obovate or obovate-oblong, shortly 

 pointed, pubescent beneath when young, 4—7 

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

 scented, about 6 in. across; petals and sepals 

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

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

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

 12:1187. G.C. 111. 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 showj' species. Var. purpur- 

 ascens, Rehd. & Wilson (.1/. conspicua var. 

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

 pale pink within. Var. elongata, Rehd. & _ 

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

 white. 



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

 small tree, with spreading branches: lvs. efliptic 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 :3(K).— Quite 

 hardy and verj- f ree-flo weriag ; 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. 

 Xot yet intro. 



23. Campbellii, Hook, f . & Thoms. Tree, to 80 ft.: lvs. 

 elliptic-<jblong or ovate, abniptly acuminate, glaucous 

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

 fls. cu[)-shaped, iy-U) 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. 23:5.52. J.H. III. 42:117; 62:146.— Beautiful 

 tree, hardy only S. 



Af. compritiita, Maxim. =MicheIia compressa. — ^f, Dawsonianat 

 Ilelid. & WiLsun. Tree, to 35 ft.: lvs. subcoriaceous, obovate, 

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

 long: fls. unknown. W. China. — M. J'uscatn, Andr.^Michelia 

 fuscata. — M. globdsa, Hoolc. f. & Thorns. Allied to M. parviflora. 

 Tree, to 40 ft.: lvs. ovate, fulvt)ua-pubeseent on the veins beneath, 

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

 Himalayas. — M. ojltriuntis, Rehd. & Wilson. Closely related to M. 

 hypuleuca. Branrhlcts yellowish: lvs. obovate, to IH ft. long: 

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

 t^nriiriitiana, Itehd. & Wilson. Tree, to 75 ft.: lvs. subcoriaceous, 

 ohn\';itc, glabrous above, pubescent beneath, 4-7)2 in. long: fr. 

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

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

 obovate, 6-9 in. long: fr. to 7>2 in. long, ^puj-o RehdeB. 



MAGYDARIS (old Greek name). UmhdUJerx. Two 

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

 which is offered abroad as an ornamental plant. Lvs. 



',1 f'^ 



. jT ■ 



>^ 



2301. Magnolia denudata, commonl; 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 apes 

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

 tomentosa, Koch, lias lvs. piimatisect, 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) . Sterculiacex. 

 One very fragrant herb-like plant in greenhouses, and 

 perh;ips one or two others are cultivated. By some 

 united with Hermannia. 



Calyx camjianulate, 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- 

 m.annia, which has no sudden enlargement in the fila- 

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



