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spreading. Petals 9, lanceolate, pointed. (Don's Mill., \. p. 83.) A low tree. 



North America. White flowers. May and June. 1811. Height 20ft. 



Description, History, $c. This tree, which is found in the western parts of 

 Carolina and Georgia, resembles the preceding species in every particular (ex- 

 cept size) so closely, that we have not the least doubt of its being only a 

 variety of it, or, at least, its bearing the same relation to that species which M. 

 cordata does to M. acuminata. It has been found in only two or three locali- 

 ties. One of these is on the banks of the Alatamaha river in Georgia, 40 miles 

 south of Savannah, where it was discovered by M. le Conte. (See Gard. 

 Mag., vol. viii. p. 288.) It was brought to England in 1818 by Mr. Lyon ; and 

 the original tree still exists in Messrs. Loddiges's nursery. It is extremely 

 difficult to propagate (which is done by inarching on M. auriculata) ; and it is, 

 in consequence, very sparingly distributed over the country. Plants, about 

 London, cost 21*. each; at Bollwyller, 15 francs ; in New York, ?. 



ii. Gwillimia Pott, in Dec. Syst. 



Derivation. General Gwillim, some time governor of Madras. (Don's Mill., 1. p. 83.) 



Sect. Char. Asiatic species, generally with two opposite spathe-like brae teas 

 enclosing the flower-bud. Anthers bursting inwards. Ovaries somewhat 

 distant. Perhaps the species of this section, with one bractea, should have 

 been given among the michelias. It is, however, evident, that none of them 

 are true magnolias. (.Don's Mill., i. p. 83.) 



5 9. M. CONSPI'CUA Salisb. The Yulan, or conspicuous^ozwra/ Magnolia. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 1. p. 81. ; Don's Mill. 1., p. 83. 



Synonymes. M. precia Correa ; M. Yiilan Desf. ; Yu Ian, Chinese ; the Lily-flowered Magnolia ; 



Magnolier Yulans, Fr. ; Yulans Bieberbaum, Ger. 

 Derivations. The epithet pr^cia was given to this magnolia by M. Correa, because it produces its 



flowers before its leaves. Yu Ian signifies the lily tree. 

 Engravings. Hot. Mag., 1621. ; Otto and Hayne, t. 72. ; E. of PL, 7907. ; our fig. 34. and the plate 



of this species in Vol. II. 



Spec. Char. Leaves obovate, abruptly acuminated, younger ones pubescent, 

 expanding after the flowers. Flowers erect, 6 9-petaled. Styles erect. 

 (Don's Mill., i. p. 93.) A middle-sized tree in China. Flowers white. 

 Feb. to April. Introduced in 1789. Height from 30 ft. to 40 ft. 



Varieties. 



M. c. 2 Soulangeana. Soulange's conspicuous-flowered Magnolia. 



Synonymes. M. Soulangeana An. Hort. Sod. Par., Swt. Fl.-Gard., Don's Mill. ; Mag. 



nolier de Soulange, Fr. 

 Engraving. M. Soulange<3a Swt. Brit. Fl.-Gard., t 260. 



Description. The leaves, wood, and general habit of the tree bear 

 so close a resemblance to those of M. conspicua, that, when the 

 plant is not in flower, it is almost impossible to distinguish it from 

 that species. The flowers resemble in form those of M. purpurea var. 

 gracilis or of M. purpurea, and the petals are slightly tinged with 

 purple. It was raised at Fromont, near Paris, from the seeds of a 

 plant of M. conspicua, which stood near one of M. purpurea, in 

 front of the chateau of M. Soulange-Bodin ; the flowers of the 

 former of which had been accidentally fecundated by the pollen of 

 the latter. 



Y M. c. 3 Alexandrine Hort. The Empress Alexandrines conspicuous- 

 flowered Magnolia. This variety so closely resembles the preceding 

 one, as not to be distinguishable from it otherwise than by its 

 flowering somewhat earlier. It was originated at Paris a few years 

 after the preceding variety, and sent to London by the Parisian 

 nurserymen in 1831. 



M. c. 4 speciosa Hort. The showy conspictcous-ftov/ered Magnolia. 



