MAGNOLIACEAE. — MAGNOLIA 393 



Kiangsi: Kiukiang, foot of ascent to Kuling, cultivated, alt. 

 300 m., August 2, 1907 (No. 1649; tree 10-12 m. tall). 



Except in its bilobed leaves this variety differs in no particular from the type. 

 It is also cultivated for the medicinal value of its bark and leaves. The peculi- 

 arity in the foliage is constant in all the trees we saw. This variety is also culti- 

 vated in the vicinity of Ningpo where it was collected a few years ago by the 

 late Bishop Moule. 



Magnolia globosa Hooker f . & Thomson, Fl Ind. I. 77 (1885) ; in 

 Hooker f., Fl. Brit. hid. I. 41 (1872). — Gamble, Trees & Shrubs 

 Darjeeling 2 (1877); Manual Ind. Timbers, 9 (1902). — King in A^in. 

 Bot. Gard. Calcutta, HI. 208, fig. 50 (1891). — Finet & Gagiiepain 

 in Bidl. Soc. Bot. France, LII. Mem. IV. 39 (1905); Contrib. Fl. As. 

 Or. II. 39 (1907).— Brandis, Ind. Trees, 6 (1906). 



Sikhim Himalaya: alt. 3000-3300 m. 



Magnolia globosa, var. sinensis Rehder & Wilson, n. var. 



Frutex 2.5-5 m. altus, ramis gracilibus; ramuli hornotini initio 

 sericeo-pilosi, glabrescentes, annotini, glabri, laeves, pallide cinerei 

 V. flavido-cinerei, rarius fuscescentes. Folia decidua, membranacea, 

 maturitate subchartacea, late-obovata v. elliptico-obovata, rarius 

 elliptico-ovata, apice rotundata et breviter acuminulata, rarius suba- 

 cuta, basi rotundata, interdum truncata, rarissime late cuneata, 10- 

 20 cm. longa et 6-16 cm. lata, supra glabra, obscure luteo-viridia, 

 in sicco reticulata, subtus laxe villosa, ad nervos densius sericeo- 

 villosa, glaucescentia, maturitate saepe glabrescentia, nervis utrin- 

 secus 10-15 in triente superiori plerumque manifeste furcatis supra 

 ut costa colore flavido conspicuis subtus elevatis reticuloque venula- 

 rum leviter elevato; petioli sericeo-villosi, 2.5-4 cm. longi. Flores ut 

 in typo, simul cum foliis bene evolutis, fragrantes, albi, cupulares, 

 12-15 cm. diam., gjmaeceo scarlatino; alabastra ovoidea. Fructus 

 oblongo-cylindricus, 4.5-5 cm. longus, 1.5 cm. diam.; pcdicellus satis 

 gracilis, 5-6.5 cm. longus, glabrescens; carpella rostrata. 



Western Szech'uan: west and near Wen-ch'uan Hsien, wood- 

 lands and thickets, alt. 2000-2600 m., June and September 1908 (No. 

 1422). 



This Chinese variety is always a shrub of straggling habit, and thus differs 

 from the Indian species which is described as a tree, 40 ft. tall. The Indian plant 

 also differs in its ovate acute or obtuse leaves and in its rufous pubescence. 



This variety is a handsome flowering shrub and is not uncommon in the moist 

 woods and thickets of north-western Szech'uan. 



