MAGNOLIACEAE. — MAGNOLIA 395 



Magnolia Wilsonii Rehder, n. sp. 



Magnolia parvi flora, var. Wilsoni Finet & Gagnepain in Bull. Soc. Bat. France, 

 LII. Mem. IV. 39 (1905); Contrib. Fl. As. Or. II. 39 (1907). 



Magnolia globosa Wilson in Gard. Chron. ser. 3, XXXIX. 234 (pro parte, non 

 Hooker & Thomson) (190G). 



Frutex divaricatus, circiter 3-metralis v. rarius arbor tenuis ad 

 8-mctralis, ramis gracilibus; ramuli tenues, hornotini rufo- v. cinereo- 

 villosi; annotini glabri, lenticellis sparsis notati, purpureo-brunnei ; 

 gemmae terminales, anguste oblongae, 1.5-2 cm. longae, dense 

 mfo-pilosae. Folio decidua, sparsa, elliptico-lanceolata, rarius ellip- 

 tico-ovata v. elliptico-oblonga, acuta v. breviter acuminata, basi rotun- 

 data V. leviter subcordata, rarius late cuneata, 7-15 cm., plerumque 

 9-12 cm. longa et 2.5-6 cm., plerumque 3.5-5 cm. lata, supra glabra, 

 obscure viridia, in sicco leviter reticulata, subtus dense villoso-tomen- 

 tosa pilis longis sericeis subaccumbentibus cinereo-flavidis ad costam 

 rufis, nervis utrinsecus 10-12 ut costa subtus elevatis; petioli dense 

 rufo-pilosi, 1-4 cm. longi, Flores simul cum foliis, albi, gynaeceo 

 staminibusque rubris, fragrantes, cupulares, 10-12 cm. diam.; ala- 

 bastra ovoidea, acuta, sparse fulvo-villosa, glabrescentia; pedicellus 

 2-2.5 cm. longus, cicatricem bracteae spathoideae circa medium 

 gerens, fulvo-villosus; sepala petalaque plerumque 9, erecto-paten- 

 tia, 5-6 cm. longa et 2-4.5 cm. lata, exteriora elliptica, acuta v. obtusa, 

 interiora obovata apice rotundata; stamina numerosa, 10-12 mm. 

 longa, erecto-patentia, filamentis brevissimis, 1.5-2 mm. longis rubris, 

 connectivo apice rotundato plerumque mucronulato; gynaeceum cum 

 parte stammifera circiter 2.5 cm. longum, rubrum; carpella vix 

 numerosa, stigmatibus erecto-patentibus 3-4 mm. longis. Fructus 

 nutans, oblongo-cylindricus, obtusus, 6-7 cm. longus et 2-2.4 cm. 

 diam., purpureus; carpella matura congesta, aperta naviculiformia, 

 valvis plerumque apice et basi cohaerentibus 1-1.5 cm. longis circiter 

 8 mm. altis supra manifeste rostratis; semina 1-2, irregulariter 

 latissime obovoidca, interdum latiora quam longa, 7-8 mm. longa v. 

 lata, compressa, scarlatina, testa interiore griseo-brunnea non sulcata 

 basi acuminulata. 



Western Szech'uan: south-east of Tachicn-lu, woods and 

 thickets, alt. 2300-2600 m., May 24 and October 1904 (Vcitch Exped. 

 No. 3137, type); same locality, alt. 2000-2800 m., June and October 

 1908 (No. 1374). 



This is a remarkably distinct species, readily distinguished by the dense pubes- 

 cence of the under side of the leaves, their shape and by the prominent scar on the 



