SPECIES ASIATICAE, 413 
culus sat gracilis, maturitate fructuum glaber ; regio cicatricum 
staminalium circ. 7 mm. longa glabra; gynophorum breve 
adest, 6-8 mm. longum. Carpella matura 15-20 spicam con- 
gestam 5-7 cm. longam 2.5-3 cm. latam formantia, 2—2.5 cm. 
longa, circ. 1 cm. lata, sutura dorsali dehiscentia, seminibus 
I~2 laete aurantiaco-rubris ad 12 mm. longis, ad 7 mm. latis 
aromaticis. 
“Western China :—Mekong-Salween divide, Yunnan, in 
open mixed forests. Lat. 28° 12’ N. Alt. 10,000—11,000 ft. 
Shrub or tree of 20-40 ft. In mare seeds bright orange-red, 
strongly aromatic. Nov. 1917.” G. Forrest. No. 15,059. 
Also Oct. 1918. G. Forrest. No. 17,300. 
This species like M. Pealiana, King shows a short gynophore, 
but the fruit is that of a Magnolia. In its leaves it shows an 
approach to Michelia Bodimiert, Fin. et Gagnep.—a species 
closely allied to M. Pealiana in the opinion of its authors. 
Magnolia rostrata, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species tantum cum M. officinali, Rehder et Wilson et 
M. obovata, Thunb. (M. hypoleuca, Sieb. et Zucc.) compara- 
bilis a quibus fructu anguste cylindrico e carpellis parvis longi- 
rostratis composito inter alia signa discrepat. 
Arbor 12-24 m. alta; ramuli annotini glabri flavido- 
cinerei, vetustiores cicatricibus magnis foliorum delapsorum 
suborbicularibus notati; gemmae circ. 5 cm. longae, anguste 
cylindricae, acutatae, glabrae, eis M. Delavayi, Franch. 
simillimae. Folia decidua, ad apicem ramulorum congesta 
petiolo ad 4 cm. longo cito glabrescente suffulta; lamina ad 
32 cm. longa, ad 23 cm. lata, late obovata, apice latissima 
rotundata, acumine plerumque obsoleto, basim versus angustata 
et rotundata, in sicco tenuiter papyracea, supra laete viridis 
maturitate glabra, infra glauca vel subglauca, ad costam ner- 
vosque densiuscule fulvo- vel ferrugineo-pilosa, cetera hic illic 
sparsim pilosula, nervis utrinsecus plus minusve 30 cum costa 
elevatis, reticulatione nervulcrum utrinque conspicua. Flores 
praecoces, rosei, cupuliformes, saltem 16 cm. diametro ; pedun- 
culi crassi, circ. 2 cm. longi, sub anthesi ut videtur glabri ; sepala 
petalaque 10-11, circ. 7-8 vel nunc 10 cm. longa, 3—5.5 cm. lata, 
subaequalia, obovata. Stamina numerosa, filamentis ad 5 mm. 
longis, antheris circ. I cm. longis mucrone brevi triangulari 
praeditis. Carpella pernumerosa stylis ovaria subaequantibus. 
Fructus cylindricus, 12-14 cm. longus, ad 4 cm. latus, apice 
paulo angustatus, basi subrotundatus, carpellis infimis haud 
decurrentibus ; carpella inter minora, sub dehiscentiam circ. 
I cm. longa, 5-6 mm. lata, naviculiformia, 1-2-sperma, rostro 
