PLATE CCCXXIV. 
MAGNOLIA PURPUREA. 
Purple flowered Magnolia. ' 
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POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. Many Chives. Many Pointals. 
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ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER, 
Catyx 3-pbyllus. Petala 6-12. Capfule 2- “cole. Jeavea. Petals 6-12. Capfules 2-valved, 
; _ valves, imbricate. eae, Sci pen- tiled. Seeds, berries, pendulous 
ee. dula. See Maenouia PumitA, Pl. CCXXVI. Vol. IV. 
¥ a SPECIFIC” (CHARACTER. — e 
ae = F hagvill foliis obovatis, flaccidis; floribus os : elt pices som egg, 8 ssi ] 
ae pureis; petalis obovatis, siuaricatis, leaves; flowers purple; petals in 
Jom and ftraddling, 
SEPERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
: t The Chives and Pointals. ; "s 
partes 2A Chive, magnified. 
3s The Po Pointals. 
“Tus fine {pecies of Magnolia i is a native of China and Japan, was introduce’ to tae 
Mr. Slater of Laytonftone, to whom we are fo much indebted for the greateft number of 
plants which have been imported from thence by any individual. It is a very free grow 
will refit the feverity of our winters, if planted in a warm fituation, and is deciduous; 
the confervatory, it retains its leaves the whole year, and flowers about June. It is roe . 
"alls by laying, or by cuttings, and thrives in peat earth, with a {mall mixture of os ert 
from which our figure was taken is in the magnificent Confervatory of the Right | 4 ta 
_ Marquis of Blandford, White Knights, néar Reading, Berks; and, we believe, the fineft pe 
this {pecies of Magnolia in Britain. 
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