PLATE CCXXIX. 



MAGNOLIA FUSCATA. 



Brown-Jleined Magnolia. 



CLASS XIIL ORDER VIL ofSchrci.G.n.piam. 

 POLYANDRIA POLVGYNIA. Many Chives. Many Pointals. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calyx 3-phyllus. Petala6-r2. CapfuL-e 2-valves, 

 imbricatae. Semina baccata, pendula. 



Cop 3 leaved. Petals 6-12. Capfules 2-valved, 

 tiled. Seeds, berries, pendulous. 

 See Magnolia pumila, PI. 22(3. Vol. IV. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Magnolia foliis elipticis, fenioribus glabris, ju- 

 niorihus ramulifqae tomentofis, fulcatis; 

 petalis interne fubalbidis, marginibus ele- 

 gantiflinie coloratis. 



Magnolia with eliptical leaves, the old one» 

 fmooth, the 3'ounger as well as the fmall 

 branches are downy, and browned; petals 

 whitifh within, the margins elegantly co- 

 louted. 



REPEREXCE TO THE PLATE. 



1 . The outer fence of the flower, which falls olF before the flower expands. 



2. An outer petal of the blolTom. 



3. A Chive, with the parts complete, before the pollen has been emitted, a little magnified. 



4. The fame flicwn from the outfide. 



5. A Chive fliewn from the inlide with the tips burft, magnified. 



6. The Chives and Pointals, natural fize. 



y. The Pointals, as they are placed on the columnar fliaft, the Chives being removed, 

 natural fize. 



Of all the Magnolias with which we are as yet acquainted, this fpecies is the moft elegant; whe- 

 ther for the growth of tlie plant, the brilliancy of the foliage, or the extreme delicacy, fragrance, 

 and beauty of the flowers. It i» a native of China ; from whence it was firll introduced to us, 

 in the year 1796, by T. Evans, Efq. of Stepney; from a plant in whofe colleftion, onr figure was 

 taken, this year, 1802, in the month of February, the general feafon of its flowering in this climate 

 if kept in the hot-houfe; to which flalion it has, as yet, been doomed, although, from the general 

 charafter of the Genus, we Ihould be led to treat it more hardily. It is increafed by cuttings, and 

 layers; but the firfl is the bell method, a<, in the latter mode the branches do not take root under two 

 years. The plant from which our drawing was made, did not exceed a foot and a half in height, 

 which leads us to fnppofe it never becomes a large flirub, even in China. It thrives in leaf mould, and 

 light loam. We believe this plant has not hitherto come under the review of any botanical author. 



