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MAGNOLIA ANNONA‘FOLIA. 
Annona-leaved Magnolia. 
ORDO NATURALIS. 
Magnolia. Juss. Gen. p. 280. 
€alyx 3-phylius, petaloideus, seepius caducus, in quibusdam nullus, Petula 6-9, decidua, 
Anthere filamentis confluentes. Pericarpia numerosa, in Strobilum stipitatum imbricata, 
oblonga, 1 locularia, 2-valvia, 2-sperma. Semina e pericarpio dehiscente, filo pendula, Arbo- 
res et Frutices aromatic. Folia autumno decidua vel sempervirentia, sepius grandia. Stipula intra 
foliacee, vaginales. Flores terminales, albi flavescentuli virides purpureive, solitarii, in quibusdam 
grandes. Bractea.1, calyci proxima vel inferius sita, vaginalis, caduca, 
* Calyx nullus. 
M. foliorum laminis lanceolatis: petalis valde inzqualibus, exterioribus pedunculo 2-plo lon- 
gioribus: pericarpiorum stipite superne levi. 
Floret apud nos, ab Aprili in Junium. 
A low shrub, lately brought into this country from China, and now in flower in the stove of 
the Right Hon. Charles Greville. It appears to me a legitimate species, though. very nearly 
allied to the M. Fuscata of the Botanists’ Repository, which I would distinguish by the follow-. 
ing name and character. M. Versicolor ; foliorum laminis obovato-lanceolatis : petulis inzequa- 
libus, exterioribus pedunculo 4-plo longioribus: pericarpiorum stipite toto pubescente. The. 
flowers in both diffuse a similar fragrance, resembling at a distance that of a ripe apple, but 
when nearly approached more like a melon ;-and this odour I asec proceeds from the glands 
with which the petals abound, not from the anthere. — 
REFERENCES TO THE PLATE.. 
1, The Anthers and Germen. 
2. The Germen and Receptacle. 
3. An Anther magnified. 
4, A Germen magnified. 
