MAGNOLIACEAE 141 



M. officinalis Rehder & Wilson. 



Tree to 14 m. tall with yellowish branchlets and obovate leaves up to 

 45 cm. long. The fruit is oblong-ovate, 10-15 cm. long. Closely allied to 

 the Japanese M. hypolenca from which it may be distinguished by the 

 yellowish and not purplish branchlets. The bark and flower buds are- 

 medicinal. 



Hupeh and Szechuan. 



M. globosa var. sinensis Rehder & Wilson. 

 A shrub. Yunnan. 



M. nicholsoniana Rehder & Wilson. 



Shrubby or small tree 6 m. tall. W. Szechuan. 



M. wilsonii Rehder. 



Branchlets pubescent. Leaves densely silky tomentose beneath, 8-15- 

 cm. long. Flowers cup-shaped, white, very fragrant; carpels and filaments- 

 red ; fruit about 6 cm. long. 



W. Szechuan. 



M. aulacosperma Rehder & Wilson. 



Tree 11 m. tall with the seeds grooved in the under surface. 

 W. Hupeh. 



M. dawsoniana Rehder & Wilson. 



Tree to 10 m. tall. W. Szechuan. 



M. liliflora Desrousseaux. 



Large shrub with scentless flowers white on the inside and purplish, 

 outside. Common cultivated plant. China & Japan. 



M. henryi Dunn. Yunnan. 



M. coco De Candolle. 



Evergreen shrub with nodding white fragrant flowers. 

 Cultivated in.S. China. Kwangtung. 



M. biondii Pampinini. Shensi. 



