Ill. MAGNOLIA‘CEZ: MAGNOLIA. 33 
Magnolia tripétala, of a beautiful rose colour when ripe; it differs from those 
of the other species bya little inferiority of size, and by a small appendage 
which terminates the carpels. Each carpel contains one or two seeds. The 
wood is soft, spongy, very light, and unfit for use. The bark is grey, and 
always smooth, even on the oldest trees. When the epidermis is removed 
the cellular integument, by contact with the air, instantly changes from white 
to yellow. In England, annual shoots of young plants are from 1 ft. to 2 ft. or 
more in length’; and the height which the tree usually attains in 10 years is 
from 10 ft. to 15ft. The soil for this species ought to be free and deep ; 
and the situation low, sheltered, and moist, rather than dry. As seeds aro 
‘not very easily procured, the common mode of propagation, is by layers, or 
by inarching on M. acuminata. Two years are required before the plants 
can be separated from the parent stock. 
§ il. Gwillimia Rott. in Dee. Syst. 
lela 
sea Named in honour of General Gwillim, some time governor of Madras. (Den’s Mill., 
. Pp. Sd. 
Sect. Char. Asiatic species, generally with two opposite spathe-like bracteas 
enclosing the flower-bud. Anthers bursting inwards. Ovaries somewhat 
distant. (Don’s Mill.) Trees or shrubs; natives of Asia, 
¥ 8. M. cowspi’cua Salisb. The Yulan, or conspicuous-flowered Magnolia. 
Identification. Dec. Prod., 1. p. 81. ; Don’s Mill. 1., p. 83. 
Synonymes. M. précia Correa; M. Yidan Desf. ; Yu lan, Chinese; the Lily-flowered Magnolia; 
Magnolier Yulans, Fr. Yulans Bieberbaum, Ger. Magnolia dai Fiori di Giglio, Itad. 
Derivation. The epithet précia was given to this magnolia by M. Correa, because it produces its 
flowers before its leaves. Yu lan signifies the lily tree. Giglio is the Italian for a lily. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., 1621.; the plate of this species in Arb. Brit. Ist edit. vol. v.; and our fig. 44. 
Spec. Char., §c. Deciduous. Leaves obovate, abruptly acuminated ; younger 
ones pubescent, expanding after the flowers. Flowers erect, 6—9-petaled. 
Styles erect. (Don’s Mill.) A deciduous tree of the middle size. China. 
Height in China 40 ft. to 50 ft.; in England 20 ft. to 30 ft. Introduced in 
1789. Flowers white, fragrant; February and April. Strobiles brownish ; 
ripe in September. Decaying leaves dark brown or black. Naked young 
wood ash-coloured or greyish brown. 
Parieties, or Hybrids. 
¥ M.c. 2 Soulangeana. M. Soulangedna An. 
Hort. Soc, Par.; Magnolier de Soulange, 
Fr. (M. Soulangeana Swt. Brit. Fi- gh 
Gard., t. 260.; and our jig. 43.) — The 
leaves, wood, and general habit of this 
tree bear a close resemblance to those of § 
M. conspicua. The flowers resemble in 
form those of M. purptrea var. gracilis - 
or of M. purpurea, and the petals are 
slightly tinged with purple. It was raised 
at Fromont, near Paris, from the seeds 
of a plant of M. conspicua, which stood 
near one of M. purpurea, in front of the 
chateau of M. Soulange-Bodin; the 
flowers of the former of which had been accidentally fecundated by 
the pollen of the latter. i P : : 
Other Varieties, or Hybrids. M. conspicua has ripened seeds in various 
places ; and, as it fertilises readily with M. purpurea and M. gracilis, many 
new varieties may be expected when the attention of cultivators is more 
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45. Magndlia conspicua Soulangeana. 
