TREES AND s IMF us. 



MAGNOLIA KOIU* 



Handb. Laubhohk. I 329, t 207, A 0, I 209, C D. 



Magnolia Kobushi, Mayr, Fn-mdL Waldr vmd Parkb 



Leaves obovate, gradually or abruptly narrowed at the apex into a short broad point, gradually 

 narrowed and cuneate at the base, slightly thickened on the entire involute margins, glabrous 

 with the exception of small axillary tufts of white hairs below, dull dark given on the upper sur- 

 face, paler on the lower surface, from G to "..*> centimetres long and from 1.5 to 5 centimetres wide 



veinlets ; petioles slender, from 1.2 to 1.8 centimetres in length. Flowers cup-shaped, white. Iron 



5 to 6 centimetres long; sepals oblong-ovate, acute, from l.f> to l.S millimetres long; petal: 

 oblong-obovate, rounded or acute at the apex, gradually narrowed to the base, thin, punctulate 

 about 1.5 centimetres in length; tips of the anthers apiculate, short and straight, fruit oblong 

 often unsymmetrical, usually from 4 to f> centimetres long, dark green ; carpel.-, ovate, roninlet 

 at the apex, conspicuously punctate : seeds broader than high, thicker at the apex than at tin 

 base, from 1 to 1.2 centimetres wide and from 8 to It) millimetres high ; outer coat of the te>t: 

 thick and fleshy, the inner crustaceous, black and lustrous. 1 



A broad open shrub (in cultivation), 4 or 5 metres high, with numerous stout stems coverec 

 with smooth pale gray bark, small ascending branches, and slender branches conspicuously 

 marked bv the scars of fallen stipules and by 'small pale lentirels. light v.dlou-grven in their firs; 

 winter, rather bright reddish brown the following year, and later dull reddish brown. Winter 

 buds ovate, full and rounded on one side, nearly straight on the other, narrowed to the obt.iseh 

 pointed apex, thickly coated with long brownish hairs, from L.8 to li centimetres long and frou 



6 to 8 centimetres in diameter 



Japan: Hondo, Hakone, Max'unoidrz, 1861 (in Herb. Gray). 



This plain i- -aid to be common in the mountain forest- of Hondo ; lm? in Japan I -aw i: only ai the !' 

 atTokio. Mi'jnol'm K"lr,is was introduced into the United Stat,-- through the Parson- Nur- 

 certainly as early as 1S70. and wa- distributed under the un]i!iblis}]e.l name : It has been ai 



flowers, however, are not produced in much profusion, and a- an ornanienlal plant it i- inferior to the Chinese \ ulai 

 Magnolia and it- various hybrid- and varieties. A tree of northern Hondo and oi Hokkaaio ha- u-uall\ 

 Magnolia Kobus. This is perhaps a distinct species, hut with our ex;-- 

 it may, perhaps, best be considered a geographical variety as 



Magnolia Kobus, rar. bokeali-. 

 Kb***, Maximowie/. . 

 MSL Biol. viii. r>07. — Sar-eut. ', 



Japan: Hokkaido, Hakodate, Meaamom *1861 fir B 



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