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MAGNOLIA ANNONÆFOLIA.

Annona-leaved Magnolia.

ORDO NATURALIS

Magnoliæ. Juss. Gen. p. 280.

Calyx 3-phyllus, petaloideus, sæpius caducus, in quibusdam nullus. Petula 6-9, decidua. Antheræ filamentis confluentes. Pericarpia numerosa, in Strobilum stipitatum imbricata, oblonga, 1 locularia, 2-valvia, 2-sperma. Semina e pericarpio dehiscente, filo pendula. ''Arbores et Frutices aromaticæ. Folia autumno decidua vel sempervirentia, sæpius grandia. Stipulæ intra foliaceæ, vaginales. Flores terminales, albi flavescentuli virides purpurcive [sic], solitarii, in quibusdam grandes. Bractea 1, calyci proxima vel inferius sita, vaginalis, caduca.''


 * Calyx nullus

M. foliorum laminis lanceolatis: petalis valde inæqualibus, exterioribus pedunculo 2-plo longioribus: pericarpiorum stipite superne lævi.

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 following name and character. M. Versicolor: foliorum laminis obovato-lanceolatis: petulis inæqualibus, 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 suspect proceeds from the glands with which the petals abound, not from the antheræ.

REFERENCES TO THE PLATE.
 * 1) The Anthers and Germen.
 * 2) The Germen and Receptacle.
 * 3) An Anther magnified.
 * 4) A Germen magnified.