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MAGNOLIA cordata. 



Heart-leaved Magnolia. 



POLYANDUIA POLYGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Magnohace;e- Decand. Syst. NaU 439. 



MAGNOLIA. CaL S-phytlus, deciduue, interdim nullus (foliolis for- 

 B^n omnino petaloideis et pro petalis cxternts Iiabitis). Pe/- 6-12, bi-trU 

 quadruplicive ordine disposita, decidua, AniL extrorsffi. Caps, indefinitfc 

 spicatnri secus racliln c}']indricam in conum imbncata?, libera, 2-vaIves» 

 2-**permac, extrorsum dehiscentes. Sem, baccata, subcordata, funiculi 

 unibilicalis longissimi ope extra capsulam pendula. Arbores puicherrimas. 

 foLintepa; stipula; 2 ojipositiB^ folia juniora tegentes^ in gemmam acumi- 

 uatamconvolt/t£Uf cito caduc^ ; Jtores ad apices ramorum terminates^ solitarii^ 

 breviter peduncnlati ; braclea miica laferaiiterjissa out 9 opposita alabastrum 

 includentes mox cadiicm et Uneam circularem super peaiculum, ut ttipulm 

 secus ramulos^ relinquentes. Decand. 1. c. 44-9- 



M. cordatay foliis deciduis cordiformibus subovatis acutis fiubtdft subto- 



mentosis supra laevibus^ petalis 6-9 obiongis. Decand. loc» cit* 455. 



Magnolia cordata. Michaux bon amer, 1. 328, EJu&d.fX, arb. 3- 87. /. 4, 



Piirsli amer, sept, 2. 382. Hort. KexK\ ed, % 3- 331. 



Arbor 40 50 pedes alia. Rami teretes^ fmciy iactni asperiuscnli; nove^ 



villosit medidld crassa rufe&cente. Fol, eiUptico-ovata^ acida^ seniora infri 



cordaia^ supra obsoleliiis lanuginosa, niieniia^ subtus brevi iomenio pallentia^ 



nervis plunmis obliquis^ 5-6'Uncia/ia latitudine subtriunciali : petiolus teres^ 



*vitlosusj subuncialis* Stipulae membranosa^ sesquiundnles^ viuosiSf pallidat 



Jigura Jere folioloTum cmycinorum^ caduct^, Pedunculi Mny?an, terminales, 



hreviores petioto^ crassly atomoideO'punctaiif pavlo infra fiorem cicatrice 



circulari notati. Flos diametro ultra Aa-uncialem , gtauco-JlavescenSf ertetaSt 



subodoratus, Cal. ultra duptum breviore petatis^ foliotis 3 lineari-oblongis 



cum brevi acumine^ petalorum subconcoiorat teneriora vera et caduca. Pet. 6^ 



Jlacciday cuiteato'obovnia, cum brevi acuminCt altema aliquaiUulum angustiora, 



Jorisque magis virentia^ 



One of the rarer species of this magnificent genus. In- 

 troduced in 1801, by Messre- Frasers, of the Sloane Square 

 Nursery, from North America, where it is found chiefly in 

 Carolina and Georgia. Quite hardy, and thriving with the 

 treatment of the more common sorts. Said to acquire the 

 height of 40 or 50 feet in its native soil; but with us it is 

 still a mere shnib in size. The drawing was taken from a 

 plant that flowered in the fine collection of Mr. Vere, at 

 Kensington Gore. We had also a specimen from Messrs, 

 Whitley and Co. of the Fulham Nursery. 



Eighteen species are now recorded ; 9 from North Ame- 



