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MAGNOLIA pyramidata. 



Pyramidal Magnolia. 



POLYANDRIA POLYOYNU. 



Nat. ord. Maonoliac&s. Decand. sytt. nat. I. 439. 

 MAGNOLIA. SuprA vol. l.fol. 325. 



M. pyramidata, foliis deciduis utrinque concoloribus spathulato-obovatii, bast 

 cordatis, auriculia divaricatis, sepal is (foliolis calycinis) tribus patenti- 

 bus, petalis novera lanceolatis, a cumin atis. Decand. syst. nat. 1. 454. 



Magnolia pyramidata. Pursk amer. sept. 2. 332, Sweet nort. sub. lond. 126. 



Magnolia auriculata; &. pyramidata. Nuttatt gen. 2. 12. 



Magnolia auriculata. Michaux bor. amer. 2. 328 (excluso synonymoji non 

 aliorum. . 



Another new species of Magnolia, &c. &c. Bartram's trav. 340; sub cake. 

 A* MagnoliA auriculata differt, iestibus Bartramio et Purshio, non 



tantum kabitu pyramidato, sed Joliis quadruplo minoribus suit its virtdibus, 



auncuUt h petiolo divaricatis, petalis lanceolatis sensim acuminatis. Decand. 



loc, cit. 



We have followed Messrs. Bartram, Pursh, and Decan- 

 dolle in recording our plant, as a different species from 

 Magnolia auriculata, of which it has been considered by 

 others a mere variety. 



Pyramidata is a tree of more upright pyramidal growth 

 than auriculata, with leaves not one-fourth the size; be- 

 sides, these are here of one colour on both surfaces, but 

 there green on one and glaucous on the other; and the lobes 

 of the base are divaricate in this, converging in that; the 

 petals are nine in both, but oblong in auriculata and lanceo- 

 late in pyramidata^ 



Native of the western parts of Georgia and Carolina, in 

 North America. Introduced by Mr. Lyon in 1811. 



The drawing was taken at the nursery of Messrs. Col- 

 ville, King's Road, Chelsea, where it is cultivated along 

 with other North American plants in the open ground, and 

 flowers in June. 



The foliage of pyramidata is of a much thinner sub- 

 stance than in auriculata, and the whole plant has a very 

 different appearance. 



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