MAGNOLIACEAE 533 
short-petioled: flowers drooping, short-pedi- 
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berry ovoid, inequilateral, 5-12 cm. long, 
yellow blotehe d with ee coarsely reticu- 
late: seeds 9-20 mm. long. [4. laurifolia 
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2. A. sa L. D 2 glabrous or nearly glabrous E leaf- eye 
mainly ‘elliptic, en elliptie-lanceolate, mos tly 10-15 em. long, r 
slender petioled: sepals EDS adly deltoid, about 2 mm. long, MSIE outer icu 
narrowly elliptic tc linear-lanceolate, 24-28 mm. long: pud bs to globose- 
—10 em. long, tuberculate, yellowish green.— a APPLE. WEET- 
E | Ham ocks, Florida Keys. Nat. of trop. Am.—(f ^L. )—Grown exten- 
iy in the pisc Us for its edible E 
Faminy 4A. MAGNOLIACEAE — MAGNOLIA FAMILY 
Shrubs, trees, or vines. Leaves, alternate, sometimes apparently 
whorled: blades entire, toothed, or lobed. Flowers perfect or monoe- 
cious. Calyx ‘of 3 petaloid sepals or rarely more. Corolla of 5 imbri- 
Leaves not lobed, sometimes merely auricled at the base: mature carpels dehiscent or. 
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Carpels whorl: petals ny. 1. ILLICIUM. 
capan imbrieated in severa al series : sed about 5. 
Twining shrubs with monoecious flowers: stamens 5, united 
i or disk: fruit a spike of berries, 2. SCHIZANDRA. 
Erect shrubs or trees with pe fect u 
deciduous: follicle Parade d. 3. TULIPASTRUM. 
Corolla white: styles or stigmas de persistent: fol- 
licle tipped by the style or stigm 4. MAGNOLIA. 
Leaves 4-lobed : mature carpels samara-like, P indelisceut 5. LIRIODENDRON. 
1. ILLICIUM L. Aromatic shrubs or trees. Leaves evergreen: blades 
entire, exstipulate. Flowers perfect, more or less nodding. Sepals 3-6. Petals 
any, in 3-several series, the inner the narrower. Stamens numerous: filaments 
nearly linear: anther-sacs contiguous. Carpels in 1 series. Seed solitary.— 
Seven species, the following and 5 in Asia.—Spr.—ANISE-TREES. STAR-ANISES. 
Corolla 2 em. broad: petals 6-12: leaf-blades obtuse. 1. I. parviflorum. 
Corolla 2.5-3 em. broad: petals 20-30: leaf-blades acuminate. 2. I. floridanum. 
arviflorum Michx. Shrub 1-2 m. tall: leaf-blades elliptic, 6-10 c 
long, sepals less than 10 mm. ie petals ovate or suborbicular, about as ious 
