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Magnolia macrophylla. Large-leaved 

 Magnolia. 



Class and Order. 



POLYANDRIA PoLYGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cal. 3-phyllus. Petala 9. Caps. 2-valves, imbricatae. Sem. 

 baccata, pundula. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Magnolia macrophylla ; ram is medullosis fragilibus, foliis ob- 

 longe subcuneato-obovalibus : basi sinuata subauriculatis, 

 subtus glaucis. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. 331. Michaux 

 Amer. bor. 1. p. 327. Michaux Arb. v. 3. t. 7. 



Magnolia macrophylla ; ramis medullosis fragilibus, foliis 

 amplissimis oblonge subcuneato-obovalibus basi sinuata 

 subauriculatis subtus glaucis, petalis sex ovatis obtusis. 

 Pursh Amer. p. 381. 



Magnolia macrophylla. Nuttall Amer. 2. p. 18. 



Magnolia macrophylla; foliis amplissimis obovato-oblongis 

 basi subauriculatis subtus glauco-subtomentosis. Poir. 

 Encycl. Sup. 3. p. 572. 



The Magnolia macrophylla is a small pyramidal growing 

 tree with leaves and flowers larger than those of any other 

 tree in North-America ; the former growing from a foot to 

 two feet and a half in length, and six or eight inches in 

 breadth, smooth, bright green on the upper and glaucous on 

 the under side; the latter larger than the blossoms of Magnolia 

 grandijlora, and in our individual though probably much 

 smaller than in its native soil, too large for the size of our 

 plate. It consists of six white petals, the three internal* 



* Authors generally attribute this colour to the external petals, Michaux 

 hairing used the word inferiora, but we suspect that this is a misprint for 

 **teriora. 



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