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The native name of the tree is Kokoon, which has suggested the 
generic name. 
Prats VI. Fig. l. Flower. 2. Stamen. 3. Ovary and disc cut 
longitudinally. 4, Transverse section of the same. 5. Small, imma- 
ture capsule. 6. Transverse section of the same. 7, 8. Seeds. 9. 
Branch and stipules :—all but fig. 5 and 6 magnified. 
Kew GanpEN Museum; or, a Notice of the Origin and some of the 
Contents of the Museum or Economic Botany attached to the 
ROYAL GARDENS oF Kew; dy the Director, Sır W. J. HOOKER, 
K.H., F.R.A. and L.S. 
(Continued from p. 887.) 
Ord. MaceNoLrAcEX. MacNoLrA FAMILY. 
The well-known Magnolias are the type of this Natural Family, 
which, however conspicuous by luxuriant foliage, large and beautiful 
and highly fragrant flowers, does not yield much to economie botany. 
The bark, indeed, is considered tonic and aromatic, and the fruits also ; 
while the too powerful odour of the flowers often occasions nausea, 
headache, and faintings. 
Swamp-sassafras, or Beaver-tree. Magnolia glauca, Z. Fruit. Both 
the fruit and the bark in the United States, where it is a native (and 
called Swamp-sassafras, or Beaver-tree), are in high esteem for their 
bitter and aromatic principle, rivalling Cinchona, it is said, in the qua- 
lities. 
Talauma fragrantissima, Gardn., from Brazil, and Talauma Candollei, 
Bl. Fruits. Remarkable only for their form and structure. 
Tulip-tree. Liriodendron tulipifera, Z. Bark. Bitter and aromatic. 
Employed medicinally in North America, where the tree is one of the 
most stately of the forests. . 
Champaca. Michelia Champaca, Z. Flowers, in spirits. (Hort. 
Soc.) Native of China. All the parts of this tree are highly stimulant. 
Winters Bark. Drimys Winteri, De Cand. Wood and bark (D. 
Hanbury, Esq.). Stimulant, aromatic, and tonic, properties analogous 
to those of Cinnamon and Canella alba, with which latter it has been 
by many writers confounded. The tree was discovered in the Straits 
of Magellan by William Winter, captain of one of the ships which ac- 
