410 FLORA. 



long, 2-5 cm. broad, oval or oblong, obtuse or blunt-acuminate, acute at the base, 

 coriaceous, dark green above, glaucous and more or less pubescent beneath ; flowers 

 white, depressed-globose, deliciously fragrant, 5-8 cm. in diameter; sepals spread- 

 ing, obtuse, nearly as large as the obovate rounded petals; cone of fruit oblong, 4-5 

 cm. high. In swamps and swampy woods, eastern Mass, to Penn., Fla. and Tex. 

 May-June. 



5. Magnolia acuminata L. CUCUMBER-TREE. MOUNTAIN MAGNOLIA. (I. F. 

 f. 1541.) A tree 20-30 m. high. Leaf-buds silky -pubescent; leaves scattered, 1.5- 

 2.5 dm. long, thin, oval, acute or somewhat acuminate, rounded or truncate at the 

 base, light green and more or less pubescent on the lower surface; flowers oblong- 

 campanulate, greenish-yellow, 5 cm. high ; petals obovate or oblong, much longer 

 than the spreading deciduous sepals; cone of fruit cylindric, usually curved, 0.7-1 

 dm. long. In woods, N. Y. to 111., Ga., Ala. and Ark. May- June. 



2. LIRIODENDRON L. 



Leaves alternate, truncate or broadly emarginate, 4-6-lobed or rarely entire, 

 recurved on the petiole in the laterally compressed obtuse buds. Stipules united at 

 the base. Flowers large, slightly fragrant. Sepals 3, petaloid, reflexed. Petals 

 6, connivent. Anthers linear, extrorse. Carpels spiked on the elongated recep- 

 tacle, 2-ovuled, samaroid, i-2-seeded; seeds pendulous by a short slender funiculus 

 at maturity. [Greek, a tree bearing lilies.] One or possibly two species, natives 

 of eastern N. Am. and China. 



i. Liriodendron Tulipifera L. TULIP-TREE. WHITE-WOOD. YELLOW 

 POPLAR. (I. F. f. 1542.) A magnificent tree 20-65 m. high, with diverging 

 curved branches. Leaves glabrous, very broadly ovate or nearly orbicular in out- 

 line, truncate, rounded or cordate at the base, 0.7-1.5 dm. long with 2 apical and 

 2-4 basal lobes with rounded sinuses; flowers about 5 cm. high, erect, greenish- 

 yellow, orange-colored within; petals obovate, obtuse, about equalling the sepals; 

 cone of fruit dry, oblong, acute, 7-8 cm. long. In woods, Vt. and R. I. to Fla., 

 Mich, and Ark. May-June. 



Family 4. ANONACEAE DC. 

 Custard-apple Family. 



Trees or shrubs, generally aromatic, with alternate entire leaves. 

 Stipules none. Sepals 3 (rarely 2), valvate or rarely imbricate. Petals 

 about 6, arranged in 2 series. Stamens <x> ; anthers adnate, extrorse. 

 Carpels oo , separate or coherent, mainly fleshy in fruit. Seecrs large, 

 anatropous ; embryo minute ; endosperm copious, wrinkled. About 46 

 genera and 550 species, mostly in the tropics, a few in the temperate 

 zones. 



i. ASIMINA Adans. 



Small trees, or shrubs, with lateral or axillary nodding flowers. Buds naked. 

 Sepals ovate, valvate. Petals 6, imbricated in the bud, those of the outer series the 

 larger when mature. Receptacle subglobose. Stamens and carpels 3-15. Style 

 oblong, stigmatic along the inner side; ovules numerous, in 2 rows. Fruit, large 

 fleshy oblong berries. Seeds large, flat, horizontally placed, enclosed in fleshy 

 arils. [From the aboriginal name Assimin.] A genus of about 7 species, natives 

 of eastern N. Am. 



i. Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal. NORTH AMERICAN PAP AW. (I. F. f. 1543.) 

 A shrub or small tree 1-15 m. high. Shoots and young leaves dark-pubescent, 

 becoming glabrous; leaves obovate or cuneate, acute, 1.5-3 dm. long; petioles 

 8-12 mm. long; flowers axillary, on shoots of the preceding year, appearing with 

 the leaves, 2-4 cm. in diameter, dark purple; sepals obovate, densely dark- 

 pubescent; outer petals spreading, nearly orbicular, slightly exceeding the ovate 

 inner ones; fruit 0.7-2 dm. long, 2-7 cm. thick, sweet and edible when ripe, 

 pendulous, several together on a thick peduncle. Along streams, Ont. and N. Y. 

 to Mich., Neb.. Fla. and Tex. March-April. 



