﻿MAGNOLIA 
  FAMILY 
  93 
  

  

  a 
  bloom, 
  downy 
  beneath, 
  4-6 
  in. 
  long. 
  Flowers 
  white, 
  fragrant, 
  2-3 
  

   in. 
  in 
  diameter; 
  petals 
  9, 
  concave. 
  Cone 
  lj-2 
  in. 
  long, 
  pink. 
  Com- 
  

   mon 
  in 
  swamps 
  and 
  along 
  streams, 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  southward 
  (a 
  

   few 
  in 
  eastern 
  Massachusetts). 
  The 
  leaves 
  often 
  used 
  in 
  flavoring 
  

   soups, 
  etc. 
  

  

  2. 
  M. 
  acuminata 
  L. 
  CUCUMBER 
  TREE. 
  A 
  tree 
  60-90 
  ft. 
  high. 
  

   Leaves 
  thin, 
  oblong 
  or 
  oval, 
  acute, 
  light 
  green 
  and 
  somewhat 
  downy 
  

   beneath, 
  5-10 
  in. 
  long. 
  Flowers 
  oblong-bell-shaped, 
  greenish-yellow, 
  

   2 
  in. 
  long. 
  Petals 
  much 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  sepals. 
  Cone 
  of 
  fruit 
  2-3 
  

   in. 
  long, 
  often 
  curved, 
  cylindrical. 
  Woods, 
  especially 
  S. 
  

  

  3. 
  M. 
  macrophylla 
  Michx. 
  LARGE-LEAVED 
  UMBRELLA 
  TREE. 
  A 
  

   small 
  tree 
  with 
  gray 
  bark. 
  Leaves 
  clustered 
  at 
  the 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  

   branches, 
  oblong 
  or 
  obovate, 
  obtuse 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  cordate 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  

   green 
  and 
  glabrous 
  above, 
  white 
  and 
  downy 
  beneath, 
  l|-3 
  ft. 
  long; 
  

   petioles 
  stout. 
  Flowers 
  white 
  with 
  a 
  purple 
  center, 
  fragrant, 
  8-12 
  

   in. 
  wide. 
  Petals 
  oblong, 
  obtuse, 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  

   sepals. 
  Cone 
  ovate, 
  4-6 
  in. 
  long, 
  bright 
  red 
  at 
  maturity. 
  Shady 
  

   woods 
  on 
  light 
  soil 
  S.* 
  

  

  4. 
  M. 
  Fraseri 
  Walt. 
  EAR-LEAVED 
  UMBRELLA 
  TREE. 
  A 
  small 
  

   tree 
  with 
  a 
  slender 
  trunk 
  and 
  widely 
  spreading 
  branches. 
  Leaves 
  

   clustered 
  at 
  the 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  branches, 
  deciduous, 
  oblong 
  or 
  obovate, 
  

   contracted, 
  cordate 
  and 
  eared 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  smooth 
  on 
  both 
  sides, 
  

   8-12 
  in. 
  long; 
  petioles 
  slender. 
  Flowers 
  white 
  and 
  fragrant, 
  6 
  in. 
  

   broad. 
  Petals 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  sepals, 
  spatulate 
  or 
  oblong, 
  obtuse 
  at 
  

   the 
  apex, 
  narrowed 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  Cone 
  3-4 
  in. 
  long, 
  pink 
  at 
  maturity. 
  

   In 
  rich 
  woods 
  S.* 
  

  

  II. 
  LIRIODENDRON 
  L. 
  

  

  A 
  large 
  tree 
  with 
  rough, 
  dark-colored 
  bark. 
  Leaves 
  scat- 
  

   tered 
  on 
  the 
  branches, 
  deciduous, 
  3-lobed, 
  truncate, 
  stipuled, 
  

   petioled. 
  Flowers 
  bisexual. 
  Sepals 
  3, 
  reflexed. 
  Petals 
  6, 
  

   erect. 
  Stamens 
  numerous. 
  Ovaries 
  numerous, 
  2-ovuled, 
  joined 
  

   over 
  each 
  other 
  on 
  the 
  elongated 
  receptacle, 
  never 
  opening, 
  

   deciduous.* 
  

  

  1. 
  L. 
  tulipifera 
  L. 
  TULIP 
  TREE. 
  The 
  largest 
  tree 
  in 
  the 
  family. 
  

   Leaves 
  roundish 
  in 
  outline, 
  mostly 
  3-lobed, 
  the 
  terminal 
  lobe 
  trun- 
  

   cate 
  or 
  broadly 
  notched, 
  usually 
  heart-shaped 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  smooth, 
  

   green 
  above, 
  lighter 
  beneath 
  ; 
  petioles 
  slender. 
  Flowers 
  terminal, 
  

   bell-shaped, 
  greenish-yellow 
  marked 
  with 
  orange. 
  Petals 
  obovate, 
  

   obtuse, 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  sepals. 
  Mature 
  cones 
  ovate, 
  acute, 
  2-3 
  

   in. 
  long. 
  Common 
  on 
  low 
  ground, 
  Pennsylvania 
  and 
  S. 
  Often 
  called 
  

   " 
  white 
  wood," 
  or, 
  incorrectly, 
  " 
  white 
  poplar." 
  Wood 
  valuable 
  for 
  

   making 
  boxes 
  and 
  light 
  furniture.* 
  

  

  