‘TULIP TREES. 4). 409 
The species tulipifera, the only one in Amer- 
ica, is remarkably isgeeaeinage - ‘its lobed and 
truncated leaves. «> 
Together with seven) to our aeiiham 
ering trees and shrubs, the Liriodendron is found 
int the class Polyandria.and order Polygynia, and 
the: natural. orders Coadunate of Linnzeus, ong 
Magnolie of Jussieu. © gih 
_ The branches of the Tulip tree are alae a grey- 
ish colour inclining to red: The buds which ter- 
minate them in. winter are very curiously. con- 
structed. They are obovate, and. flattened or 
compressed into: a sharp edge at» the. extremity. 
They are made up of a number of concentric 
sheaths, each of which contains a single minia- 
ture leaf between it and the next interior, sheath. 
This leaf, instead of embracing the next sheath, is 
folded up and bent down upon one side of it. 
When vegetation begins in the spring the sheaths 
swell to a large size before bursting, and at length 
liberate the leaves one ata time, the remains of 
each sheath becoming’ converted into a stipule. 
_.» 'Phe leaves of the Tulip tree have:a form alto- 
gether peculiar, and whieh is not resembled by 
any other production of our forests. ‘They are 
divided into four pointed lobes and terminated by 
a shallow notch, the extremity being nearly 
