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POPULAR FLORA. 



4. Yellow CucuMBER-M. A low tree; leaves ovate or a little heart-shaped; flowers cream-yellow. 



S. ; sometimes cultivated at the North. M. cordaku 



^ 3. UMBRELLA-TREES. Leaves thin, large, those on the flowering shoots forming an umbrella-like 

 circle underneath the blossom; leaf-buds smooth; flower large and white, not sweet-scented, ap- 

 pearing in early spring; petals about 4' long, tapering below. 



5. Eak-leaved Umbeella-M. Leaves nearly 1° long, auricled at the base (Fig. 102). S. J/. Fraseii. 



6. Common Umbrella-M. Leaves 1° to 2° long, tapering into a short footstalk. 31. Umbrella. 



7. There is, besides, the Great-leaved M., with much the largest flowers and leaves of all, the latter 



2° or 3° long, scattered, heart-sliaped at the base, and white-downy beneath ; flower 8' or 10' broad. 

 S. and cult, rarely. It does not belong exactly to either the above divisions. M. macrojjjnjlla. 



8. The Purple Magnolia, from Japan, is a shrub in some gardens and grounds, flowering before the 



leaves are out. JL jjurjjurea. 



3. CUSTARD-APPLE FAMILY. Order ANONACE^. 



Trees or shrubs, resembling the ]MagnolIa family, but the three petals of each set not 

 overlapping each other 

 in the bud ; the bark and 

 foliaije not aromatic, but 

 unpleasant-tasted ; the 

 seeds large and bony, 

 their albumen variegated 

 like a nutmeir, or cut into 

 slits. Leaves entire, des- 

 titute of stipules. Only 

 one genus in this coun- 

 try, and one species com- 

 mon ; the 



Com:\iox Papaw. A 



small tree, with ding}-- 

 purple flowers appear- 

 ing in early spring rath- 

 er before the leaves ; 

 the 3 outer petals much 

 larger than the 3 inner 

 ones ; fruits eatable 

 "when ripe, in autumn, 

 2' or 3' long. Common 

 West and South along 



nvert, m licn sou. ^^^ Br.inch of Pnpaw in fiower. ^61. AEtamen. SG?. Flower with all but the pisiilj tntie* 



Asiini7ia tl'iloba. od' ihe recepmcle. 163. Fruits ; iwo of tlitra cut ihiou^h. 261. A Beed cut through l« 



ibow the Viuie^dted nlliumen. 



