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ing leaves of somewhat variable form, is a conspicuous tree 

 of our hammocks, and doubly so when ornamented with 

 immense white flowers of intoxicating fragrance. It has 

 long been noted as one of the most beautiful of all the 

 broad-leaved evergreen trees of the world, and, like the 

 sweet bay, is admirable for ornamental planting through- 

 out Florida. 



The peculiar cone-shaped fruit of the magnolias is 

 interesting, as from it the scarlet seeds hang by slender 

 extensile threads. 



Allied to the magnolias is a star anise of northern 

 Florida, IlUcium floridanum^ an evergreen, aromatic shrub 

 with dark purple nodding flowers, one to two inches 

 across, formed of twenty to thirty narrow petals. 



Magnolia grandiflora (M. foetida). Great magnolia. Bull 

 bay. Flowers white, fragrant, 6-9 in. across. Sepals 3, petals 

 6-12, stamens many. Large tree. Leaves thick, shining, 

 oblong or oval, 5-8 in. long, rusty pubescent beneath. Ham- 

 mocks and swamps. Blooming in spring and summer. Fla. 

 to N. C. and Texas. 



Magnolia glauca (M. virginiana). Sweet bay. Laurel 

 magnolia. Small magnolia. Flowers white, fragrant, 2-3 

 in. across. Shrub or tree. Leaves elliptic or oval, 3-6 in. 

 long, pale beneath. Fruit 1-2 in. long, red. Swamps. 

 Blooming in spring and summer. Fla. to Mass. and Texas. 



WATER LILY FAMILY (Nymphaeaceae) 



The fragrant white pond lily, Castalia odorata, is abun- 

 dant in many places in Florida, and the rare C. flava, 

 with yellow flowers two to four inches across, is occa- 

 sionally seen. 



A large-leaved aquatic known as "bonnets," Nymphaea 

 macro phylla, closely related to the cow lily, or spatter- 

 dock, N. advena, of northern states, is common in the 

 peninsula. Where pineland ponds are drying in spring 



