MAGNOLIACE^. 25 MAGNOLIA. 



Europe and in this country. Tiiis species is s;iid to be native of Switzerland. 

 It is a hardy perennial, requiring very little pains for its cultivation. Among 

 its varieties the double red is the most common. The loliite is truly beautiful. 

 Tlie Jlesli-colorcd and pink-colored aie also lavorites. Flowers in May and 

 jmjg Common Ftaonij. 



16. NIGE'LLA. 



Calyx of 5 sepals, colored ; corolla of 5, 3-cleft petals ; 



■styles 5; capsules 5, follicular, convex, 



Lat. nigcr, black ; the color of the seeds wliich are used in cookery. 



1. N. damasce'na. 



.Anthers obtuse ; capsules ^i, smooth, 2-celled, united as far as the end into 

 an ovate, globose one ; jlowers in a leafy involucre. Native of S. Europe. A 

 hardy annual of the gaidens. to which has been applied the gentle names ot 

 'rafftf^d lady,' ' devil in a bush,' &-C. Leaves twice and thrice pinnatihd, 

 as finely cut as those of the Fennel. Flowers terminal, solitary , encompassed 

 and over-topped by a circle of leaves divided like the r<ist. They are^ often 

 double, of a white or pale blue color. June— Sept. Feimel Flower. 



2. N. SATl'VA. 



jintkers obtuse ; capsules muricate; stem erect, hairy ; flowers naked, pale 

 blue. From Eo-ypt P».atker smaller than the last. June— SepL Ann. 



" jYutmt<{ Flower. 



ORDER 15. MAGNOLIACE.E. The Magnolia Tribe. 



Cal. — .'Sepals 3— k5. deciduous, colored liVe the petals- 

 (i'.v.— PotuLs i',—V>. ln-p'..rviRms, in several row*, imbricate, in. restivatioii 

 >Vn.— Indefmiv li\ :'--■' n-u^, disiincl, -,villi short fdiiuu-uts aud adiuue anthers. 

 Oi-a.— Sevcnil. ii! m:.; > ,n\v< upon an rloji-aled toru;,^ 



J?f .—Follicular, I r ljai.L-j.lc, I— •J-.-.-i-ded. ,, , , 



6V,,._Auached U) th« laiicr .snlure of the carpels from wliicli [in Maguoha] tiiey are suspen- 

 ded by a long;, delicate funiiuhis. 



An order containing but lew genera, includiuR, however, some of the most splendid and 

 iJiajestic forest trees. The Southern States seem to be the region ot most ol Iheni. Cliiua, 

 Japan and llie Indies coma in a tew- . . , , ... ■ ■ i 



Proptrlies The bark of tlie species mentioned below contains an intensely bitter pnuciplo, 

 which i.s tonic aud stimulating, and the corollas are aromanc beyond almost all other flowers. 



Genera. 

 Tarpel^ dehicent bv the dors3.1 suture, seeds pendulous, . . . Magnolia, 1 



•Carpels indehiceut,' seeds eiiclo.sod, not peudulou.s, . - • Linodtndron, '^ 



1 . M A G N O ' L I A . 



Sepals 3 — 5; petals 6—12, caducous; carpels 2-valved, 

 1 — 2-seeded, imbricated into a cone ; seeds baccate, subcor- 

 date and suspended. 



Named in honor of Pierre Magnol, physician and botanist of Montpelier, 

 France, author of ' Botanicum Montpeliense,' l(i7G. A superb genus, con- 

 sisting mostly of large trees, with luxuriant foliage, and large, fragrant flowers. 



1. M. CLAU'CA. 



Leaves oval, glaucous beneath; vetah obovate, tapering to the base. _^Thia 

 species is native in N. Eng. pa,rtictilarly at Gloucester; RIs, and in the Middle 

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