Magnolia. MAGNOLIACE^. 43 



/ sylv. 1. p. 274. t. 52 ; Ell. sk. 2. p. 27 ; Bigel. ft. Bost. ed. 2. p. 229, ^ 

 tned. Ipt. t. 26. 



Swamps, Massachusetts! to Louisiana! and Missouri. May -Juno. — A 

 shrub ; leaves deciduous (often silky beneath when young): in the Suutliern 

 Slates sometimes a tree with evergreen leaves. (Ell.) Flowers white, 2-o 

 inches broad, very fragrant. 



3. M. Umbrella (Lara.) : leaves deciduous, oblong or obovate-lanceolate ; 

 petals fl, narrow ; sepals 3, reflexcd. — Lam. diet. 3. p. 673 ; DC. prodr. 1. p. 

 80. M. tripetala, Linn. ; Michx. ! Jl. 1. p. 327 ; Michx. f. sylv. 1. p. 285. t. 

 54 ; Ell. sk. 2. p. 38. 



Southern and Western States ! New- York, Michx. f. (sed ?) and Pennsyl- 

 vania, Muhlenberg. May-.Tune. — Tree 30-40 feet high. Leaves crowded 

 in an umbellate manner on the extremity of the irregular branches (whence 

 the name Umbrella-tree), 1-2 feet long, acuminate. Flowers white, 7-8 

 inches in diameter ; odor unpleasant. Fruit rose-color, 4-5 inches long. 



A.M. acuminata (hinn.): leaves deciduous, oval, acuminate (pubescent 

 beneath); petals 6-9, oblong-obovate. — Michx.! fl.l.p.32S; Mich.v.f. sijlv. 

 l.p. 278. t. 53; Pursh,Jl.2.p. 381. 



New- York ! to Georgia ! confined to the mountains in the Southern States. 

 June- July. — Tree 60-80 feet high, 4-5 feet in diameter at the base. Flowers 

 slightly fragrant, 3-4 inches in diameter: petals scarcely expanding, yellow- 

 ish, glaucous externally. Fruit cyhndrical, 3 inches long, when green slightly 

 resembling a young cucumber (whence the name. Cucumber-tree). 



5. M. cordata (Michx.) : leaves deciduous, broadly ovate, subcordate, acute, 

 whitish and pubescent beneath; petals 6-9, oblong. — Michx. fl. 1. />. 328; 

 Michx. f. aylv. 1. p. 282. t. 54; Ell. sk. 2. p. 38 ; Bot. mag. t. 325; Nutt. 

 gen. 2. p. 18. 



N. Carolina ! to Georgia! on mountains. April-May. — Tree 20-40 or 50 

 leet high ; bark deeply furrowed. Leaves 4-6 inches long. Flowers yel- 

 low, faintly streaked with red. 



6. M. Fraseri (Walt.) : leaves deciduous (glabrous on both sides or glau- 

 cescent beneath), spatulate-obovate, auriculate at the base ; sepals 3, spread- 

 ing ; petals 9, oblong, attenuate at the base. — Walt. Car. p. 159. M. auriculata, 

 Lam. diet. 3. p. 673; Bartr. trav. ; Michx. ! Jl. 1. p. 328; Michx. f. sylv. 

 1. p. 287. t. 56 ; Bot. mag. t. 1206 ; Ell. sk. 2. p. 39. 



/?. pijraviidata (Nutt.): leaves broader and shorter. Niitt. gen. 2. p. 18, 

 — M. pyramidata, Bartr. ; Pursh, jl. 2. p. 381. 



On the Alleghany Mountains, from the head waters of the Susquehannah 

 (Pursh? ?) (Virginia Michx. f.) to Georgia ! /?. S. Carolina, Georgia and 

 Florida ! near the coast. April-May. — Tree 30-40 feet high. Leaves 8-12 

 inches long, mostly green on both sides, somewhat rhomboid ; auricles nar- 

 row, rounded. Petals oval-lanceolate or subspatulate, white, 2-3 inches 

 long. Fruit oval-oblong, rose-color. — The specific name of Walter having 

 been first published must of necessity be restored. . 



7. M. macrnphylla (Michx.) : leaves deciduous, oblong-ovate, narroAved 

 and subcordate at the base, glaucous and whitish beneath ; petals 6, ovate. 

 —Michx. ! Jl. 1. p. 327 ; Michx. J. sylv. l.p. 292. /. 57 ; Nutt. gen. 2. p. 18 ; 

 Ell. sk. 2. p. 40. 



Lincolnton, N. Carolina ! and in Tennessee, near Cumberland River. 

 Georgia, on the Chattahouchie River, Dr. Chapman ! Dr. Boykin. May- 

 July. — Trunk naked below, 30-40 feet high ; bark white. Leaves crowded 

 on the end of the branches, 1-3 feet long, scarcely auricled at the base. 

 Flowers when fully expanded 8-10 inches in diameter, white : petals with 

 a purple spot on the inside at the base. Fruit ovate, rose-color. 



