42 MAGNOLIACEiE. MACNouit. 



all the foreign species which we have examined, are dotted in the same manner. — 

 De CandoUc states that the American species of Magnolia (§ .Mugnoliaslrun|, DC.) 

 have extrorse anthers ; which is not the case. • 



Tribe I. ILLICIE^. DC. 

 Winteracea;, R. Br. ; Lindl. 

 Carpels in a single whorl. Anthers short. — Aromatic & stimulant. 



1. ILLICIUM. Linn. ; Gcertn. Jr. 1. j). 338. t. 69. 



Sepals 3-6, petaloid. Petals 9-30. Follicles stellate, 1-seeded. Seeds smooth 

 and shining.— Evergreen glabrous shrubs ; the bruised leaves and carpels ex- 

 hahng the odor of anise. 



1. /. Floridanum (EUis): leaves oval or oblong, acuminate ; petals 27-30, 

 dark purple, the outermost oblong, the inner ligulate.— i;///s, in phil. trans. 

 60. p. 524.- 1. 12 ; Lam. ill. t. 493 ; Michx.fi. 1. p. 526 ; DC. prodr. 1 p. 77. 



Florida! Alabama! & Louisiana: in swamps. May. 



2. /. parviftorum (Michx.) : leaves oblong ; flowers yellowish ; petals 

 ovate or roundish, ^12.— Micli.T. ! I. c. ; DC. I. c. ; Ell. sk. 2. p. 35 ; Nutt. 2 

 gen. 2. p. 18. I. anisatum. Bartr. trav. 



Georgia ! &, Florida ! May-June.— Leaves rather obtuse. Flowers nod- 

 ding, much smaller. 



Tribe II. MAGNOLIE^. DC. 



Carpels splcate on the elongated torus. Anthers long. Scales of 

 the leaf-bud formed of convolute stipules. 



2. MAGNOLIA. Linn. ; Gcertn. fr. 1. p. 343. i. 70. 



Sepals 3^ caducous, sometimes none or confounded with the petals. Pe- 

 tals 6-12, caducous. Carpels 1-2-seeded, persistent, forming a strobile-like 

 fruit, dehiscent by the dorsal suture. Seeds baccate, subcordate, suspended, 

 hanging, when ripe and the carpel opens, by a long funiculus composed entke- 

 ly of spiral vessels.— Fme trees (except M. glauca.) 



1. M. grandifiora (Linn.): leaves evergreen, oval-oblong, coriaceous, 

 shining above, ferruginous-tomentose beneath ; petals 9-12, obovate, expanding. 

 — Walt. Car. p. 158; Lam. ill. t. 490; Michx. ! fi. 1. p. 327 ; Michx. f. 

 sylv. 1. p. 269. t.71; Ell. sk. 2. p. 36. 



N. Carolina ! to Florida ; west to the Mississippi ! May-Aug.— Trunk 

 naked 60-70 feet high, crowned with a pyramidal head ; branches somewhat 

 whorled. Leaves 6-8 inches long. Flowers white, 7-8 inches broad ; pe- 

 tals abruptly unguiculate. 



2. M. glauca (Linn.) : leaves oblong or oval, obtuse, white beneath ; pe- 

 tals '9-12, ovate, narrowed at the base, erect— Michx. ! fi. 1. p. 327 ; Michx. 



