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1. I. Floridanum, Ellis. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminate; petals 
20 — 30, lanceolate and linear, widely spreading, dark purple. — Sandy swamps, 
Florida and westward. May. — Shrub 6°-10° high. Leaves somewhat fleshy. 
Flowers flat, 1’ in diameter. 
2. I. parviflorum, Michx. Leaves lanceolate, acute; petals 6-12, ovate 
or roundish, concave, yellow. — Southern districts of Georgia and East Florida. 
May and June. — Flowers smaller than in No. 1. 
2. SCHIZANDRA, Michx. 
Flowers moneecious. Sepals 5-6, ovate, concave, greenish. Petals 5~6, 
obovate-oblong, crimson. Stamens 5: filaments united, forming a circular, 5- 
lobed disk : anther-cells widely separated. Ovaries numerous, 1-celled, 2-ovuled, 
imbricated in a head, in fruit forming 1-2-seeded berries, which are scattered 
on the greatly elongated filiform receptacle. — A climbing shrub ; with alternate, 
oblong, membranaceous, deciduous leaves, and small long-peduncled flowers, 
from axillary buds. Stipules none. » 
1. S. coccinea, Michx. Leaves acuminate, long-petioled, 3!— 4! long, often 
somewhat toothed; uppermost flowers mostly staminate; berries oval, red. — 
Shady woods, Florida to South Carolina and westward. May and June, — pers 
. climbing high. 
3. MAGNOLIA, LO Boc vmi a | Cucumper-Tnee. s 
. Flowers perfect. Sepals 3, caducous. Petals 6~9, concave, spreading, de- 
ciduous. Stamens very numerous: anthers introrse. Ovaries numerous, im- 
bricated, 1-celled, 2-ovuled, forming in fruit a cone-like head of fleshy, 2-seeded, 
persistent follicles, opening on the back. Seeds berry-like, suspended by a slender 
cord of spiral vessels. — Aromatic trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate or clustered 
at the summit of the branches. Flowers large, solitary, terminal. Stipules large, 
adnate to the petiole, at length deciduous. 
* Leaves perennial. © 
1. M. grandiflora, L. (Maeworra) Leaves coriaceous, oblong, or ob- 
ovate, smooth and glossy above, rusty-pubescent beneath, flat or concave; petals 
mostly 9, obovate, concave, clawed. — Light fertile soil in the middle and lower 
districts, South Carolina and westward. April and May.— A large tree. Leaves 
6'-12' long. Flowers 6'—9' wide, white, changing to brown. Cone of fruit 
oval, 3' - 4' long. 
2. M. glauca, L. (Sweer Bay.) Leaves coriaceous, lanceolate and | 
oblong, silky-pubescent, at length smooth above, glaucous beneath; petals 9, 
obovate, concave. — Swamps, Florida and northward. May and June.— A shrub — 
or small tree. Leaves mostly deciduous northward, 4'-6! long. Flowers. 2 
vide, white, very fragrant. Cone of fruit oval, 1' 13! long. 
- jj * * Leaves deciduous, acute at the base. 
