12 MAGNOLIACK^. (MAGNOLIA FAMILY.) 



3-lobed ; racemes elongated, downy ; follicle broadly ovate, sessile. — Woods in 

 the upper districts and northward. July. — Stem 3° - 8° high. Leaflets 2' long. 

 Racemes 6' -12' long. Flowers fetid. 



* * Oraries 3 - 8 : stigma minute : seeds vertical, clinffj. 



2. C. COrdifolia, Pursh. Leaves twice ternate ; leaflets rigid, ovate or 

 cordate-ovate, 2 - 3-lobed, incised and serrate ; racemes panicled, elongated ; 

 follicles oblong, sessile. — Mountains of North Carolina. September. — Stem 

 30.40 high. (*) 



3. C. Americana, !Michx. Leaves thrice ternate ; leaflets thin, ovate, 

 incisely toothed and serrate, the terminal one 3-cleft or 3-parted ; racemes pani- 

 cled, elongated; follicles obovate-oblong, slender-stalked — Alleghany Moun- 

 tains, from Georgia northward. August and Sept. — Stems 3° -4° high. 



Order 2. MAGNOLIACEiE. (Magnolia Family.) 



Aromatic trees or shrubs, with simple, alternate, petioled leaves, and 

 regular, solitary, liypogynous flowers. Sepals and petals mostly simi- 

 lar, imbricated in three or more rows in the bud. Stamens distinct or 

 united. Anthers adnate. Ovaries numerous, jmbricateel or whorled, 

 1 - 2-ovuled. Fruit fleshy, baccate, or samara-like, distinct, or confluent 

 in cone-like heads. Seed dry or baccate. Embryo minute, at the base 

 of fleshy albumen. 



Synopsis. 



Suborder I. WIN TER.E.K. Flowers perfect. Stamens numerous, separate. Oraries 

 in a single whorl, l-ovuled, becoming coriaceous follicles in fruit. — Erect shrubs. 

 Leaves entire. Stipules none. 



1. ILLICIUM. Leaves evergreen. Flowers nojding. 



Suborder XL SCHIZANDRE.1E. Flowers monoecious. Stamens united. Ovaries im- 

 bricated in a head, 2-ovuled, becoming scattered berries in fruit. — Climbing shrubs. 

 Leaves deciduous, often toothed. Stipules none. 



2. SCHIZ.VNDRA Stamens 5, united into a o-lobed disk. 



Suborder III. MAGNOliIE.^. Flowers perfect. Stamens numerous, separate. Ova- 

 ries imbricated in a head, 2-ovuled. Fruit fleshy or somewhat woody, in cone-like heads 

 or spikes. — Chiefly trees. Leaves entire. Stipules large. 



3. MAGNOLT.\. Fruit fleshy, dehiscent, persistent on the receptacle. Anthers introrse 



4. LIRIODENDR.ON. Fruit woody, indehiscent, samara-like, deciduous. Anthers extrorse. 



1. ILLICIUM, L. AXISE-TREE. 



Flowers perfect. Sepals 3 or 6. Petals 9-30, in rows of three, spreading. 

 Stamens numerous, with short filaments. Anthers introrse. Ovaries 6 or more 

 in a single whorl, sessile, 1-celled, 1-ovuled. Style subulate, rectm-cd. Folli- 

 cles coriaceous, spreading, at length 2-valved. Seed ascending. — Smooth anise- 

 scented shrubs. Leaves evergreen, entire, mostly clustered at the summit of the 

 branches, petioled. Stipules none. Peduncles in terminal clusters, 1 -flowered, 

 nodding. 



