CHAP. I.] ANONACE^. 245 



differ from M. conspiciia, the flowers of which 

 appear before the leaves. 



The genus Liriodendron contains only two 

 species differing slightly in the leaves. Both 

 are lofty trees, with cup-shaped flowers of 

 six petals curiously stained with red and yellow, 

 and bent back at the tip. The calyx consists 

 of three sepals, which remain on as long as the 

 petals. The fruit is cone-shaped, but the 

 carpels, which are each furnished with a kind of 

 wing, instead of opening when ripe, fall with 

 the seed enclosed. 



The genus Talauma differs from Magnolia 

 principally in the carpels, which open irregularly 

 by valves ; and in the number of petals, which 

 vary from six to twelve. Only two species are 

 common in British hothouses, T. Candolli, com- 

 monly called Magnolia odoratissima ; and T, 

 pumila^ sometimes called M. pumila and some- 

 times Liriodendron lilifera : both are natives 

 of Java, and both have cream-coloured, or 

 yeUowish flowers, which are remarkably fragrant 

 at night. 



ORDER IV. ANONACE^.— THE CUSTARD-APPLE 

 TRIBE. 



The hardy plants belonging to this order, that 

 are well known in Britain, were formerly in- 

 cluded in the genus Anona ; but now the only 



