12 MAcAt»i.iA( i:.K. (magnoi.ia family.) 



3-lobcd ; rncomcs elongated, downy ; follicle broadly ovate, sessile. — Woods in 

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

 Kacemes 6' -12' long. Flowers fetid. 



* * Onirics 3 - 8 : stiejma minute : seeds verticnJ, chnffj. 



2. C. COrdifolia, I'ursh. Leaves twice ternate ; leaflets rigid, ovate or 

 cordate-ovate, 2-3-lol)ed, incised and serrate; racemes panided, elongated; 

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

 3° -4° high. (.) 



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

 inciscly tootiicd and serrate, the tenninal one 3-clefD 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. 3IAGNOLIACE^. (Magnolia Family.) 



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

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

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

 united. Anthers adnate. Ovaries numerous, imbricated 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. 'WIXTERE.flE. Flowers perfect. Stamens numerous, scpamte. OTRries 

 in a single whorl, 1-ovuled, becoming coriaceous follicles iu fruit. — Kroct shrubti. 

 Loaves entire. Stipules none. 



1. ILLICIUM. Leaves evergreen. Flowers nodding. 



SoBORDER IL SCIIIZANDRE.X:. Flowers monwcious. Stamens united. Ovaries im- 

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

 Leaves deciduous, often tootiicd. Stipules none. 



2. SCIIIZANDKA. Stamens 5, united into a 6-lobed disk. 



Suborder I IT. ]>I AONOLIE.^. Flowers perfect. Stamens numerous, Foparnte. Ovn- 

 rics imbricated in a head, 2-ovuled. Fruit fleshy or soniewhat woody, in cono-liko heads 

 or spikes. — Chiefly trees. Leaves entire. Stipules l.irge. 



3. M.\<<NOLI.\. Fruit fleshy, dehiscent, persistent on the rcceptnclr. Anthers introrse. 



4. I.IIIIODENDIION. Fruit woody, induhisccnt, Bamara-like, deciduous. Anthers extrorw. 



1. ILLICIUM, L. An'isk-tuee. 



Flowers perfect. Sepals 3 or C. Petals 9-30, in rows of tlnve, sprcadinp. 

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

 in a single wliorl, sessile, 1 -celled, l-ovidcd. Style subulate, recm-ved. Folli- 

 cles coria«'coiis, sprcailing, at length 2-valvcd. Seed ascending. — Smooth aniso- 

 Bccntcd shrubs Leaves cvcrgn-cn, entire, mostly clustered at the summit of the 

 liranches, pctioled. Sli|jules none. I'cduncles iu lerminul clusters, 1-flowercd, 

 nodding. 



