12 MAGNOLIACKiE. (MAGNOLIA FAMILY.) 



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

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

 Racemes C - 12' long. Flowers fetid. 



* * Oneirics 3 - 8 : stigma minute : seeds vertical, chaffy. 



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

 cordate-ovate, 2-8-lobed, incised and serrate; racemes panicled, elongated; 

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

 3° -4° 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. MAGNOLIACE^. (Magnolia Family.) 



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

 regular, solitary, hypogynous 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 wborleil, 

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

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

 of fleshy albumen. 



Synopsis. 



Suborder I. "WLNTEREJE. Flowers perfect. Stamens numerous, separate. Ovaries 

 in a Ringlo whorl, 1-ovuleU, becoming coriaceous follicles iu fruit. — Erect shrubs. 

 Leaves entire. Stipules none. 



1. ELLICluM. Leaves evergreen. Flowers nodding. 



Suborder TI. SCHIZAKDREJl. Flowers monoecious. Stamens unit. id. Ovaries im- 

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

 Leaves deciduous, often toothed. Stipules none. 



2. 31 EIZANDRA. Stamens 6, united into a 5-lobed disk. 



Suborder ITT. MAGBIOLIEJE. Flowers perfect. Btamens numerous, separate. On- 

 ries imbricated in a head, 2-ovaled. Fruit fleshy nr somewhat woody, in cone-like beads 

 or spikes. — Chieflj trees. Leaves entire. Btipules large. 



OLTA. Fruit flesh b,* persistent on the r ptacle. Anthers introrse. 



1. LUtlODENSRON. Fruit woody, Indehiscent, samara like, deciduous. Anthers extr 



1. ILLICIUM, L. Akisj -ik i m. 



Flowers perfect. Sepals ■'! or c. Petals 9-80, in rows of three, spreading. 

 Btamens numerous, with short filaments. Anthers introrse. Ovaries <'■ or more 

 in b single whorl, sessile, 1-celled, 1-ovuled. Style Bubulate, recurved. l"i.lli- 

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

 Bcented .-limbs. Leaves evergreen, entire, mostly clustered at i if Bummit of the 

 branches, petioled. Stipules none. Peduncles in terminal clusters, [•flowered, 

 nodding. 



