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POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA, 



A tree which in favourable soils and situations, particularly in the fer-^ 

 tile vallies among the mountains of Tennessee, grows 70 feet high, with 

 a trunk 2 — 3 feet in diameter. Leaves oval, sometimes broad and Ian- 



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ceolate, acuminatCj soft and pubescent underneath. Petals oval or obo- 

 vate, of a dull yellow colour tinged with blue. Fruit cylindrical 2 — 3 



inches long. 



Grows in the upper and mountainous districts of Carolina and Gcorgia> 



not found along the sea-coasts. 

 Flowers June — July. 



Cucumber Tree. 



4. Trifetala. 



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M. 



foil is 



p 



ampUs, 



cinieato lanceolatis, 

 junioribus lioloserice- 



Leaves large 



y 



cime- 



is; 



petalis 



ovali 



lanceolalis;, aculis^ ex- 

 terloribus reilexis. 



ate-lanceolate, acute, 

 when young silky; pe- 

 tals 9, oval-lanceolate. 



acute 



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the 



exterior 



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ones reflected. 



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Sp. n. 2. p. 1258. Vralt. p. 159. MicL 1. p. 327^ Pursh. 2. 

 p. 5Sl. Wich. Arb. 3. p, 90. 



A tree wliich sometimes attains the height of 30—35 feet^ though 

 generally smaller, and contrary to the usual habit of this genus, remarkable 

 for the irrepnlar direction and rfrowth of its bi'anches. Its leaves are very 



large 15 



20 Inches \ongy and 6 



wide, gradually tapering at base and 

 slightly acuminate at thesun)n'»it,ahernate but crowded near the extremity 



of the branches- Petals oblong lanceolate, white, about 3 inches long. 

 Cone oval or obovate. 



Gro\vs in every part of the Southern States in very rich soils, though 

 rare along the sea-coast, and very rare upon the islands. 



Flowei-s May— June. ; Umbrella Tree. 



$. CORDATA. 



M. foliis lato-ovali 

 vel ovato-lanceolatis. 



Leaves broad, oval 

 or ovate-lanceolate, at 

 basi subcordatis, sub. j base slightly cordate, 

 tus subtomentosis; pe- somewhat tomentose 

 talis oblongolanceola- | underneath; petals ob- 

 tis, acutis. I long lanceolate, acute. 



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Mich. 1. p. 32S. Pursh. 2. p. 382. Mich. Arb. 3. p. 87. 



