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A tree which k said by JMichaux. to grow sometimes to the height of 

 40 or 50 feetj though generally about 24 — 40, Leaves 4 — 6 inches long, 

 3 — 5 wide, sometimes nearly round, and in general very slightly cordate 

 at base. Leaves of the caJi/x smalL Petals oblong-lanceolate, yellow- 

 ish^ faintly streaked with red. Cones cylindric, about 3 inches long. 



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Grows in the upper districts of Carolina and Georgia, more common 

 around Augusta, than in any other part of the country with which I am 



acquainted. _ 



Flowers April — Mav- 



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6. AURICULATA. 



M. foliis obovato- 

 lanceplatis, acutis, u- 



tiinque viridibus, basi 



cordatis, amiculatis 



petalis lanceolatis. 



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Leaves obovate- 



lanceolatcjacutejgreen 

 on each surface^ cor- 

 date and auriculate at 

 base; petals lanceo- 

 late. 



Sp,Pl. 2. p. 1158. Mich. 1. p. 328. Pursh. 2. p. 382. Blkh. 

 aib. 3. p. 94. 



M.Fraseri Walt. 159. 



M. pyramid ata ? Bartram. 



30—40 



Leaves 



large, 8 — 12 inches long, 4 — 6 wide, very acute, g 

 . specimens •glaucous underneath, tapering to the base and cordate with 

 rounded lobes. Petals lanceolate, 2 — 3 inches long, white, fragrant. 



Grows among the mountains of Carolina and Georgia, but said by 



1 Savannah-river. 

 Flowers April — May. 



miles above Savannah 



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I have inserted the M, Pyramidata -of Bartram, which has eluded the 

 researches of recent botanists^ as a variety of the M. auriculata, yet it 

 must be remarked, that the specimens I possess of the ]\L pyramidata, are 

 distingiushed by leaves much shorter and proportionally wider, and tlie 

 sinus at the base is more abrupt and angular. Its habitat too may excite 

 some suspicion of a difference in the species. This plant was dis- 

 covered by Bartram along the sea coast of East Florida. Mr. Kin 



opposite to Darien, while Michaux the younger 



Altamah 



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tween the mountauns and the ocean- May not tins low coimtry plant of 



alichaiix really bebng to the pyr--^'-^-*- -f ::<..u7m} 



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