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POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA* 



7. Macrophylla. 



b 



M. foliis 



mis^oblongo 

 ato-obovatis 



am 



uato 



subaiiiiculat 



Leaves very targe 



oblong, cuneate, obo 



i vate. sinuate and an 



subtus glaucis, petalis 



6 



) 



obtusis 



iculate 



base, g 



underneath 



5 



pe 



tals 6, ovate, obtuse^ 



Mich. I, p. 327. Mich. arb. 3. p. 99. Pursh, 2. p. 381. 



A small tree, but rarely exceeding 30— 35 feet in height: The stem and 

 very 'fragile branches covered with a white bark. Tl^ leaves alternate, 

 and crowded near the summit of the branches, exceed inraf>'T"'+'"^'° ♦^'-°'> 



(of any other of our plantsj they have been found 35 inches .... , , 



10 inches wide. They are acute at the summit; tapering and' cordate^, 

 but scarcely auricuiate at base, glaucous underneath, and when young 

 clothed with a silvery silken pubescence. Petals 4—5 inches long, o-vate", 



fragrant. Cone ovak 



\ 



with 



tfii 



vi^a uiuiuugii li iiii^ iievei ^ui ocen louna wjtiun tue limits strictly assign- 

 ed to this work, yet, in Lincoln county, Nbrth-Carolina, it approaches so 

 Tirnr ihe frontiers of this State, that it wobld be a matter of some surprise 

 if It should not yet be discovered alontr the southpm r^PpTivr*i^« ^r*i,o Qo_ 

 luda Mountai 



Carol 



1 



and in Tennessee, 



Court- 



Flowers May to July, 



LIRIODENDRON. Gen. Pl. 



Calyx 3-phylI 



Petala 6 

 imb 



lum. 



Samarae 



in strobi- 



Capsula 1 



2 



spermae, non dehis 

 centes. 



1. TuLIPlFEilA* 



foli 



ab 



truncatls,4-lobatis 



9 



lyce tripliyllo. 



Sp. plantarum, 2. p. i; 



Arb. 3. p. 302. Pursh. 2. p. 382. 



I 



Petals 6 



Calyx 3-Ieavedf 



Capsu le^ 



(Samarce) imbricated 

 forming a strobilus 



1— 2seeded,notopen 



9- 



Le 



truncated 



Walter 



praemorse, 4-Iobed 

 calyx three leaved. 



158. Mich. 1. p. 326. Mich 



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