MAG NOLI ACE JE. (MAGNOLIA FAMILY.) 
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Order 2. MAGNOLIACEiE. (Magnolia Family.) 
Trees or shrubs , with the leaf-buds sheathed by mem¬ 
branous stipules , polypetalous , hypogynous , polyandrous , 
polygynous ; the calyx and corolla colored alike , in three or 
more rotes of three, imbricated in the bud. — Sepals and 
petals deciduous. Stamens in several rows at the base of 
the receptacle : anthers adnate. Pistils many, mostly pack¬ 
ed together and covering the prolonged receptacle, coher¬ 
ing with each other, and in fruit forming a sort of fleshy or 
dry cone. Seeds 1 or 2 in each carpel, anatropous : albu¬ 
men fleshy : embryo minute. — Leaves alternate, not tooth¬ 
ed, marked with minute transparent dots, feather-veined. 
Bark aromatic and bitter. Flowers single, large. 
1. MAGNOLIA, L. Magnolia. 
Sepals 3. Petals 6-9. Stamens with veiy short filaments 
and long anthers opening inwards. Pistils aggregated and cohe¬ 
rent in a mass, together forming a fleshy and rather woody cone- 
'-e fruit; each carpel opening on the back at maturity, from 
" 1 J >I 2 berry ' like 866,18 ha "g by an extensile stalk com¬ 
posed of a fine web of unrolled spiral vessels. Inner seed-coat 
bony -Buds conical, formed of the successive pairs of stipules 
rolled up each pair enveloping the leaf next above, which is fold! 
ed lengthwise and applied straight against the side of the next 
Ann, and New York mZSjS 3wamps ’ fr ° m near Ca P* 
fenn., Ohio. May, June. - Tree M 9^ f ?,°^ W NeW York - 
^-10'long. Flower Dale errn • 1 90 feet Leaves thin, 
3' long, wh S en yoZ sllt.v^ese^ '° W ’ * ~ *' br ° ad ' Frui ‘ * ~ 
J resembling a small cucumber. 
