ANONACE^. 15 



Mountain woods. Penn. to Geor. June. — A small tree with irregular 

 branches and very large leaves. Flowers white, 7 — 8 inches in diameter. 



Umbrella Tree. 



2. LIRIODENDRON. Idnn.-^Tulip Tree. 



(From the Greek \sipiov, a lily, and dsvdpov, a tree ; from the appearance of 

 its flowers.) 



Sepals 3, deciduous. Petals 6. Carpels {Samara) imbri- 

 cated in a cone, 1 — 2-seeded, not opening, attenuated. 



. L. Tulipifera Linn. 



Woods. Throughout the U. S. June, July. One of the largest trees of 

 our forest. Leaves alternate, 3-lobed ; the middle lobe truncate. Flowers sol- 

 itary, large, each with two large caducous bracts at the base. Sepals obovate- 

 oblong, spreading and at length deciduous. Petals lance-obovate, greenish- 

 yellow, stained with reddish orange below the middle. According to Dr. 

 Darlington, there are two varieties of this species, differing chiefly in the color 

 and texture of the wood ; the one being yellow and the other white. The* 

 yellow is the most valuable, but both are employed extensively by cabinet 

 makers. The bark is a valuable tonic, &c. — See Big. Med. Bot. 



Tulip Tree. White Wood. 



Order III. ANONACE^.— Anonads. 



Sepals 3 — 4, persistent, usually partly cohering. Petals 6, 

 in two rows, coriaceous. Stamens indefinite, covering a large 

 hypogynous disk, packed closely together; filaments short; 

 anthers adnate. Ovaries mostly numerous ; styles short ; stig- 

 mas simple. Fruit consisting of a number of carpels. Seeds 

 attached to the suture in one or two rows. — -Trees or shrubs. 

 1^ Leaves alternate, simple, almost always entire, without stipules. 

 Flowers usually green or brown, axillary, mostly solitary. 



ASIMINA. Adans. — Papaw, 



(A name given by Adanson, the origin of which is unknown.) 



Calyx deeply 3 -parted. Petals 6, spreading, ovate-oblong ; 



inner ones smallest. Anthers many, subsessile. Carpels 



usually 3, baccate, ovate or oblong, sessile, pulpy within. Seeds 



many. 



A. triloba D. C. : leaves oblong, crenate, acuniinate, and with the 

 . branches smoothish ; flowers on short peduncles ; outer petals roundisJi 

 ovate, 4 times as long as the calyx. Anona triloba Linn. Porcelia triloba 

 Pursh. Uvaria triloba Tarr. d^ Gr. 



Banks of streams. Western N. Y. to Flor. W. to Miss. April.— A. small 

 tree usually from 10 to 15 feet high, with slender nearly smooth branches. 

 Flowers solitary, lateral, appearing rather before the leaves, dark brownish- 

 purple. Fruit large, fleshy, sweetish. Nuttall states that the fruit does not 

 come to perfection N. or E. of Steubenville, Ohio. Trav. in Arkansas. 



* Papaw Tree 



