THE KENTUCKY FLORA—LAWSON, 503 
The following synonymy of these magnolias is gleaned from 
_Index Kewensis, vol. iii :— 
Magnolia Fraseri, Walt. Fl. Carol., p. 159. M. auricularis, 
Salisb. Parad. Lond., t. 43. M. awriculata, Desr. in Lamarck’s 
Ency. ii, p. 673. M. pyramidata, Bartram ex Pursh FI. Am. 
Septent, 11, p. 382. 
M. macrophylla, Michaux, FI. Bor. Am., I, p. 828. M. Mich- 
auxianu, Hort. ex D.C. Syst., I, p. 455. 
M. Umbrella, Desr. in Lamarck’s Encyc., iii, p. 673. Hook. 
and Jacks, Ind. Kew., p. 146, 1. MM. frondosa, Salisbury, Prod., 
p. 379. M. Umbellata, Hort. ex Stendel, Nom. ed. 4, ii, p. 90. 
M. Virginiana, Linn. Sp. Pl, 535 = (acuminata, glauca, 
Umbrella). M. tripetala, Linn. Syst., ed. 10, p. 1082. 
The Kentucky Oaks shown were of three species, Quercus 
alba, valuable for its timber ; Q. Prinos, called chestnnt oak 
from the resemblance of its leaves to the true (not horse) 
chestnut ( Vustanea), and whose thick furrowed bark is used for 
tanning; and, lastly, Q. tinctoria, the quercitron oak, which, as 
the name indicates, is used by the dyer as well as the tanner. 
The southern beech (Fagus atiropunicea), although obviously 
related to our Canadian F. ferruginea, which forms the bulk of 
the original hardwood forest in many parts of Nova Scotia, is 
nevertheless quite a different tree, and instead of having a more 
ample foliage, as we might expect in the southern form, has 
even smaller leaves than ours. The European beech, F. sylvaticu, 
was probably as abundant in western Europe in early times as 
our Canadian beech is still along the Atlantic seaboard, and it 
is difficult to separate it as a species. 
The only maple in the collection is Acer Rugelit. 
The red-bud, or Judas tree, was named Cercis Canadensis by 
Tiinnzeus at a time when the geographical limits of “ Canada ” 
were rather vague. New York State embraces its most northerly 
range. 
Kalmia latifolia, also, must be relegated as a southern 
(although a mountain) plant. From its northern range in the 
