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ends, under surface glaucous: flowers 9- to 12-petalled, contracted; 

 petals ovate, concave, white, very sweet-scented. 



M. umhrdla. Lam., Diet., iii., p. 673. M. tripetala, Lin. spec, ed. 

 2, p. 756. Michaux fils. Hist, des arbres forestiers de I'Amer. sept., 

 iii., p. 90, t. 5. Pursh, Flor. Amer. Sept., ii., p. 381. M. frondosa, 

 Salisbury Prodromus, p. 379. Leaves deciduous, lanceolate, 

 spreading, from 1 to 2 feet long, placed at the ends of the branches 

 in a circular manner, somewhat like an umbrella, whence its 

 name. The adult leaves are smooth, the younger ones pubescent 

 underneath. The flowers are 2 or 3 inches in diameter, white and 

 sweet-scented. This perfume is by some considered heavy and 

 oppressive. Petals 9 to 12, exterior ones pendant. This species 

 is a native of Xorth America, on wooded mountains from Xew 

 York to Carolina and Georgia, as well as Virginia. The wood is 

 soft and spongy ; in the mountains of Virginia it is called "Elk- 

 wood." 



M. auriculata. Lam., Diet., iii., p. 673. M. auricularis, Salisbury, 

 Paradisus Londinensis, t. 43 ; Bot. Mag., t. 1206. Michaux fils, 

 Hist, des arbres forestiers de I'Amer. Sept., iii., p. 94, t. 7 ; Bot. 

 Pep., t. 573. Pursh, Flor. Amer. sept., ii., p. 382. M. Fraseri, 

 Walter, Flora Caroliniana, icon. 159. A tree of 40 to 50 feet 

 liigli. Leaves deciduous, smooth, under surface somewhat glaucous, 

 spatulately-obovate, cordate at the base, with blunt, approximate 

 auricles. Flowers erect, of a yellowish- white colour and remark- 

 ably sweet-scented: 3 or 4 inches in diameter : sepals 3, spreading; 

 petals 9, oblong. The fruit is rose-coloured. This species is native 

 of Xorth America in the Alleghany mountains from the upper 

 waters of the Sesquehanna to Carolina. The tree will blossom 

 when verv youno;. 



M. pi/ramidata,l^ot. lleg., t. 407. Deciduous. Leaves smooth ; 

 the same colour on both surfaces, spatulate-obovate, cordate at the 

 base ; auricles spreading ; sepals 3, spreading ; petals 9, lanceolate, 

 pointed. Xative of the western parts of Carolina and Georgia. 

 Very like M. auriculata, but it grows in a more pyramidal form, 

 and besides the above-described differences, the leaves are not 

 above half the size. 



M. macrophylla, Michaux, Flora boreali Americana, i., p. 327. 

 Michaux fils. Hist, des arbres forestiers, iii., p. 79, t. 7. Bot. Mag., t. 

 2189. Bonpland, Descrip. des plantes rares, t. 33. A beautiful 



