MAGNOLIACEAE 9 



KALM, in his Travels, -written a century since, says "Both the 

 Swedes and English call it Beaver tree, because the root of this tree 

 is the dainty of Beavers, which are caught by its means." 



2. M. AcuMiNkTA, L. Leaves oval, shortly acuminate, green 



beneath ; petals oblong ; cones cylindric-oblong. 



ACUMINATE MAGNOLIA. Cucumber Tree. Mountain Magnolia. 



Stem 60 to 80 feet, or more, in height. Leaves 6 to 10 or 12 inches long. Flow- 

 ers bluish-white, with tinges of yellow; petals scarcely expanding. Cones sub- 

 cylinclric, 3 to 5 or 6 inches long. 

 Hob. Yards, and lawns : cultivated. Fl June. Fr. Oct. 



Obs. This majestic and symmetrical species (a native of our 

 mountains) is beginning to be appreciated, and introduced here, as 

 an ornamental shade tree. No one could behold the noble specimens 

 in the old Marshall Botanic Garden, without feeling its value, in 

 that respect. Other ornamental species are also cultivated. 



13. L,IRIODE]% T/ DROtf , L. 



[Gr. Leirion, a lily, and Dendr&n, a tree; from its lily-like flowers.] 

 Sepals 3, reflexed. Petals mostly 6. Anthers extrorse. Carpels 

 samara-like, indehiscent, densely imbricated in a cone. Buds flat- 

 tish. 



1* L. tlllipifera, L. Leaves dilated, rounded or sub-cordate 

 at base, usually 3-lobed, the middle lobe broad and emarginately 

 truncate. 

 TULIP-BEABING LiRiODENiteON. Tulip-Poplar. Tulip-tree. 



Stem 80 to 120 feet high. Leaves 4 to 6 or 8 inches long, and about as wide as 

 long, becoming yellow in autumn; petioles 2 to 3 inches in length. Flowers tulip- 

 shaped, greenish-yellow, with dashes of reddish-orange. Carpels produced at^ipx 

 into a lance-oblong wing, and closely imbricated on the fusiform receptacle. 

 Sab. Rich woodlands, and fence-rows : common. FL May. Fr. October. 



Obs. The wood of this magnificent tree is highly valued in many 

 branches of the mechanic art, especially the variety called yellow 

 poplar, which is generally to be known by its thicker and more 

 deeply furrowed bark. The bark of the root, and young tree, is a 

 good aromatic bitter. "Many people," says KALM, "believe its 

 roots to be as efficacious against the fever as the Jesuit's Bark." 

 Persons of taste are beginning to discover, that this, and some 

 others of our splendid forest trees, are quite as worthy of cultivation, 

 for shade and ornament, as many of the far-fetched exotics. The 

 'same may be said, also, of our brilliant native shrubs, such as the 

 Kalmias, Azaleas, &c. &c. 



ORDER III. ANONACEAE. 



Trees or shrubs, with naked buds and no stipules ; leaves alternate, entire, feather- 

 veined ; sepals 3 ; petals 6, in 2 series, nearly valvate in the bud, hypogynous, 

 polyandrous; fruit fleshy or pulpy; seeds large, with a minute embryo at the base 

 of ruminated albumen. 



The luscious Custard apples of the Indies, the Chirimoya of Peru, &c., are afforded 

 by trees of this order. 



14. ASIM'IIVA, Adans. 

 [A name coined from Asiminier, of the French colonists.] 



Petals with their margins slightly overlapping in the bud, the outer 



