MAGNOLIA 45 



arranged in 3's, mostly imbricated in the bud, hypogynous and deciduous ; 

 stamens numerous, large, anthers adnate ; pistils many, on' an elongated 

 or cone-shaped receptacle, free or cohering with each other and in the 

 fruit, forming a sort of fleshy cone ; seeds one or two in each pistil. 



A family of about 10 genera of wide geographic distribution. The 

 following is represented by one cultivated species in Minnesota. 



Magnolia L i n n e 1753 Magnolia 

 (Named for the French botanist, Magnol.) 



Trees or shrubs with large usually thick, entire leaves ; leaf buds 

 covered with sheathing stipules ; flowers large, fragrant, borne singly at 

 the ends of branches, appearing before or with the leaves ; sepals 3, 

 petal-like ; petals 6-9, in whorls of 3 ; stamens imbricated, with short 

 filaments and large anthers ; carpels on a cone-shaped receptacle, coher- 

 ing and forming at maturity an aggregate, cone-like fruit with dry or 

 fleshy follicles that dehisce and let out by slender threads, one or two, 

 usually red seeds. 



A genus of about 15 species, natives of eastern North America, 

 eastern Asia and the Himalaya mountains. 



Some species with large white flowers that open before the leaves 

 appear are handsome ornamental trees. 



The following species is planted to some extent in Minnesota. 



Magnolia acuminata Clematis verticillaris 



Magnolia acuminata L inne 1753 Cucumber Tree 



A tree about 15-20 meters high, attaining a maximum height farther 

 south of 30 meters (90 ft.) leaf buds silvery gray and silky pubescent; 

 leaves oblong or ovate, acuminate at apex, pinnately veined, margin entire, 

 glabrous above, more or less pubescent beneath, 13-24 cm. long, 7-13 

 cm. wide; flowers somewhat narrowly campanulate, greenish yellow, 



