THE MAGNOLIAS AND THE TULIP TREE 



TREES with soft, light wood and fleshy roots. Leaves 

 large, simple, alternate, entire. Flowers large, showy, perfect, 

 solitary, terminal, all parts distinct. Fruit cone-like, com- 

 pound, of many 1- to 2-celled follicles or keys imbricated upon 

 a central spike. 



KEY TO GENERA AND SPECIES 



A. Leaves pointed at apex; seeds scarlet, berry-like. 



1. Genus MAGNOLIA, Linn. 

 B. Foliage evergreen, or nearly so. 

 C. Leaf linings rusty pubescent. 



(M. ftttida) MAGNOLIA 

 CC. Leaf linings silvery smooth. 



(M. glauca) SWAMP MAGNOLIA 

 BB. Foliage deciduous. 



C. Leaves scattered along branchlets. 



D. Flowers large, white; leaves 15 to 30 



inches long. 



(M. macrophylla) LARGE-LEAVED CUCUMBER TREE 

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