UMBRELLA TREE; ELKWOOD (Magnolia tripetala, Linn.). 

 JO to 40 feet. Conical or round-topped tree with stout, con- 

 torted branches. Bark gray, thin, smooth, with bristle-like 

 warts. Buds 1 to 2 inches long. Wood weak, pale brown, 

 soft, of no use. Leaves 16 to 20 inches long, obovate, acute, 

 entire, tapering narrowly to the stout petiole; bright green, 

 smooth, thin, silky when they open. Flowers white, cup- 

 shaped, 4 to 5 inches deep, of unpleasant odor, soon spread- 

 ing wide open, the 3 sepals recurved. Fruit a smooth, rose- 

 colored cone, oblong, 2 to 4 inches long; seeds inch long. 

 Dist.: Pennsylvania to southern Alabama, Mississippi, and 

 Arkansas; Atlantic States, nearly to coast. Cultivated in 

 Eastern States. 



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