EAR- LEAVED MAGNOLIA; LONG-LEAVED CUCUMBER TREE 

 (Magnolia Fraseri, Walt.). 30 to 40 feet. Low, broad- 

 crowned tree, with slender, often leaning trunk, or many small 

 stems spreading from the ground. Branches angular, stout, 

 * T ith brittle twigs, tipped with purple buds, 1^ to 2 inches long. 

 Bark thin, brown, with warty patches. Wood brownish-yel- 

 low, weak, soft. Leaves smooth, bright green, obovate, acute, 

 with pointed, ear-shaped lobes at base, entire margin: 10 to 

 12 inches long, half as wide. Flowers creamy white, spread- 

 ing and recurving the three sepals; 8 to 10 inch across, fra- 

 grant; petals with narrow, tapering bases. Fruit a narrow 

 cone, 4 to 5 inches long, carpels rose-colored, with horny tips; 

 seeds f inch long, scarlet, suspended on threads. Dist.: Along 

 mountain streams, Appalachian valleys, Virginia to Tennessee, 

 Georgia, Alabama, and northern Mississippi. Largest and 

 most abundant near headwaters of Savannah River in South 

 Carolina. Hardy in Northern States. Planted for ornament. 



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