Magnolia auriculata, 
THE EAR-LEAVED MAGNOLIA. 
Synonymcs. 
Magnolia auriculata, 
Willdenow, Linnsei Species Plantarum. 
De Candolle, Prodromus. 
{ Michaux, North American Sylva. 
Don, Miller's Dictionary. 
Loudon, Arboretum Britannicum. 
Torre y and Gray, Flora of North America. 
France. 
Germany. 
United States. 
Magnolia fraseri, 
Magnolier a feuilles auriculees, 
Geohrter Bieberbaum, 
Long-leaved Cucumber-tree, Indian 
Physic, Wahoo, 
Derivations. The specific name, auriculata, is derived from the Latin auris, the ear, from the rounded lobes of the leaves, 
resembling ears. The French name is a translation of the botanic one. The German name signifies Eared Beaver-tree. It is 
called Long-leaved Cucumber- tree from the length of its leaves, and the form of its fruit; and Indian Physic, because it was 
much used by the aborigines as medicine. 
Engravings. Michaux, North American Sylva, pi. 56 ; Loudon, Arboretum Britannicum, v., pi. 10 ; and the figures below. 
Specific Characters. Deciduous. Leaves smooth, under surface somewhat glaucous, spathulately obovate, 
cordate at the base, with blunt approximate auricles. Sepals 3, spreading. Petals 9, oblong. Don. 
Hitter's Diet. 
Description. 
HE Magnolia auriculata is 
v remarkable for the beauty 
of its foliage, the size of 
^Ua^^ ^iNP its flowers, and the fra- 
grance of their odour. It attains a height of 
thirty or forty feet, with a straight trunk, twelve 
or fifteen inches in diameter, often undivided for 
half of its length. The branches spread widely, 
and ramify but sparingly, with their extremities 
turned upwards, which circumstances give the 
tree a peculiar air, so that it may readily be 
known at a distance, even in winter. The bark 
is gray, and always smooth, even on the oldest 
trees, except on the young shoots, which are of a 
purplish-red, dotted with white. When the epi- 
dermis is removed, the cellular integument, by 
contact with the air, instantly changes from white 
to yellow. The leaves are of a light-green colour, of a fine texture, eight or nine 
inches long, and from four to six inches broad. On young and vigorous trees, 
they are often one third, or even one half larger. They are smooth on both sur- 
faces, acuminate at the summit, widest near the top, and narrowest towards the 
bottom. The base is divided into rounded lobes, one on each side of the inser- 
tion of the petiole. They have short footstalks, sitting near each other, and 
radiate in regular order, with their margins touching or slightly overlapping 
each other, like an umbrella. The flowers, which open in April and May, are 
three or four inches in diameter, of a milky white, and are situated at the extre- 
mities of the young shoots. The fruit is oval, three or four inches long, and, like 
the Magnola umbrella, of a beautiful rose-colour, when ripe. It differs from 
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