MAGNOL/y/. 



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Engravings. Bot Mag., t. 325. ; Bot. Cab., 474. ; the plate in Arb. Brit., 1st edit. vol. v. ; and our 

 fig. 40. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Deciduous. Leaves broadly ovate, subcordate, acute, 

 under surface tomentose, upper surface smooth. Petals 6 9, oblong. 

 (JJon's Mill.) A deciduous tree of the middle size. Carolina to Georgia, 

 on mountains. Height 20 ft. to 40 ft. and 50 ft. in America, and 20 ft. to 

 30 ft. in England. Introduced in 1800. Flowers yellow slightly streaked 

 with red, with a disagreeable odour, seldom expanding fully ; June and 

 July. Strobile like that of M. acuminata, but smaller ; ripe in October. 

 Decaying leaves dark brown or black. Naked young wood hoary brown. 



Magnolia cordkta. 



This tree, in its native country, has a trunk 12 or 15 inches in diameter, 

 straight, and covered with a rough and deeply furrowed bark. Its leaves 

 are from 4 in. to 6 in. in length, and from 3 in. to 5 in. wide, smooth and 

 entire. The flowers are from 3 in. to 4 in. in diameter, and are succeeded by 

 fruit about 3 in. long, and nearly 1 in. in thickness, of a similar form to those 

 of the preceding species. The soil, situation, propagation, &c., may be con- 

 sidered the same as for M. acuminata ; but, as M. (a.) cordata seems, jin its 

 native country, to inhabit higher and drier localities than M. acuminata, it 

 may probably be placed in still more exposed situations than that species in 

 Britain. 



$ 7. M. AURICULA V TA Lam. The auricled-leaved Magnolia. 



Identification. Willd. Sp., 2. p. 1258. ; Dec. Prod., 1 . p. 80. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 83. 



Synonymes. M. Fraseri Walt., Tor. & Gray ; M. auriculkris Salt'sb. ; Indian Physic, and long-leaved 



Cucumber Tree, Amer. ; Magnolier auricule, Fr. ; gedhrter (eared) Bieberbaum, Ger. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., 1206. ; the plate in Arb. Brit., 1st edit. vol. v. ; and omfig. 42. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Deciduous. Leaves smooth, under surface somewhat 

 glaucous, spathulately obovate, cordate at the base, with blunt approximate 

 auricles. Sepals 3, spreading. Petals 9, oblong, attenuate at the base. 

 (Don's Mill.) A smooth deciduous tree of the middle size. Carolina to 

 Florida, and on the Alleghany Mountains. Height 30 ft. to 40 ft. in America, 

 and 20 ft. to 30 ft. in England. Introduced in 1786. Flowers white ; April 

 and May. Strobile oval oblong, rose-coloured j ripe in October. Decaying 

 leaves of a rich yellowish brown. Naked young wood smooth, and of a 

 purplish mahogany colour, with small white dots. 



Variety. 



M. a. 2 pyramidata. M. pyramidata Barfr.-, M. Frasm pyramidata 

 ., Tor. # Gray. The plate in Arb. Brit. 1st edit. vol. v.; and 



