CHAPTER XXX: THE MAGNOLIAS AND THE 



TULIP TREE 



Family Magnoliace/E 



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 i 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. 



I. Genus MAGNOLIA, Linn. 



B. Foliage evergreen or nearly so. 



C. Leaf linings rusty pubescent. {M. fcetida) magnolia 

 CC. Leaf linings silvery, smooth. 



(M. glauca) swamp magnolia 

 BB. Foliage deciduous. 



C. Leaves scattered along branchlets. 



D. Flowers large, white; leaves 1 5 to 30 inches long. 

 (M. macrophylla) large-leaved cucumber tree 

 DD. Flowers small, yellowish green; leaves 6 to 10 

 inches long. {M. acuminata) cucumber tree 

 CC. Leaves in whorls on ends of branchlets. 



D. Bases of leaves tapering; calyx turned back. 



{M. tripetala) umbrella tree 

 DD. Bases of leaves broadened into ear-like lobes; 

 calyx not turned back. 



(A/. Fraseri) mountain magnolia 

 AA. Leaves cut off square at apex ; seeds dry, in winged samaras. 



2. Genus LIRIODENDRON, Linn. 



(L. Tulipijera) tulip tree 



I. Genus MAGNOLIA, Linn. 



The magnolias include twenty species; twelve are found in 

 eastern and southern Asia, two in Mexico, six in eastern North 



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