GENUS i. 



MAGNOLIA FAMILY. 



Si 



i. MAGNOLIA L. Sp. PI. 535. 1753. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves large and generally thick, entire. Buds covered with condu- 

 plicate sheathing stipules. Flowers large, fragrant. Sepals 3, petaloid. Petals 6-12, imbri- 

 cated in 2-4 series. Anthers linear, introrse. Carpels spiked or capitate on the elevated or 

 elongated receptacle, 2-ovuled, forming follicles at maturity. Seeds fleshy, anatropous, sus- 

 pended from the ripe cones by slender filamentous threads. [In honor of Pierre Magnol, 

 1638-1715, Professor of Botany in Montpellier.] 



A genus of about 25 species, natives of eastern North America, the West Indies, Mexico, east- 

 ern Asia and the Himalayas. Type species : Magnolia virginiana L. 



Leaves auriculate, glabrous. 



Leaves cordate, white-pubescent beneath. 



Leaves acute at base. 



Leaves 8'-2o' long, light green and somewhat pubescent beneath. 



Leaves s'-6' long, glaucous beneath. 

 Leaves rounded or truncate at the base, thin. 



1. M. Fraseri. 



2. M. macrophylla. 



3. M. tripetala. 



4. M. virginiana. 



5. M. acuminata. 



i. Magnolia Fraseri Walt. Eraser's Magnolia. 

 Long- or Ear-leaved Umbrella-tree. Fig. 1845. 



Magnolia Fraseri Walt. Fl. Car. 159. 1788. 

 Magnolia auriculata Lam. Encycl. 3 : 673. 1789. 



A tree 25-5o high, the trunk s'-2 in diameter, straight, 

 the branches widely spreading. Leaf-buds glabrous ; 

 leaves clustered at the ends of the branches, auriculate, 

 6'-2o' long, 3'-8' broad, elongated-obovate or oblong, con- 

 tracted below, glabrous, the lower surface light green, the 

 upper surface darker; petioles slender, i'-3' long; flowers 

 white, 3'-8' broad ; petals spatulate or obovate, obtuse, 

 much longer than the sepals ; cone of fruit $'-4' long, rose- 

 colored when mature. 



In mountain woods, Virginia and Kentucky to Florida and 

 Mississippi. Heart-wood soft, brown ; sap-wood white. Weight 

 per cubic foot 31 Ibs. North Carolina-bay. Cucumber-tree. 

 Indian-physic. Water-lily tree. May-June. 



2. Magnolia macrophylla Michx. Great-leaved 



Magnolia. Large-leaved Umbrella-tree, or 



Cucumber-tree. Fig. 1846. 



Magnolia macrophylla Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i : 327. 1803. 



A tree 20 -60 high, the trunk 6'-2o' in diameter, 

 bark gray. Leaf-blades silky-pubescent; leaves oblong 

 or obovate, blunt, cordate, i -3* long, 8'-i4' broad, 

 glabrous and green above, glaucous-white and pubes- 

 cent beneath; petioles stout, 2 '-4' long; flowers 8"-is' 

 in diameter, white with a large purple center; petals 

 ovate-oblong, obtuse, thrice the length of the rounded 

 sepals ; cone of fruit ovoid-cylindric, 4'-6' long, bright 

 rose-colored at maturity. 



In woods, southeastern Kentucky to North Carolina, 

 Florida, Arkansas and Louisiana. Heart-wood brown, 

 satiny, hard ; sap-wood light yellow ; weight per cubic foot 

 33 Ibs. Elk-bark. Silver-leaf. Big-bloom. May-June. 



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