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a flatish, bell-shaped corolla, the flower being a fragrant one. 

 Extrorse anthers and a sessile gynophore as in the Magnolia family 

 generally (Magnoliacece) , to which the Tulip Tree belongs. Car- 

 pels with two ovules and a fruit like samaras (Fig. 3) . The narrow 

 pistils flat and scale-form, forming an elongate and dry cone 

 wherein they are imbricated and cohere. This falls away entire. 

 It is indehiscent, and each carpel contains from one to two seeds at 

 its base; anatropous. 



Gray states for the Magnolia family in general "Trees or shrubs, 

 with the leaf -buds covered by membraneous stipules, polypetalous, 

 hypogynous, polyandrous, polygnous; alike, in three or more rows 

 of three, and imbricated (rarely convolute) in the bud." 



The feather-veined leaves are very smooth, untoothed, and 

 alternate; marked with dots. Each typical leaf possesses two 

 lateral lobes near the base and two others at the apex. They 

 measure from two to five inches in length. Base cordate, and apex 

 has the appearance of having been cut squarely across, leaving a 

 long, shallow notch with sides of nearly equal length. 



This description, taken in connection with what is set forth above 

 and the four illustrations, will serve to present Liriodendron 

 tilipifera in such a way that it may be recognized by both amateur 

 and professional botanists in any part of the world. 



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