28 MAGNOLlACEyE. Magnolia. 



2. Magnolia acuminata, Linn. Cucumber Tree. 



Leaves decidous, oval, acuminate, pubescent beneath; petals 6 9, oblong-obovate.— 



MicJix.fl. \.p. 328; Michx.f. sylv. I. p. 278. t. 53; Pursh,fl. 2. p. 381 ; Torr. ^ Gr.fl. N. 



Am. 1. p. 43.' 



A tree 50 - 70 feet or more in height, and sometimes four feet in diameter. Leaves 6-8 

 inches long, and 3-5 inches wide, membranaceous, more or less pubescent underneath, 

 riowfers, when fully expanded, 5-6 inches in diameter, of a yellowish color, glaucous 

 externally. Fruit nearly cylindrical, often a little curved, about 3 inches long and three- 

 fourths of an inch in diameter, when green resembling a young cucumber. 



Not uncommon in the western part of the State. The younger Michaux found it on the 

 Niagara river near the falls, nearly its northern limit. Prof. J. Hall observed it at Lewiston 

 and Portage ; also in Cattaraugus, where it attains a great size. Dr. Knieskern saw it in 

 Alleghany, Cattaraugus, Chautauque, Erie, Niagara and Orleans counties. Greece, Monroe 

 county (Dr. Bradley), Cayuga lake {Dr. Alexander Thompson). It is said to grow between 

 Owego and Ithaca, and in Steuben and Chemung counties. Dr. Allen Wass informs me that 

 it grows about four miles north of New-Lebanon Springs, Columbia county. In Erie county 

 and other places, Dr. Knieskern says that it is sawed into boards and used for floors, etc. 

 and also for cabinet work. The grain resembles that of Bass wood ( Tilia), but it is more 

 compact, and takes a finer polish. The bark of the tree is a mild aromatic, tonic and dia- 

 phoretic. Lindl. med. bat. Wood 4- Bache's U. S. Dispens. p. 417. 



Magnolia Umbrella (iripetala, Linn.) is said by the younger Michaux to grow in the northern 

 part of New- York, but this must be a mistake, for no other botanist has found it in so high a 

 latitude. He probably meant the western or souihwestern part, for it occurs in Pennsylvania, 

 and probably in some of the counties bordering that State. I have, however, concluded not 

 to admit it into our Flora, till it is actually found within the limits of New- York. 



2. LIRIODENDRON. Linn. ; Endl. gen. 4740. TULiP TREE. 



[Greek, leirUm, a lily, and dendron, a tree; from the form of its flowers.] 



Sepals 3, caducous. Corolla of 6 petals, campanulate. Carpels densely imbricated, 1-2- 

 sceded, deciduous, indehiscent, the summit lengthened into a lanceolate wing. — A large 

 tree. Leaves deciduous, 3-lobed ; the middle lobe emarginately truncate, the lateral ones 

 often with 2 sinuses. Flowers large, solitary, greenish-yellow, orange within. Stipules 

 flat. 



1. LiRioDENDRON TuLiPiFERA, Linu. TuUp Tree. Tulip Poplar. 



Michx. ft. I. p. 326 ; Michx. f. sylv. 1. p. 30. t. 61 ; Bat. mag. t. 275 ; Bigel. med. hot. 

 t. 31 ; Darlingt. fl. Cest. p. 326 ; Lond. arb. Brit, abr.p. 36. 



A large tree, 40 - 70 - 80 feet high, and 1-3 feet in diameter (in the western States 



