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THE FLORA. 



a Leaves acuto at the base (not cordate) b 



a Leaves cordate or auriculate at the base. Trees 8'?-40f. high. . . .5-7 



b Leaves shining above, vrhite or rust-colored beneath. Petals 9-12 1, 2 



b Leaves dull green both sides, thin, deciduous. Petals 6-9. . . .3, 4 

 M. grandiflo'ra. Big Laurel. Tree evergreen, 60-701". high. Leaves thick, rust 



downy beneath. Flowers 8 or 9'' broad, white. S. 

 M. glauca. White Bay. Shrub deciduous, 6-25f. high. Leaves very smoolh 

 glaucous beneath. Flowers 2-3'' broad, cream-color. Swamps. + 



3 M. acuinina''ta. Cacumher-tree. Tree large. Leaves oval, acuminate, scat 



tered. Flowers small (3-4'' broad), petals obovate. M. S. 



4 M. umbreHa. Umbrella-tree. Tree small (20-80f.). Leaves wedge-lanceo 



late, whorled, very large, as well as the flowers. M. S. 

 M. corda'ta. Yellow Cucumber-tree. Petals 6-9, yellow, 'wjith reddish lines. Lvs. 



broad-ovate, slightly cordate. Flowers 4'' broad. S. 

 M. Fra'seri. Ear-leamd M. Petals G, pure white. Leaves ear-shaped at base, 



cbovate-spatulate, near If. long. Spring. S. 

 M. macrophyKla. Great-leaved M. Petals 6, white, each 6-8^ in length. Leaves 

 2-3f. long, obovate-spatulate, cordate. Tree 30-50f. high. S. W. t 

 8 M. conspic^ua. Yulan. Flowers in Spring, large, rose-colored or white, with 

 6-9 petals or sepals, nearly erect. Japan. 



2. LIRIODEN'DROK Tulip-tree. 



Sepals 3. Petals 6, in two rows. 

 Anthers opening outwards. Car- 

 pels 1-2-seeded, imbricated into 

 a cone, indehiscent, separating 

 from each other in fruit. — Trees 

 with large and fragrant flowers. 



L. tulipifera. Tulip-tree. WIntewood. 

 Poplar. This is one of the finest 

 and largest trees of our forests. 

 The trunk is generally straight 

 and cylindric, dividing at the top 

 rather abruptly in a few coarse and 

 crooked branches. Leaves, dark 

 green, smooth, square at the end, with 2 lobes each sidj, 3-5' in length and 

 breadth. Flowers large and elegant, greenish-yellow, orange within, 4^6' 

 >road. Ma If, June, 



Fig. 374. Young branch of Tulip-tree, unfold- 

 ing from tbe bud : s, s, stipules. 



