MAGNOLIACE^ 



STARRY MAGNOLIA, Magnolia stellata, 



Gardens. The glistening star-shaped flowers, borne in great profusion, make 

 this a very desirable subject for a specimen bed. March — May. 



Flowers white, star-shaped, fragrant, 4 ins. diam., appearing early, before 

 leaves develop, solitary and terminal ; Sepals shorter than petals, oblong, hairy 

 outside; Petals 12-15, narrow, linear-oblong, obtuse, reflexed, external stripe 

 of pink, 10-12 ins. long; Stamens bright yellow, shorter than pistil; Carpels 

 green ; Fruit an etaerio of follicles. 



Leaves alternate, obovate, obtuse to elliptical, acuminate, membranaceous, 

 2-5 ins. long. 



A deciduous shrub, 4-8 ft. ; much branched. 



Native of Japan ; introduced 1862. Syn. 31. Halleana ; this name given in 

 compliment to Mr. Hall, who introduced the species to the United States. 



UMBRELLA TREE, Magnolia tripetala, 



Gardens. Best in sheltered spot. April — July. 



Floivers creamy-white, having disagreeable odour, 7-8 ins. long, 4-6 ins. 

 diam., solitary, terminal, at extremities of previous year's shoots; peduncles 

 slender, glabrous, glaucous, 2-21 ins. long ; Sepals broad, reflexed, early 

 deciduous, 5-6 ins. long; Petals 9-12, exterior ones pendent, 4-5 ins. long, 

 2 ins. wide, coriaceous, ovate ; Stamens with bright purple filaments ; Fruit 

 an eta?rio of follicles ; cone 4-6 ins. long ; rose, ovate, glabrous ; seeds 

 I in. long. 



Leaves clustered near ends of branches, oblong or obovate lanceolate, 

 narrowed at base, acute, spreading, young ones pubescent beneath, old ones 

 smooth, 1-2 ft. or more long, 7-8 ins. broad; petioles stout. 



A deciduous tree, 15-30 ft., straggling growth ; Buds glabrous, glaucous, 

 terminal bud purple ; Wood dark brown or mahogany colour, soft. 



Introduced from N. America, 1752 ; attains 40 ft. in native habitat. 



Name tripetala is in allusion to three petaloid sepals. 



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