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Ordbb CLI. MAGNOLl \< I I - \i 



Magrn u ■ :■■ 



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 Diagnosis. Ra ■ l qmt, wUh distinct earpelt, (usually) la 



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tn . - or shrubs. Seali a of tl"- leaf-bod formi .1 of stipuli - . ithi i 

 rroUedup. Leaves attentate, sometimes with pellucid d 

 hied distinctly with the Btem ; usually with deciduous stipules which. 



ther like those of 



-, and mark th<- branchi a with 

 ringed scars where they fall off. 

 Flowers solitary, often strongl} 

 iferous, usually / , but in 

 iannia<f-£-$ . Trochoden- 

 dron has neither calj \ nor corolla. 

 Is ."• 6 (rarely 2-4), deciduous. 

 Petals .'( or more, imbricated, 

 hypogynous,in several r..«~. Sta 

 in. us no, distinct, hypogynous; 

 ■others adnate, long. Carpels 

 several, arranged upon :i t<.rus 

 al»i\.- tlw stami ns, I -celled; ovules 

 ■natropal, one ■■!■ more, ascending 

 suspended ; -t_\l<s short, stig- 

 ■M simple. Fruit eith( r dry or 

 ■neeulent, consisting of numerous 

 earp.ls, which are either dehis- 

 ■■'■ or indehiscent, distinct or 

 partially connate, always miine- 

 rous, often collected in a cone upon 

 a lengthened axis, sometimes ter- 

 minated by a membranous win-. - 



iry, or several, attached to the inner 

 of the carpels, from which, when 

 md open, they often hang suspended 

 by ■ delicate umbilical cord, often envi - 

 »ped in an aril. Embryo minute, at the 

 of fleshy albumen. 

 In this Order are included Bome of the 

 trees and shrubs in the world, strik- 

 itiful in their flowers and foliage, 

 of very considerable size, and in the 

 rity of cases emitting the most fra- 

 rrant odours. The} are closelj allied to 

 •uleniads, which have a quinarj arran -. 

 '"'•i;t of the calyx and corolla and no sti- 

 ■ and t.. Anonads, which also have a 

 n arrangement of the floral enve- 

 md a vi r\ K reat similarity in general 

 structure ; but in that Order the petals 

 i valvate aestivation, and no Btipules 

 ** present, besides which the albumen 

 ■ ruminated like that of a Nutmeg. In 

 winter's Barks, or Winterew, which do 



m to p a,,, so iid distinction 



"■'•"> Magnoliads, the wood has been ob- 

 1 '•• present the similar circular 

 <w*s which are so abundant and remark- 

 miferous plants.* 



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led or confirmed. I 1 

 rme place that the woody tu 

 Vraucam." and in another 1 

 1» on no saurnit confondre avec celle di 



CCXC Wt.— Magnolia i 



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 riic genus Ta&mannia, called in 



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