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POPULAR FLOKA. 



4. Yellow Cucumber-M. A low tree; leaves ovate or a little heart-shaped; flowers cream-yellow. 



S. ; sometimes cultivated at the North. M. cordata. 



§ 3. UMBKELLA-TREES. Leaves thin, large, those on the flowering shoots forming an umbreJlii-like 

 circle underneath the blossom; leaf-buds smooth; flower large and white, not sweet-scented, ap- 

 pearing in early spring; petals about 4' long, tapering below. 



5. Ear-leaved Umbrella-M. Leaves nearly 1° long, auricled at the base (Fig. 102). S. M. Frasm. 



6. CojiMON Umbrella-M. Leaves 1° to 2° long, tapering into a short footstalk. M. Umbvdla. 



7. There is, besides, the Great-leaved M., with much the largest flowers and leaves of all, tlio latter 



2° or 3° long, scattered, heart-shaped at the base, and white-downy beneath; flower 8' or 10' broad. 

 S. and cult, rarely. It does not belong exactly to either the above divisions. M. macroplit)Ua. 



8. The Purple M.\gxolia, from Japan, is a shrub in some gardens and grounds, flowering before the 



leaves are out. M. purpurea. 



3. CUSTARD-APPLE FAMILY. Order ANONACEiE. 



Trees or shrubs, resembling the Magnolia family, but the three petals of each set not 

 overlapping each other 

 in the bud ; the bark and 

 foliage not aromatic, but 

 unpleasant-tasted ; the 

 seeds large and bony, 

 their albumen variegated 

 like a nutmeg, or cut into 

 slits. Leaves entire, des- 

 titute of stipules. Only ^ ^-'^ '^ ■\ '^--^ \ t//. 

 one genus in this coun- 

 try, and one species com- 



mon ; the 



Common Papaw. A 

 small tree, with dingy- 

 purple flowers appear- 

 ing in early spring rath- 

 er before the leaves ; 

 the 3 outer petals much 

 larger than the 3 inner 

 ones ; fruits eatable 

 when ripe, in autumn, 

 2' or 3' long. Common 

 West and South along 

 rivers, in rich soil. 



Aiimina iriUha. 



280. Branch of Papaw in flower. 



A stamen. 262. Flower with all but the pistils taken 



off the receptacle. 263. Fiuus; two of them cut through. 264. A seed cut through t« 

 show the variegated aU'unien. 



