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4 IK > umbrella Lara. Umbrella Tree. Lvs. cuneate-lanceolate, whorlcd at ihe endi 



of the branches (like an umbrella) ; sep. reflexed ; pet. lanceolate, acute. S. States, 

 rare in N. Y. and O. 25f. Lvs. and fls. very large. White. May. 



5 OT. cordata MX. Lvs. broadly ovate, subcordate, pubescent beneath ; petals 6 9, 



oblong, yellow, with reddish lines. Ga. Car. 40f. Lvs. downy beneath. 



6 M. Fraseri Walt. Lvs. obovate-spatulate, auricled at the narrow base ; pet. C, pure 



white. Va. Ky. to Fla. 30f. Fls. 6'. Lvs. If A slender tree. 



? M. macropliylla MX. Lvs. obovate-spatulate, cordate; pet. 6, rhomb-ovate, 

 white, with a purple base inside. 8. States. 20-30f. A small tree, with immense 

 Ivs. (2 3f ) and fls. (petals S 7 long). June. 



8 M. coNspfcuA. Yulan. Sep. or very small ; pet. 6 9, erect, of a creamy white, 



appearing before the leaves in early Spring. Lvs. acuminate. 15f. 



9 M. PURPUREA. Sep. 3; pet. 6, erect, lilac-purple outside, preceding the obovate Ivs., 



which are pointed at both ends. China. 10 15f. 



3. LIRIODENDRON, L. TULIP TREE. WHITEWOOD. (Aeipiov, a 

 Lily, devdpov, a tree.) Sep. 3. Pet. 6, in 2 rows, erect. Anth. opening out- 

 ward. Carpels 1 or 2-seeded, imbricated into a cone, indehiscent, sepa- 

 rating from each other at maturity. J> Large, with showy, bell-shaped, 

 upright flowers. Lvs. 4-lobed, retuse-truncate at apex, induplicate in bud, 

 with large, caducous stipules. Figs. 274, 278. 



L. tulipifera L. A noble tree, beautiful in foliage and flowers ; trunk 5 8f diameter; 

 lOOf or more high ; Ivs. very smooth ; fls. greenish-yellow, orange within, abounding 

 in honey. May, June. 



4. SCHIZANDRA, MX. (Sjz'C&j, to cut, avdpa, stamens.) Sep. and 

 pet. 9 12, gradually larger inward. $ Stam. 5 15, monadelphous, anth. 

 cells distinct. 2 Carp, oo, at first imbricated in a head, in fruit baccate, 

 and loosely spicate on the lengthened torus. ^ Lvs. pellucid-punctate, 

 deciduous. Fls. solitary. 



S. coccinea MX. Lvs. ovate or oval, pointed ; fls. on slender peduncles, small, red : 

 stam. 5. in the upper fls. chiefly. Berries and torus red. Vine 12f. South 



ORDER III. CALYCANTHACE^E. CALYCANTHS. 



Shrubs with opposite, simple, exstipulate leaves, and axillary, solitary, 

 often aromatic flowers. Sepals and petals co-rowed, imbricated on a tubu- 

 lar torus, the outer bract-like. Filaments GO, inserted on the top of the 

 torus, short. Anthers adnate, extrorse. Carpels 00, 1-seeded, distinct, in- 

 cluded in the green fleshy torus. Seed erect, without albumen. 



OALYCANTHUS, L. SWEET-SCENTED SHRUB. (Kd\v%, calyx, 

 (lower.) Sep. and pet. cblong, undistinguishable, the inner gradually 

 shorter. Stam. apiculate, the outer longer, inner sterile. Fruit, the en- 

 larged green torus loosely enclosing few or many achenia. J> Fls. lurid 

 purple, with the fragrance of strawberries. 



1 C. fl6rldus L. Lvs. oval or elliptical, acute or acuminate, scabrous, downy be- 

 neath ; fls. on very short axillary branches ; sep. and pet. about 20, near 1' in length 

 8. States: common in gardens. Lvs. 2 &. Shrub 4 8f. Apr. May. 



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