CHAPTER XXX: THE MAGNOLIAS AND THE 

 TULIP TREE 



Family Magnoliace^ 



Trees with soft, light wood, and fleshy roots. Leaves 

 large, simple, alternate, entire. Flowers large, showy, perfect, 

 solitary, terminal, all parts distinct. Fruit cone-like, com- 

 pound, of many i to 2 celled follicles or keys imbricated upon a 

 central spike. 



KEY TO GENERA AND SPECIES 



A. Leaves pointed at apex; seeds scarlet, berry-like. 

 I. Genus MAGNOLIA, Linn. 

 B. Foliage evergreen or nearly so, 



C. Leaf linings rusty pubescent. (M. jodida) magnolia 

 CC. Leaf linings silvery, smooth. 



(M. glauca) swamp magnolia 

 BB, Foliage deciduous. 



C. Leaves scattered along branchlets. 



D. Flowers large, white; leaves 1 5 to 30 inches long. 

 {M. macrophylla) large-leaved cucumber tree 

 DD. Flowers small, yellowish green; leaves 6 to 10 



inches long. (M. acuminata) cucumber tree 

 CC. Leaves in whorls on ends of branchlets. 



D. Bases of leaves tapering; calyx turned back. 



(M. tripetala) umbrella tree 

 DD. Bases of leaves broadened into ear-like lobes; 

 calyx not turned back, 



(M. Fraseri) mountain magnolia 

 AA. Leaves cut off square at apex; seeds dry, in winged samaras. 



2. Genus LIRIODENDRON, Linn. 



(L. Tulipifera) tulip tree 



I. Genus MAGNOLIA, Linn. 



The magnolias include twenty species; twelve are found in 

 eastern and southern Asia, two in Mexico, six in eastern North 



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