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broad purple spot on the inner base of the petals, 

 and fragrant. It bears cultivation very well in our 

 Middle District. In the Lower District it is not so 

 manageable, but can there be grafted on the native 

 Umbrella Tree, as was successfully done by the elder 

 Michaux in his garden near Charleston. 



6. Long-Leaved Cucumber Tree. (M. Fraseri, 

 Walt.) — Found only in ravines of the mountains, 

 where it is known by this name, and also as Wahoo 

 and Indian Physic. It is confined chiefly to the 

 mountains of the Southern States, and is nowhere 

 more abundant than in Ashe, Yancey and Burke. 

 It is 40 to 45 feet high, with a diameter of 12 to 15 

 inches. The leaves are 8 to 9 inches long, 4 to 6 

 broad, and though a third smaller, are very much 

 like those of No. 5 in form ; the base in this, as in 

 that, being divided into rounded lobes or ears. The 

 flowers are 3 to 4 inches broad, pure white, and of 

 agreeable fragrance. The cones are 3 to 4 inches 

 long, and, like those of the Umhrella Tree., of a beau- 

 tiful rose color when ripe. This tree bears removal 

 remarkably well, it having been cultivated in the 

 open air near Philadelphia, but it would probably 

 require the protection of shade in our low country. 



7. Heart-Leaved Cucumber Tree. (M. cor- 

 data, Michx ) — Often confounded with the Cucumber 

 Tree^ to which it bears a general resemblance, though 

 it is a very distinct species. It is confined to declivi- 

 ties of the mountains from Ashe County to Georgia. 

 It has a regular oval summit, is 30 to 50 feet higli, 12 



