ORDER 2. THE MAGNOLIADS. 



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a Leaves acute at the base (not cordate) b 



a Leaves cordate or anriculate at the base. Trees S^-lOf. high 5-7 



b Leaves shining above, white or rust-colored beneath. Petals 9-12.... 1, 2 

 b Leaves dull green both sides, thin, deciduous. Petals 6-9.... 3, 4 

 . M. grandiflo'ra. Big Laurel. Tree evergreen, 60-70f. high. Leaves thick, rust 



downy beneath. Flowers 3 or 9' broad, white. S. 



'. M. glauca. White Bay. Shrub deciduous, 6-25f. high. Leaves very smooth 

 glaucous beneath. Flowers 2-3' broad, cream-color. Swamps, t 



3 M. acumina'ta. Ga cumber-tree. Tree large. Leaves oval, acuminate, scat 



tred. Flowers small (3-4' broad), petals obovate. M. S. 



4 M. nmbrel'la. Umbrella-tree. Tree small (20-30f.). Leaves wedge-lanceo 



late, whorled, very large, as well as the flowers. M. S. 



5 M. corda'ta. Ytllow Cucumber-tree. Petals 6-9, yellow, with reddish lines. Lvs. 



broad-ovate, slightly cordate. Flowers 4' broad. S. 



6 M. Fra'seri. Ear-leaved M. Petals 6, pure white. Leaves ear-shaped at base, 



obovate-spatulate, near If. long. Spring. S. 



7 M. macrophyl'la. Great-leaved M. Petals 6, white, each 6-8' in length. Leaves 



2-8f. long, obovate-spatulate, cordate. Tree 30-50f. high. S. W. t 

 8 M. conspic'ua. Yulan. Flowers in Spring, large, rose-colored o* white, witli 

 6-9 petals or sepals, nearly erect. Japan. 



2. LIPJODEN'DROK Tulip-tree. 



Sepals 3. Petals 6, in two rows. 

 Anthers opening outwards. Car- 

 pels 1-2-seeded, imbricated into 

 a cone, indehiscent, separating 

 from each other in fruit. Trees 

 with large and fragrant flowers. 



L. tulipif'era. Tulip-tree. W/dtewood. 

 Poplar. This is one of the finest 

 and largest trees of our forests. 

 The trunk is generally straight 

 and cylindric, dividing at the top 

 rather abruptly in a few coarse and 

 crooked branches. Leaves dark 

 green, smooth, square at the end, with 2 lobes each sid:, 3-5' in length and 

 breadth. Flowers large and elegant, greenish-yellow, orange within, 4-fl' 

 broad. J/i/y, June. 



Fig. 374. Young branch of Tulip-tree, unfold- 

 ing from the bud: , , stipules. 



