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1. I. Ploridanum, Ellis. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminate; petals 

 20-30, lanceolate and linear, widely spreading, dark purple. Sandy swamps, 

 Florida and westward. May. Shrub 6 - 10 high. Leaves somewhat fleshy. 

 Flowers flat, 1' in diameter. 



2. I. parviflorum, Michx. Leaves lanceolate, acute ; petals 6-12, ovate 

 or roundish, concave, yellow. Southern districts of Georgia and East Florida. 

 May and June. Flowers smaller than in No. 1. 



2. SCHIZANDRA, Michx. 



Flowers monoecious. Sepals 5-6, ovate, concave, greenish. Petals 5-6, 

 obovate-oblong, crimson. Stamens 5 : filaments united, forming a circular, 5- 

 lobed disk : anther-cells widely separated. Ovaries numerous, 1 -celled, 2-ovuled, 

 imbricated in a head, in fruit forming 1 - 2-seeded berries, which are scattered 

 on the greatly elongated filiform receptacle. A climbing shrub ; with alternate, 

 oblong, membranaccous, deciduous leaves, and small long-peduncled flowers, 

 from axillary buds. Stipules none. 



1. S. COCCinea, Michx. Leaves acuminate, long-petioled,3'-4'long, often 

 somewhat toothed ; uppermost flowers mostly staminatc ; berries oval, red. 

 Shady woods, Florida to South Carolina and westward. May and June. Stem 

 climbing high. 



3. MAGNOLIA, L. UMBRELLA-TREE. CUCUMBER-TREE. 



Flowers perfect. Sepals 3, caducous. Petals 6-9, concave, spreading, de- 

 ciduous. Stamens very numerous : anthers introrse. Ovaries numerous, im- 

 bricated, 1 -celled, 2-ovuled, forming in fruit a cone-like head of fleshy, 2-seeded, 

 persistent follicles, opening on the back. Seeds berry-like, suspended by a slender 

 cord of spiral vessels. Aromatic trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate or clustered 

 at the summit of the branches. Flowers large, solitary, terminal. Stipules large, 

 adnate to the petiole, at length deciduous. 



* Leaves perennial. 



1. M. grandiflora, L. (MAGNOLIA.) Leaves coriaceous, oblong, or ob- 

 ovate, smooth and glossy above, rusty-pubescent beneath, flat or concave ; petals 

 mostly 9, obovate, concave, clawed. Light fertile soil in the middle and lower 

 districts, South Carolina and westward. April and May. A large tree. Leaves 

 6' -12' long. Flowers 6' -9' wide, white, changing to brown. Cone of fruit 

 oval, 3' -4' long. 



2. M. glauca, L. (SWEET BAY.) Leaves coriaceous, lanceolate and 

 oblong, silky-pubescent, at length smooth above, glaucous beneath; petals 9, 

 obovate, concave. Swamps, Florida and northward. May and June. A shrub 

 or small tree. Leaves mostly deciduous northward, 4' - 6' long. Flowers 2' 

 wide, white, very fragrant. Cone of fruit oval, 1'- 1^' long. 



* * Leaves deciduous, acute at the base. 



3. M. Umbrella, Lam. Leaves clustered at the summit of the branches, 

 obovate-oblong, acute, downy beneath, at length smooth ; petals 9, oblong-lan- 



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