14 ANONACE^E. (CUSTARD-APPLE FAMILY.) 



ceolate, acute. (M. tripetala, Michx. ) Rich s6il in the upper districts. May 

 and June. A small tree, with irregular branches. Leaves l-l long, on 

 short petioles. Flowers 4' - 6' wide, white. Cone of fruit oblong, 4' - 6' long, 

 rose-colored. 



4. M. acuminata, L. Leaves scattered, oval, acuminate, downy beneath; 

 petals 6-9, oblong-ovate, obtuse. Upper districts, in rich shaded soil. June 

 and July. A large tree. Leaves 6' - 9' long. Flowers 3' - 4' wide, dull yellow 

 and greenish. Cone of fruit cylindrical, 2' - 3' long. 



* * * Leaves deciduous, auriculate or cordate at the base. 



5. M. cor data, Michx. Leaves oval or roundish, slightly cordate, acute, 

 white-downy beneath; petals 6-9, oblong, acute. Upper districts in rich 

 shaded soil. April and May. A small tree. Leaves 4' - 6' long. Flowers 4' - 

 5' wide, yellow. Cone of fruit oblong, 3' long. 



6. M. Praseri, Walt. Leaves clustered at the summit of the branches, 

 spatulate-obovate, smooth on both surfaces, cordate and 2-eared at the base, on 

 slender petioles ; petals oblong, obtuse, narrowed and unguiculate at the base. 

 (M. auriculata, Lam. M. pyramidata, Bartr.) Rich woods, Florida to Ten- 

 nessee and westward. May and June. A small tree. Leaves 8' -12' long. 

 Flowers 6' wide, white and fragrant. 



7. M. macrophylla, Michx. Leaves clustered at the summit of the 

 branches, oblong-obovate, cordate or slightly eared at the base, glaucous be- 

 neath ; petals oblong, obtuse, the inner row narrower. Shady woods in light 

 soil, Florida to Tennessee : rare. April and May. A shrub or small tree. 

 Leaves l^-3 long. Flowers 8' -12' wide, white, fragrant. Cone of fruit 

 ovate. 



4. LIRIODENDHON, L. TULIP-TREE. WHITE POPLAR. 



Flowers perfect. Sepals 3, reflexed. Petals 6, erect. Stamens numerous: 

 anthers extrorse. Ovaries numerous, imbricated, 1 -celled, 2-ovuled, forming in 

 fruit a cone-like head of samaraform, indehiscent, 1 -2-seeded, deciduous carpels. 

 *- A large tree. Leaves angled, truncated. Stipules large, free from the petiole, 

 deciduous. Flowers large, terminal. 



1. L. Tulipifera, L. Leaves smooth, on slender petioles, mostly rounded 

 at the base, somewhat 3-lobed ; the middle lobe appearing as if cut off, leaving 

 a shallow notch; flowers bell-shaped, greenish-yellow, striped or tinged with 

 orange. Low grounds, Florida and northward. May - June. 



ORDER 3. ANONACEJS. (CUSTARD-APPLE FAMILY.) 



Trees or shrubs, with simple, alternate and entire, feather-veined leaves, 

 and solitary, axillary, perfect, hypogynous flowers. Sepals 3. Petals 6, 

 in two rows, deciduous, valvate in the bud. Stamens numerous. An- 

 thers adnate, extrorse, on very short filaments. Ovaries few or many, 



