24 MagnoliaceaIllicium. 



the inner- or superior margin. One North American species, 

 and four or five from China and Japan. 



1. 7. reHgifcum*, syn. /. anisatum. A small shrub with 

 terminal clusters of small yellowish white flowers. This is 

 tender and rarely seen. 



TRIBE II. -MAGNOLIE^E. 



Flowers hermaphrodite. Carpels in several series. Stipules 

 large, covering the leaf-buds. 



2. MAGNOLIA. 



Trees or shrubs with conspicuous fragrant solitary terminal 

 flowers. Sepals 3. Petals 6 to 12,. in two or more series. Car- 

 pels many, in an oblong cone-like spike, 2-seeded, coriaceous, 

 opening along the dorsal or outer edge to allow the scarlet or 

 brown seeds to escape, which hang on slender funicles some 

 time after the dehiscence of the carpels. About fourteen species, 

 from Northern India, Japan and China, and North America. 

 Named in honour of Magnol, a French botanist. 



Fig. 21. Magnolia grandiflora. (J nat.. size.) 



1. M. c/randifldra (fig. 21). A handsome evergreen tree 

 with large leaves of a rich glossy green above, and clothed with 



