26 Magnoliacece Magnolia. 



6. M. acuminata. Cucumber Tree. A large handsome 

 tree with oblong or ovate-acuminate leaves. Flowers oblo-ng, 

 greenish yellow, relatively small. North America. The young 

 fruit resembles somewhat a small cucumber. 



7. M. macrophylla. A tree from 20 to 40 feet high, having 

 large obovate scattered leaves auricled at the narrowed base 

 and silvery pubescent beneath. Flowers large, campanulate, 

 white, with a purple centre. A native of North America. 



8. M. Campbellii. This is a magnificent arboreous species 

 from the mountains of India, having large ovate-lanceolate 

 leaves silky hairy beneath, and splendid crimson and white 

 flowers rivalling those of grandiflora in size, and exceeding 

 them in brilliancy. It is scarcely hardy, and still very rare in 

 this country. 



3. LIRIODENDRON. 



Sepals 3, reflexed. Petals 6, connivent in two imbricated 

 series. Carpels in an oblong spike, 2-seeded, at length sama- 

 roid and indehiscent. Only one species is known, a native of 

 North America. The name is from \slpiov, a lily, and SsvSpov, 

 a tree. 



1. L. tulipifera. Tulip Tree. This is one of the noblest 

 hardy exotic trees we have. In its native habitat it attains a 

 height of 150 feet, and even in England there are many specimens 

 from 75 to 100 feet high, which often produce their yellow or 

 orange sweet-scented flowers in great profusion. The habit 

 resembles that of the erect-growing Plane, and its ample foliage 

 renders it equally ornamental and effective. The remarkable 

 4-lobed truncate leaves are alone sufficient to distinguish this 

 from any other tree in cultivation. 



There is a variety distinguished by its larger foliage ; 

 another, called integrifdlia, in which the inferior lobes are 

 wanting ; and a third, in which the lobes are unusually large, is 

 called obtusiloba. The variegated forms offer nothing special. 



TRIBE III. SCHIZ ANDREW. 



Flowers unisexual.' Carpels baccate, in several series, forming 

 a head or spike. Climbing shrubs destitute of stipules. 



4. SCHIZANDRA (including Maximowiczla). 

 Leaves, simple, membranaceous, with pellucid dots. Peduncles 

 solitary, 1 -flowered. Flowers red, yellow, or white. Sepals and 



