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Preparaliortf!. — There nro no official jiropai'ations. The bark yiokls its 

 vii'tues readily to diluted alcohol, and a tincture prepared by means of 

 this menstruum is an eligible form in which to administer the drug. It 

 may also be given in powder or inTiision, thongli in the latter forni the 

 aromatic property is gr(;atly diminished. A tincture of the seeds is also 

 said to be an efficient preparation. 



Medical Properties and Uses. — Magnolia is an aromatic bitter tonic. 

 If administered freely it may induce diaphoresis and thus be useful in 

 febrile aifections. It is said to exert an antiperiodic inrtuence in inter- 

 mittent and remittent fevers, and has long been a favorite domestic 

 remedy for those diseases in regions where the bark is readily acciessible. 

 Even in full doses it produces none of the disagreeable cephalic etTects 

 of cinchona, and therefore is woi'thy of trial when from any reason the 

 latter or its alkaloids cannot be borne. It has been used with asserted 

 benefit in both acute and chronic rheumatism. In some forms of dysjiep- 

 sia it is also commended. 



LIRIODENDROX. 



Llriodendron Tullpifera Limio. — Tidip Tree. 



Description. — (.'alyx : sepals 3, oblong, obtuse, concave, spreading, 

 petal-like, deciduous. Coi'oUa : petals G, in two rows, oblong, obtuse, 

 concave at the base, 2 inches long, greenish-yellow marked with orange, 

 slightly spreading, forming a bell-shaped flower. Stamens numerous, 

 In'pogynous, shorter than the petals, inserted iijion a conical receptacle ; 

 antliers liueai', opening outward. Pistils numerous, flat, long and nar- 

 row, imbricating and cohering together, forming an elongated cone. 

 Fruit cone-shaped, made vip of numerous inibricated, 1-celled, 2-seeded, 

 indehisccnt, samara-like seed-vessels, which are in form lanceolate, com- 

 pressed, and at the base triangular and tumid. The entire mass of seed- 

 vessels is coherent until maturity, when they fall fx'om the stems in a 

 body or separate from each other and fall singly. 



A large tree, often attaining the height of 100 feet, with a diameter 

 at the base of 4 or 5 feet. In very favorable circumstances it has been 

 known to grow much larger, attaining a height of 140 feet, with a diam- 

 eter of 8 or 9 feet. The trunk is neai'ly sti-aight, the brandies some- 

 what scattered, an<l, compai*ed with the size of the tree, rather small below 

 liut larger toward the top. When growing in the forest the stem for 

 thirty or forty feet is, in general, free of branches, but under other circum- 

 stances the lowest branches are much nearer the ground. The leaves are 

 alternate, on long foot-stalks, and when fully growai are from 4 to 8 inches 

 in length, !)y about the same in breadth, somewhat cordate at tne base ami 

 more ov less dee])ly 4-lobed, two of the lobes being at the base and two at 

 tlie apex, the latter separated from each other by a broad and shallow 



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