MAGNOLIACEAE • 167 



Magnolia tripetala, L. (M. UmbrcUa, Lam.) Cucumber Tree. 



A small tree, with deciduous leaves sometimes two feet long 

 and nearly half as wide. Specimens more than six inches in 

 diameter and 30 feet tall are rare or unknown. Blooms in April. 



Occasionally cultivated for ornament, like most of the other 

 Magnolias. The bark is a non-officinal drug. 



Rather rare, in rich woods. 



2A. Winston County (Mohr). Along Eight-mile Creek, Cullman 

 County (W. Wolf). On Lookout Mountain in Cherokee County. 



2B. Ravine near Tidewater (Lock 13), Tuscaloosa County. 



5. Cleburne, Clay and Chilton Counties. 



6A. Hale and Bibb Counties. 



6B. Northwestern corner of Bibb County; rare. 



6C. Prattville (Mohr). Along Pine Creek near Dosterville. 



low. Near Choctaw Corner, Clarke County (Tuoniey). Mountains 

 near West Butler, Choctaw County. 



11 (?). Clarke County (E. A. Smith). 



Magnolia pyramidata, Pursh. Cucumber Tree 



This was long regarded as synonymotis with M. Frascri, 

 Lam., a species said to be chiefly confined to the southern Appa- 

 lachian region, while M. pyramidata grows mostly in the coastal 

 plain. (See Sargent, Trees and Shrubs 1:101. 1903.) Prof. Sar- 

 gent in the latest edition of his Manual of Trees credits M. Fraseri 

 to northern Alabama, but without definite locality. The supposed 

 differences between these two species are not conspicuous, and I 

 have never learned to distinguish them, and am consequently re- 

 ferring all the xA.labama specimens for the present to .1/. pyrami- 

 data. 



A small tree, with leaves shaped something like those of the 

 next species, but much smaller, and green on both sides. It is oc- 

 casionally ctiltivated for ornament. 



One of our rarer trees, growing in rich woods well protected 

 from fire, like the other cucumber trees. 



5. Near Knight's Ferry, Chilton County (Mohr). 



6A. Havana glen. Hale County. Southeastern part of Bibb County. 

 7. Dallas County (Cocks). 



lOE. Near rivers and creeks. Pike, Coffee and Covington Counties. 

 Dale County (Sargent). Occasionally 9 inches by 40 feet in Coffee County, 

 low. Butler and Monroe Counties. Clarke County (Tuomey). 



11. Clarke County (Denny). 



12. Along Pea River near Geneva ; rare. 



