MAGNOLIACEAE 171 



Magnolia acuminata, L. Cucumber Tree. 



A stately deciduous tree, occasionally two feet in diameter 

 and "^0 feet tall. Blooms in April. It has furrowed bark, unlike 

 the other magnolias, and its leaves are quite differently shaped 

 from the evergreen species and from the small cucumber trees dis- 

 cussed above. These differences, together with a few less con- 

 spicuous ones, have led some authors to put it in a different genus, 

 Tnlipasfruiii. 



Occasionally cultivated for shade or ornament. Chiefly valu- 

 able for its wood, which is very much like yellow poplar, but there 

 is not enough of it in Alabama to be of commercial importance. 

 In some other states it is said to be used for pumps, hoe-handles, 

 woodenware, boxes, etc. 



Grows in rich woods, ravines, bluffs, etc., but is one of our 

 rarer trees, usually not more than one or two specimens being vis- 

 ible at a time. 



2A. Madison and Cullman Counties (Mohr). 



2B. Fayette, Walker and Tuscaloosa Counties. 



6A. Lamar (Mohr), Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Bibb and ChiUon Counties. 



6C. Greene County. 



6C or 7. Ravines at House Bluff, Autauga County. 



lOE. Pike (Mohr), Coffee and Covington Counties. 



low. Wikox, Choctaw, Monroe and Butler Counties. 



1. Frequent, in Choctaw^, Washington, Clarke and Monroe Counties. 



13. Near Stockton, Baldwin County (Mohr). 



Magnolia cordata, Mx. 



This is a little-understood and somewhat mysterious species, 

 or perhaps only a variety. It is supposed to differ from M. 

 acuminata in being a smaller tree, with somewhat differently 

 shaped leaves and smaller yellow flowers. It was discovered by 

 Andre Michaux somewhere near the head of the Savannah River 

 in the latter part of the 18th century, and was soon transplanted 

 by him or some of his contemporaries to European gardens, and 

 later brought back from there to some of the northern states, 

 where it is still cultivated. Nothing exactly like it was seen again 

 in the wild state for over 100 years ; but in the meanwhile a few 

 trees referred to this species had been found in the mountains of 



