PLATE DLXXIII. 



MAGNOLIA 



AURICULATA 



Ear-leaved Magnolia. 



CLASS XIIL ORDER VII. 



POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. Many Chives. Many Pointals. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calyx 3-phyIIus. Petala 6—12. Capsulae 

 2- valves, itnbricatse. Semina baccata, pen- 

 dula. 



Cup 3-leaved. Petals 6—12. Capsules 2-valved, 

 tiled. Seeds berried, pendulous. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Magnolia foliis obovato-lanceolatis, basi atte- 

 nuatis, auritis, glabris, subtus glaucis. 



Habitat ia America boreali. 



Magnolia with obovate lance-shaped leaves, at- 

 tenuated towards the base, eared, smooth, 

 and glaucous beneath. 



Native of North America. 





REFERENCE TO THE PLATE 



1. A chive. 



2. Seed-bud and pointals. 



Amongst the finest hardy exotics that ornament the gardens, the Magnolias are eminent y c0 



.',... - . ----- i... lt seven feet^ 



sent to them from 



cuous 



in the nursery-ground of Messrs. Whitley and Brames, who inform me that it was 



Maryland 



It does not seed with us, 



as very 



few of the genus do 3 and when any of them appear to have ripened their seed perfectly, v 



. . *.,^_.,n*r raised 



stand they have very rarely if ever vegetated. 



species 



with difficulty ra. 



by layers; which accounts for its being (after a period of sixteen years since its first intro 



to 



this country) not so generally known as it deserves to be. 



May 



