Order 3.— THE MAGNOLIADS. 151 



e D. trio'ome. Low Wild L. Leaf-lobes linear. I'ods recurved. Height 6-12'. M.W. 

 ? D. vires'oens. Oreen^fiowered L. Leaf-lobes lanceolate. I"ls. greenish- 

 white. S. W. 

 8 D. grandiflorum. Great-flowered L. Leaf-lobea 5-7, linear. Fls. large, b-p. t 



11. ACONI'TUM. Monk's-hood. A'conite. 



Sepals 5, irregular, colored, upper one vaulted or -hooded. Petals S or 

 6, the two upper on long claws, concealed beneath the upper sepal, re- 

 curved and honeyed at top ; the other 3 or 4 very small. Styles 3-5. 

 Follicles 3-5. — y Leaves palmately cleft or divided. Flowers odd and 

 showy, in terminal spikes. 



1 A. uncina'tvim. Wild M. Stem reclining, widely branched. Hejmet conical. M. S. 



2 A. Napel'lns, G-arden A. Stem erect, nearly simple. Helmet semicircular, t 



■ Ordbe II. MAGNOLIA'CE^. The Magnoliads. 



Trees and shriiba with membranous stipules sheathing the buds, with 

 leaves alternate, leathery, simple entire, or lobed, n'gver serrate ; 

 fiowers solitary, large and show.y, mostly odorous and perfect ; 

 sepals 3-6, colored like the 6-12 hypogynous imbricated petals ; 

 stamens numerous, hypogynous, distinct, and many ovaries ; 

 fruit compomid,»composed of the united carpels. 



Analysis of the Genera. 



% Pistils arranged in a cone 2 



§ Pistils whorled in a single row. Shrub. South. Star Anise. Illio'idm. 



2 Anthers opening inwards. " Magno'lia. 1 



2 Anthers opening outwards. Lieioden'dbos; 2 



1. MAGNO'LIA. 



Sepals 8. "Petals 6-9. Anthers longer than the filaments, opening in- 

 wards. Carpels 2-valved, 1-2-seeded, imbricated into a hard, cone^like 

 fruit. Seeds berry-like, suspended when ripe by a long seed-stalk. — A 

 noble genus of trees or shrubs, with large, fragrant flowers. 



§ Native Magnolias, flowering with the leaves a 



§ Exotic Magnolias, flowering before the leaves expand 8 



