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THE FLORA. 



a Leaves acute at the base (not cordate) b 



a Leaves cordate or aiiriculate at the base. Trees 80-40f. high 5-7 



b Leaves shining above, white or rust-colored beneath. Petals 9-12 1, 2 



b Leaves dull green both sides, thin, deciduous. Petals 6-9 .... 8, 4 



1 M. grandMo'ra. £ig Luurel. Tree evergreen, eO-JOf. high. Leaves thick, rust- 



dowpy beneath. Flowers S or 9' broad, white. S. 



2 M. glanca. White Bay. Shrub deciduous, 6-25f. high. Leaves very smooth, 



glaucous beneath. Flowers 2-8' broad, cream-color. Swamps, t 



3 M. aoumina'ta. Cummber-tree. Tree large. Leaves oval, acuminate, scat- 



tered. Flowers small (3-4' broad), petals obovate. M. S. 



4 M. umbrel'la. Umbrella-tree. Tree smatt (20-80f.). Leaves wedge-lanceo- 



late, whorled, very large, as well as the flowers. M. S. 



5 M. corda'ta. Yellow Cucumber-tree. Petals 6-9, yellow, with reddish lines. Lvs. 



broad-ovate, slightly cordate. Flowers 4' broad. S." 



6 M. Fra'seri. Ear-Uavedb M. Petals 6, pure white. Leaves ear-shaped at base, 



obovate-spatulate, near If. long. Spring. S. 



7 M. macrophyl'la. Oreat-leaved M. Petals 6, white, each 6-8' in length. Leaves 



2-8f. long, obovate-spatulate, cordate. Tree 80-50f. high. S, W. t 

 8 M. conspic'ua. Yulan. Flowers in Spring, large, rose-colored o' »-Mte, with 

 6-9 petals or sepals, nearly erect. Japan. 



2. LIRIODEIT'DEOK- Tulip-tree. 



Sepals 3. Petals 6, in two rows. 

 Anthers opening outwards. Oar- 

 pels l-2-seede(l, imbricated into 

 a cone, indehiscent, separating 

 from each other in fruit. — Trees 

 with large and fragrant flowers. 



L, tuKpif' era. Tulip-tree. WHtewood. 

 Poplar. This is one of the finest 

 and largest trees of our forests. 

 The trunk is generally straight 

 and cylindric, dividing at the top 

 rather abruptly in a few coarse and 

 crooked branches. Leaves dark 

 green, smooth, square at the end; with 2 lobes each side, 3-5' in length and 

 breadth. Flowers large and elegant, gr«euish-yellow, orange within, 4-6' 

 broad. May, June. 



Fig. 374. Young branch of Talip-tree, unfold- 

 iag from tbe bud: 5, «, stipules. 



