ORDER 2.—THE MAGNOLIADS. 151 
6 D. tric’orne. Low Wild L. Leaf-lobes linear. Pods recurved. Height 6-12’. M.W. 
7 D. vires’cens. Green-flowered L. Leaf-lobes lanceolate. Fils. greenish- 
white. 8. W. 
8 D. grandifloram. Great-flowered L. Leaf-lobes 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 5 or 
4, the two upper on long claws, concealed beneath the upper sepal, re- 
eurved and honeyed at top; the other 3 or 4 very small. Styles 3-5. 
Follicles 2 5.—2 Leaves palmately cleft or divided. Flowers odd and 
showy, in terminal spikes. 
1 Anneiua’tom. Wild M. Stem reclining, widely branched. Helmet conical. M.S. 
2 A Napel/lus. Garden A. Stem erect, nearly simple. Helmet semicircular. + 
Orver II. MAGNOLIA’CEH. The Magnoliads. 
Trees and shrubs with membranous stipules sheathing the buds, with 
leaves alternate, leathery, simple entire, or lobed, never serrate ; 
Jlowers solitary, large and showy, mostly odorous and perfect; 
sepals 3-6, colored like the 6-12 hypogynous imbricated petals ; 
stamens numerous, hypogynous, distinct, and many ovaries; 
Jruit compound, 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. ILL10’IuM. 
2 Anthers opening inwards. Maeno’ti. 1 
2 Anthers opening outwards. LimiopENn’pRon. 2 
1. MAGNO‘LIA. 
Sepals 3. 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 
