Genus i. 



MAGNOLIA FAMILY. 



Si 



I. MAGNOLIA L. Sp. PI. 535. 1753. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves large and generally thick, entire. Buds covered with condu- 

 plicate sheathing stipules. Flowers large, fragrant. Sepals 3, petaloid. Petals 6-12, imbri- 

 cated in 2-4 series. Anthers linear, introrse. Carpels spiked or capitate on the elevated or 

 elongated receptacle, 2-ovuled, forming follicles at maturity. Seeds fleshy, anatropous, sus- 

 pended from the ripe cones by slender filamentous threads. [In honor of Pierre Magnol, 

 1638-1715, Professor of Botany in Montpellier.] 



A genus of about 25 species, natives of eastern North America, the West Indies, Mexico, east- 

 ern Asia and the Himalayas. Type species : Magnolia virginiana L. 



Leaves auriculate, glabrous. 



Leaves cordate, white-pubescent beneath. 



Leaves acute at base. 



Leaves 8'-2o' long, light green and somewhat pubescent beneath. 



Leaves 3'-6' long, glaucous beneath. 

 Leaves rounded or truncate at the base, thin. . 



1. M. F laser i. 



2. M. macrophylla. 



3. M. tripetala, 



4. M. z'irginiana. 



5. M. acuminata. 



I. Magnolia Fraseri Walt. Fraser's Magnolia. 

 Long- or Ear-leaved Umbrella-tree. Fig. 1845. 



Magnolia Fraseri Walt. Fl. Car. 159. 1788. 

 Magnolia auriculata Lam. Encycl. 3: 673. 1789. 



A tree 2S°-5o° high, the trunk $'-2° in diameter, straight, 

 the branches widely spreading. Leaf-buds glabrous ; 

 leaves clustered at the ends of the branches, auriculate, 

 6'-2o' long, 3'-8' broad, elongated-obovate or oblong, con- 

 tracted below, glabrous, the lower surface light green, the 

 upper surface darker; petioles slender, i'-3' long; flowers 

 white, 3'-8' broad; petals spatulate or obovate, obtuse, 

 much longer than the sepals ; cone of fruit 3'-4' long, rose- 

 colored when mature. 



In mountain woods, Virginia and Kentucky to Florida and 

 Mississippi. Heart-wood soft, brown ; sap-wood white. Weight 

 per cubic foot 31 lbs. North Carolina-bay. Cucumber-tree. 

 Indian-physic. Water-lily tree. May-June. 



2. Magnolia macrophylla Michx. Great-leaved 



Magnolia. Large-leaved Umbrella-tree, or 



Cucumber-tree. Fig. 1846. 



Magnolia macrophylla Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i : 327. 1803. 



A tree 20° -60° high, the trunk 6'-2o' in diameter, 

 bark gray. Leaf-blades silky-pubescent; leaves oblong 

 or obovate, blunt, cordate, i°-3*° long, 8'-i4' broad, 

 glabrous and green above, glaucous-white and pubes- 

 cent beneath; petioles stout, 2-4' long; flowers 8"-is' 

 in diameter, white with a large purple center; petals 

 ovate-oblong, obtuse, thrice the length of the rounded 

 sepals ; cone of fruit ovoid-cylindric, 4'-6' long, bright 

 rose-colored at maturity. 



In woods, southeastern Kentucky to North Carolina, 

 Florida, Arkansas and Louisiana. Heart-wood brown, 

 satiny, hard ; sap-wood light yellow ; weight per cubic foot 

 3Z lbs. Elk-bark. Silver-leaL Big-bloom. May-June. 



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