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POPULAR FLORA. 



4. Yellow CucuMEEE-M. A low tree; leaves ovate or a little heart-shaped; flowers eream-yellow. 



S. ; sometimes cultivated at the North. M. cordata. 



§ 3. UMBRELLA-TREES. Leaves thin, large, those on the flowering shoots forming an umbrella-liks 

 circle underneath the blossom ; leaf-buds smooth ; flower large and white, not sweet-scented, ap- 

 pearing in early spring ; petals about 4' long, tapering below. 



5. Eae-leaved Umiseella-M. Leaves nearly 1° long, auricled at the base (Fig. 102). S. M. Fraseri. 



6. Common Umbeella-M. Leaves 1° to 2° long, tapering into a short footstalk. J£ Umbrella. 



7. There is, besides, the Geeat-leaved M., with much the largest flowers and leaves of all, the latter 



2° or 3° long, scattered, heart-shaped at the base, and white-downy beneath ; flower 8' or 10' broad. 

 S. and cult, rarely. It does not belong exactly to either the above divisions. M. macroph^lld. 



8. The PuKPLE Magnolia, from Japan, is a shrub in some gardens and grounds, flowering before the 



leaves are out. M. purpured. 



3. CUSTARD-APPLE FAMILY. Order ANONACE^. 



Trees or shrubs, resembling the Magnolia family, but the three petals of each set not 

 ■ overlapping each other 

 in the bud ; the bark and 



foliage not aromatic, but I \ ^~n\ /'^ii-::^->»PS, C 



unpleasant-tasted ; the 



seeds large and bony, \L| \ \_s=v,-iiK ^'^S'^'?*' Ill 



their albumen variegated 

 like a nutmeg, or cut into 

 slits. Leaves entire, des- 

 titute of stipules. Only 

 one genus in this coun- 

 try, and one species com- 

 mon : the 



Common Papaw. A 

 small tree, with dingy- 

 purple flowers appear- 

 ing in early spring rath- 

 er before the leaves ; 

 the 3 outer petals much 

 larger than the 3 inner 

 ones ; fruits eatable 

 when ripe, in autumn, 

 2' or 3' long. Common 

 West and South along 

 rivers, in rich soil. 



Asimina tribba. 



260 Branch of Pa 



off ihe recepliicfe, ^63. >VuU8 

 Bhow the variegated albumen. 



2Si 



flower. 261. A stamen. 262. Flower with ftll but the pistils takea 



; two of tliem cut through. 261. A seed cut through to 



