@.1) CLASSIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION 65 
Medium-sized, rather slender tree (30 to 
50 ft.), with soft yellowish-white wood. \ 
Virginia and southward. Hardy and ex- ; 
tensively cultivated as far north as New é ~~ 
York City. : 
7. Magnolia umbrélla, Lam. (Um- | - a 
BRELLA TREE.) Leaves clustered at the {. 
ends of the branches, obovate-lanceo- d 
late, pointed at both ends, 1 to 2 ft. long; 
downy beneath when young, but soon be- ’ f) 
coming smooth. Flowers white, 6 to 8 
in. broad. May. Fruit oblong, 4 to 6 in. 
1 
long,rather rose- q 
eolored when (7 
ripe in autumn. i 
A small, rather f 
straggling tree, 
20 to 40 ft. high; common in the Southern 
States, and wild as far north as New York 
State; cultivated throughout. 
M. Fraseri. 
8. Magnolia 
1 hypoleica, 8. & 
6 Z. (Japan Mac- 
NOLIA.) Leaves 
large (1 ft. long), 
somewhat pur- 
ple-tinted above, 
white and glaucous beneath. Midrib and 
leafstalk oftenred. Flowers cream-white, 
fragrant, appearing after the leaves in 
June. Twigs stout 
and polished. A _ ff 
medium-sized, very M. hypoleiica. 
erectly growing tree; from Japan. 
MM. umbréila. 
9. Magnolia conspicua, Salisb. (YULAN oR 
CHINESE WHITE MaGNnouia.) Leaves decid- 
uous, obovate, abruptly acuminate, pubescent 
when young. Flowers large (4 in.), cream- 
white, very fragrant, appearing very early 
(May), before any of the leaves. Fruit rarely 
M. conspfcua. formed, with few (1 to 3, rarely more) seeds 
