14 AN0NACEJ3. 



1. M. GLAUCA, L. Swamp Laurel. Sweet Bay. 



Leaves oral, glaucous beneath, petiolate; flowers 9 to 12-petaled ; petals obovate, 

 tapering to the base ; cone of fruit small, oblong. 



Swampy places : southern parts of the State. July and A ugust. A shrub or tree 

 10 to 20 feet high, -with a smooth whitish bark. Flowers terminal, on thick pedun- 

 cles, white, 2 to 3 inches broad, very fragrant. Leaves very pale beneath. 



2. M. acuminata, L. Cucumber Tree. 



Leaves deciduous, oval, acuminate, pubescent beneath; petals 6 to 9, oblong, 

 somewhat obtuse ; cone of fruit small, cylindrical. 



Rich damp woods. June and July. A noble forest tree 60 to 90 feet high, per- 

 fectly straight. Leaves thin, 5 to 10 inches long. Flowers 5 to 6 inehes in diameter, 

 bluish, or yellowish-white, glaucous externally. Canes of fruit 2 to 3 inches long* 

 ■when green resembling a young cucumber. 



3. M. Umbrella, Lam. Umbrella Tree. 



Leaves deciduous, cuneate-lanceolatc, acute, silky when young; sepals 3, rcflexed- 

 petals 9, oval-lanceolate, acute, the outer ones reflected ; cone of fruit large, conical, 

 oblong. 



Mountain woods; rare. May and June. A small tree with irregular branrhe*. 

 Leaves 16 to 20 by (5 to 8 inches; often appearing whorled at the apex of the flower- 

 ing branches, in the form of an umbrella. Flowers terminal, white, 7 to 8 inchea 

 in diameter. Fruit 4 to 5 inches long, of a fine rose color when ripe. 



4. M. Frazerii, Walt. Frazer's Magnolia. 



leaves deciduous, spatulate-obovate, auriculate at the base; sepals 3 spreading ; 

 petals 9, oblong attenuate at the base. 



Allegheny mountains, head waters of the Susquehanna, (Pursh) ; rare. April 

 and May. A fine tree 30 to 40 feet high. Leaves 8 to 12 inches long, mostly green 

 and smooth on both sides, or slightly glaucous beneath, somewhat rhomboid; auri- 

 cle narrow, rounded. Flowers about 4 inches in diameter, pale greenish-white. 

 Fruit oval-oblong, rose-colored. Torr. & Gray. 



2. LIRIODENDRON, Linn. Tulip Tree. 



Gr. leirion, a lily ; dendron a tree. 



Sepals 3, caducous. Petals 6, in 2 rows, making & 

 bell-shaped corolla. Carpels imbricated in a cone, 1 to 2 

 seeded; seeds attenuated at apex in a scale. — Large trees 

 with showy and fragrant flowers. 



1. L. Tulipifera, L. Tulip Poplar. 



Leaves alternate, 3 lobed, (the middle lobe truncate) ; flowers large, solitary, with 

 2 large caducous bracts at the base; sepals obovatc-oblong, spreading, and at length 

 falling off; petals lance-obovate. 



Woods throughout the State. June and July. One of the largest trees of our 

 forests ; 50 to 100 feet high, from 2 to 3 feet in diameter. Leaves dark green, smcoth, 

 on long petioles. Flowers 4 to 6 inches in diameter, greenish yellow, stained with 

 reddish orange below the middle. There are two varieties : one called Yellow 

 Poplar, which is highly valued for cabinet use; Hickory Poplar, which is distiB? 

 guished from the other by its less furrowed bark and tougher, whitish wood. 



Order 3. AN0NACEJE. 



Trees or shrubs with naked buds and no stipules ; alternate, entire, simple-feather* 

 veined leaves, large, solitary, axillary, green or brown flowers, and an acrid aromati* 

 fetid bark. 



