/' he Woody Plants of Kentucky. 81 



Magnolia Family (Magnoliaceae). 



Cucumber Tree {Magnolia acuminata). — A large tree, sixty to 

 eighty feet high, occurring thruout the State from eastern to west- 

 ern boundaries. Leaves small relatively to those of the next two 

 6pecies, measuring in a specimen before me eleven and a half inches 

 long by seven inches wide; shape, oval. The flower also is small, 

 the petals one and a half to two inches long. 



Bell, Bovle, Edmonson, Mercer, Powell, Rockcastle, Warren. 

 Whitley. 



. Fig. 14. — Fruit of Umbrella 

 Tree (Magnolia tripetala). 

 Natural size. 



