12 MAGNOLIACKJK. (.MAGNOLIA FAMILY.) 



3-lohed ; racemes elongated, downy ; follicle broadly ovate, sessile. — Woods in 

 the upper districts and northward. July. — Stem 3° -8° high. Leaflets 2' long. 

 Racemes 6' - in' long. Flowers fetid. 



* * Orarifs 3 -8 : stigma minute: seeds vertical, chaffy. 



2. C. COrdifolia, PnrSh. Leaves twice ternate ; leaflets rigid, ovate or 

 cordate-ovate, 2 - 3-lohed, incised and serrate ; racemes panicled, elongated ; 

 follicles oblong, sessile. — Mountains of North Carolina. September. — Stem 

 3° -4° high. (*) 



3. C. Americana, Michx. Leaves thrice ternate ; leaflets thin, ovate, 

 incisely toothed and serrate, the terminal one 3-cleft or 3-parted ; racemes pani- 

 cled, elongated; follicles obovate-oblong, slender-stalked. — Alleghany Moun- 

 tains, from Georgia northward. August and Sept. — Stems 3° -4° high. 



Order 2. 3IAGJVOLIACE^. (Magnolia Family.) 



Aromatic trees or shrubs, with simple, alternate, petioled leaves, and 

 regular, solitary, bypogynous flowers. Sepals and petals mostly simi- 

 lar, imbricated in three or more rows in the bud. Stamens distinct or 

 united. Anthers adnate. Ovaries numerous, imbricated or whorled, 

 1 - 2-ovuled. Fruit fleshy, baccate, or samara-like, distinct, or confluent 

 in cone-like beads. Seed dry or baccate. Embryo minute*, at the base 

 of fleshy albumen. 



Synopsis. 



Suborder I. WHVTEREiE. Flowers perfect. Stamens numerous, separate. Ovaries 

 in a single whorl, 1-ovuled, becoming coriaceous follicles iu fruit. — Erect shrubs. 

 Leaves entire. Stipules none. 



1. ILLICIL'M. Leaves evergreen. Flowers nodding. 



Sudorder IT. SCHIZANDREjE. Flowers monoecious. Stamens Baited. Ovaries im- 

 bricated in a head, 2-ovuled, becoming scattered berries iu fruit. — Climbing shrubs. 

 Leaves deciduous, often toothed. Stipules none. 



2. SCII1Z.VNDUA. Stamens 5, united into a 5-lobed disk. 



Sudorder III. MAGNOLIEJE. Flowers perfect. Stamens numerous, separate. Ova- 

 ries imbricated In a head, 2-ovuled. Fruit fleshy or somewhat woody, in cone-like heads 

 or spikes. — Chiefly trees. Leaves entire. Stipules large. 

 .'I. MAGNOLIA. Fruit fleshy, dehiscent, persistent on the receptacle. Anthers introrse 

 4. LIUIODENDItOX. Fruit woody, indehiscent, samara-like, deciduous. Anthers extrorse. 



1. ILLICIUM, L. Anisetree. 



Flowers perfect. Sepals 3 or 6. Fctals 9-30, in rows of three, spreading. 

 Stamens numerous, with short filaments. Anthers introrse. Ovaries 6 or more 

 in a single whorl, sessile, 1 -celled, 1-ovuled. Style subulate, recurved. Folli- 

 cles coriaceous, spreading, at length 2-valved. Seed ascending. — Smooth anise- 

 scented shrubs. Leaves ev e rgreen , entire, mostly clustered at the summit of the 

 brunches, petioled. Stipules none. Pcduucles in terminal clusters, 1-flowered, 

 nodding. 



