64 TREES AND SHRUBS 

-Lagerstreemia. Flower of a 6-lobed calyx and 6 wavy long-clawed 
petals; the numerous stamens are long and slender, rising from the bottom of 
the calyx, the 6 outermost ones larger than the others; oblong, thick, many- 
seeded pod 3- to 6-celled. 
Lagerstroemia Indica, Z7zzeus. CRAPE MYRTLE. A small tree from 
the East Indies. Scarcely hardy here, but enduring the winters on the Eastern 
Shore of Maryland. Flowers very attractive from their rose- or flesh-colored 
masses. 
MAGNOLIACEZ. Magnolia Family. 
Trees or shrubs; bark aromatic and bitter; leaves usually large, with de- 
ciduous stipules and mostly entire; flowers generally large, solitary, parts in 3, 
calyx and corolla more or less alike; pistils, and usually the stamens, numerous 
on a long central axis; seeds one or two to each carpel. Most common in 
North America, India, China, and Japan. 
Liriodendron. TuLip-TREE. ‘Sepals 3, reflexed; corolla bell-shaped, 
of 6 broad greenish-orange petals ;”’ long stamens with large anthers, which 
open outwardly; carpels (the fruit-scales) with a wing-like style and a small, 
thicker seed-end, which never opens, 
Liriodendron Tulipifera, Zznzmeus. TuLip-TREE, YELLOW POPLAR, 
WHITEWOOD. A noble native tree, of great use in the arts; leaves 3-lobed, 
the terminal lobe being cut off nearly square; fruit-cone 24% to 3% inches 
long. 
Magnolia. Sepals 3, petals 6 org; stamens short, and anthers opening 
inwardly; carpels fleshy, and red or rose-colored in fruit, producing a cone, 
when mature opening on the back, allowing the red seeds to fall out, where 
they often hang suspended by the long threads. 
Magnolia acuminata, Z7zn@us. CUCUMBER-TREE. Native tree of middle 
size; the yellowish-green flowers, 3 inches across, appearing in May or June; 
thin leaves pointed at each end and somewhat downy on the under surface. 
The cucumber-like fruit used in whisky as a tonic and antimalarial remedy in 
the olden time. 
Magnolia Campbellii, Hooker. From India. This is distinguished from 
the other species by having the bud-scales acting as stipules, and from them 
leaves are developed. It is a large tree, reaching in its home 150 feet in 
height. 
Magnolia conspicua, Salisbury. This is the Yalan of the Chinese. 
Hardy with us, save that its large white flowers are sometimes killed by spring 
frosts. The obovate pointed leaves (young ones downy) appear after the flowers. 
A most profuse bloomer. JA/agnolia Thurberi of the gardens is probably a 
form of this. 
Magnolia cordata, Michaux. YELLOW CUCUMBER MAGNOLIA. Hardy, 
though from the Southern States; leaves ovate and flowers lemon-colored. 
Small tree. 
Magnolia Fraseri, Walter. EAR-LEAVED MAGNOLIA. (JA/agnolia au- 
riculata, Lambert.) A middle-sized tree growing from Virginia south; hardy 


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