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here; leaves produced into ear-like lobes at base; a foot long; flowers white, 
somewhat narrowed into a claw. 
Magnolia glauca, Zinneus. Sweet Bay. A small native tree ranging 
from Massachusetts south in the swamps along the coast; leaves oval or 
oblong, thick, whitish on the under surface; the white or cream-colored fra- 
grant flowers 2 to 3 inches in diameter. The flowers are known to produce in 
some people a species of hay fever. It has developed a variety with longer 
leaves,—z.¢., longifolia. 
Magnolia grandiflora, 7inmm@us. MAGNOLIA, GREAT-FLOWERED MAG- 
' NOLIA. ‘Tree evergreen in the Southern States, of which it is a native; only 
half hardy here. Leathery, oblong leaves 6 inches to a foot long, somewhat 
rusty on the under surface. The fragrant flowers white, 9 inches across. 
Magnolia Kobus, De Candolle. (Magnolia gracilis, Salisbury.) A small, 
slender-growing tree from Japan, with flowers cup-shaped, dark purple with- 
out and white within; leaves obovate, pointed at either end, young ones 
pubescent, older ones smooth, appearing after the flowers, 
Magnolia macrophylla, AM/ichaux. LARGE-LEAVED MAGNOLIA. This 
is a small tree, with leaves 2 to 3 feet long, oblong, heart-shaped at base, white 
on under surface; flowers white, rather strong-scented, a foot across, oblong 
petals often with a red spot at base. Southern States; but hardy here. 
Magnolia purpurea, Cur‘ess. -PurPLE MAGNOLIA. (Magnolia obovata, 
Thunberg.) Hardy Japanese shrub, 4 to 8 feet high; flowers purple outside, 
whitish inside, appearing before the oval dark-green leaves. 
Magnolia Umbrella, Zaméert. UMBRELLA MAGNOLIA. (Magnolia tri- 
petala, Linneus.) Small tree, with the large leaves crowded and spreading 
from the ends of the branches like an umbrella, and surrounding a flower 
which is 6 inches or more across. 
The Park has also the following hybrids: AZ. Alexandrina; M. Lenne; M.. 
Norbertiana ; M. Soulangiana ; M. speciosa; and M. 7hompsoniana. 
Trochodendron. A peculiar Japanese genus, of a single species: 
Trochodendron aralioides, S/ebo/d and Zuccarint. Tree with neither 
sepals nor petals; stamens many; carpels more or less united, berry-like and 
indehiscent; leaves are arranged in remote whorls and last 3 years, thick in 
texture and rhomb-shaped. Flower-clusters terminate the branches. 
MALVACEZ. Mallow or Hollyhock Family. 
Readily known by the stamens being united around the style; anthers 
kidney-shaped and 1-celled; calyx-lobes touching edge to edge, and petals 
with edge overlapping edge in the bud. The order has mucilaginous and 
demulcent properties, and furnishes the following (among other) fibres: Pari- 
tium elatum gives Cuba bast; Aibdscus cannabinus gives Indian Hemp; 
Gossypium furnishes the various kinds of Cotton. 
Hibiscus. Anthers on outside of, not on the top of, the stamineal tube; 
ovary 5-celled, cells many-seeded ; stigmas 5, small and knobike.. The Park 
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