120 MISCELLANEOUS CIKCULAR 92, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 



Family MAGNOLIACE^E 



MAGNOLIA Linnaeus 



♦Magnolia grandiflora Linnaeus. Evergreen Magnolia. 



Range. — Coast region North Carolina (south of Cape Fear River) to Florida 

 (Mosquito Inlet and Tampa Bay) and westward in the Gulf Coast region to 

 Texas (Brazos River) ; through western Louisiana to southern Arkansas. _ 



Note on nomenclature. — Formerly designated as Magnolia foetida (Linnaeus) 

 Sargent. 



NAMES IN USE 



Magnolia (N. C, S. C, Ala., Fla., Large-flowered Evergreen Magnolia. 



Miss., La., Tex.,Kv.), (trade, in part.) Bat-tree. 



Big Laurel (N. C, S. C, Miss., La.). Laurel Bay. 



Bull Bav (Ala., Ga., Miss.). Laurel (S. C). 



Great Laurel Magnolia (Ala.). Evergreen Magnolia. 



Laurel-leaved Magnolia. Southern Magnolia (lit. and hort.). 



VARIETIES DISTINGUISHED IN CULTIVATION 



Magnolia grandiflora lanceolata Aiton. Exmouth Magnolia. 



Magnolia grandiflora praecox Loudon. 

 Magnolia grandiflora angustifolia Loudon. 

 Magnolia grandiflora ferruginea Sims. 



Magnolia virginiana 32 Linnaeus. Sweet Bay. 



Range. — Not fully determined. In general it occurs from Massachusetts 

 (Essex Count}'') and Long Island (Turtle Pond, Suffolk County) to southeastern 

 Virginia, and westward in Pennsylvania 33 (to Lebanon County). Reported to 

 be rare southward, mainly in the coast region of North Carolina (also in north- 

 western North Carolina, in Yadkin and Surry Counties — H. M. Curran and W. 

 W. Ashe; Polk County — D. C. Peattie), South Carolina, and Georgia, and be- 

 lieved not to occur in Florida (Sargent). 



Note on nomenclature. — Formerly designated as Magnolia glauca Linnreus, 

 its range as then understood extending to southern Florida and westward in 

 the Gulf States into eastern Texas (Trinity River). 



NAMES IN USE 



Sweet Bay (Mass., R. I., Pa., N. J., White Laurel (Del.). 



N. C, S. C, Ala.). Beaver-tree (Del., S. C). 



White Bay (N. C, S. C, Miss., La.). Bay (S. C). 



Swamp Laurel (Mass., N. C, Ga.). Swamp Bay. 



Swamp Sassafras (Del., Pa., Tenn.). Laurel-Magnolia. 



Swamp Magnolia (N. J., Pa., Tenn.). Indian Bark. 



Magnolia (N. J., Del., Pa,). Small Magnolia. 



VARIETIES DISTINGUISHED IN CULTIVATION 



Magnolia virginiana longifolia (Aiton) Sudworth. 



Magnolia virginiana major (Sims) Sudworth. 34 Thompson Magnolia (Hybrid). 



Magnolia virginiana australis Sargent. Sweet Bay. 



Range. — From southeastern North Carolina (vicinity of Wilmington) and 

 southwards in the coast region of South Carolina and Georgia (to Randolph and 

 Carroll Counties), throughout Florida, and westward in the Gulf States to 



» Magnolia glauca Linnseus was published in 1763, but as Magnolia virginiana Linnagus, now believed 

 to represent the same plant, was published 10 years earlier, in 1753, the latter name is the older and must 

 be adopted. 



a Britton and Shafer (op. cit., 388). 



»« According to the best information available this magnolia is a hybrid between Magnolia virginiana 

 Linnaeus and Magnolia Thompsoniana, Magnolia major, Magnolia glauca var. major Sims, Magnolia g'auca 

 Thompsoniana Lavall, and is supposed to have originated in an EngUsh nursery many years ago. 



