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L I R I O D E N D R U M. . 



The T U L I P - T R E E. 



Clafs 13. Order 7. Polyandria Polygynia. 



nPHE Cal^x confifts of a proper Involucrum of two leaves; 

 ^ which are triangular, plane and deciduous. 



And an Empalement of three leaves; oblong, concave, 

 fpreading, petal-form, and deciduous. 

 The Corolla has fix ('often more) petals, bell'd: the petals are 



fpatuled, oblong, obtufe and variegated. 

 The Filaments are numerous, iliorter than the corolla, linear, 

 and inferted in the receptacle. The AnthertB are linear, and 

 adjoined longitudinally to the fides of the filaments. 

 The Germen are numerous, placed in a cone. The St^le none. 



The Stigmas globofe. 

 The Seed-veJJTel tone. The feeds are imbricated in a cone like 

 body. 



The Seeds are numerous, ending in a lanced fcale; near the 

 bafe of the fcale, fending off from the interior fide, an acute 

 angle, compretfed at the bafe and acute, by which they are 

 joined to the fpindle^Oiaped receptacle. 



The Species with us^ are, 



LiRiopENDRUM Tulipifera, Virginian Tulip" 



This often grows to the fize of a large tree, of 

 feventy or eighty feet in height and above four feet 

 in diameter. The bark of young trees is fmooth, 

 but as they grow old it becomes furrowed, their 

 lower branches alfo falling off. The young trees 

 fend off many branches, almoft from the ground 

 upward, garnifned with broad fmooth leaves, heart- 

 fliaped at the bafe, but end-bitten, or cut, at the ex- 

 tremity, having two or three pointed Jobes, on each 

 fide the midrib ; of a dark green colour on the upper 



fide. 



