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what conical feed-veffels, of an inch or more in length 

 and three fourths of an inch in diameter ; compofed 

 of many capfules, which open and difcharge their 

 feeds when ripe, hanging by flender white threads, 

 of a red colour, and near theTize of a fmall bean* 

 The feeds and bark have been ufed with fome fuc- 

 cefs in the cure of Rheumatifm, &c. 



3. Magnolia grandiflora. Ever-green Laurel-leav^ 

 ed Tulip 'Tree. 



This grows naturally in Florida and Sbuth Caroli* 

 na, iometimes to the height of eighty feet or more, 

 with a ftraight trunk of two feet or more in diame- 

 ter J having a regular head. The leaves are ever- 

 green, of a thick confiftence, pretty large, oblong, 

 pointed, and entire: of a lucid green on the upper 

 fide, and fometimes of a rulTet, or buff colour on 

 the under. The flowers are produced at the ends 

 of the branches; they are very large, and compofed 

 of eight or ten oblong white petals, narrowed to- 

 wards the bafe, but broad, rounded, and a little 

 waved at their extremities- They are fucceeded by 

 oblong, conical fced-veflels, difclofing their feeds 

 after the manner of the other fpecies. This is allow- 

 ed to be one of the moft beautiful ever-green trees 

 yet known, but is impatient of cold, 



4. Magnolia tripetala. The Umbrella Tree. 



This grows pretty frequent in Ciarolina, and fomc 

 parts of Pennfylvania; ufually to the height of fix- 

 teen or twenty feet, with a flender trunk, covered 

 with a fmooth bark, and dividing into feveral branch- 

 es. The leaves are very large and entire, often from 

 twelve to fifteen inches or more in length, and five or 

 fix in width, narrowing to a point at each extremity, 



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