NAT. ORDER. 
Magnoliacece. 
MAGNOLIA YULANS. UMBRELLA TREE. 
Class XIII. PoLYANDRiA. Order VI. Polygynia. 
Gen. Char. Calyx, three-leaved. Petals, six or more. Cap- 
sules, two-valved, one seeded, imbricated in a cone. Seed, 
berried, pendulous. 
&pe. Char. Sepals, three to six, deciduous. Stamens, indefinite. 
" This is a small tree, sometimes, though rarely reaching an 
elevation of thirty feet, and almost always having an inclined 
trunk ; the leaves are scattered, petiolate, oval, obtuse, entire, glab- 
rous, thick, opaque, yellowish-green on their upper surface, and 
of a beautiful pale glaucous color beneath ; the jiowers are large, 
terminal, solitary, cream-colored, strongly and gratefully odorous, 
often scenting the air to a considerable distance ; the calyx is 
composed of three leaves ; the petals are from eight to fourteen 
in number, obovate, obtuse, concave, and contracted at the base ; 
the stamens are very numerous, and inserted on a conical recep- 
tacle ; the germs are collected into a cone, each being surmounted 
by a linear, recurved style ; the fruit is conical, about one inch in 
lenoth, consisting of numerous imbricated cells, each containing- a 
single scarlet seed. This escapes through a longitudinal opening 
in the cell, but remains for some time suspended from the cone 
by a slender thread, to which it is attached." 
" The Magnolia Yulans extends along the sea-board of the 
United States, from Cape Ann in Massachusetts, to the shores of 
the gulf of Mexico. It is abundant in the Middle and Southern 
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