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their extremities turn upwards, producing a very 
large rofaceous, perfedtly white, double or polype™ 
talous flower,which is of a moll fragrant fcent; this 
fine flower fits in the centre of a radius of very large 
leaves, which are of a Angular figure, fomewhat 
lanceolate, but broad towards their extremities, ter- 
minating with an acuminated point, and backwards 
they attenuate and become very narrow towards 
their bafes, terminating that way with two long, 
narrow ears or lappets, one on each fide of the in- 
fertion of the petiole ; the leaves have only flrort 
footftalks, fitting very near each other, at the ex- 
tremities of the floriferous branches, from whence 
they fpread themfelves after a regular order, like 
the ipokes of a wheel, their margins touching or 
lightly lapping upon each other, form an expanfive 
umbrella fuperbly crowned or crefted with the 
fragrant flower, reprefenting a white plume ; the 
bloflbm is fucceeded by a very large crimfon cone 
or ftrobile, containing a great number of fcarlet 
berries, which, when ripe, fpring from their cells 
and are for a time fufpended by a white filky web 
or thread. The leaves of thofe trees which grow 
in a rich, light humid foil, when fully expanded 
and at maturity, are frequently above two feet in 
length and flx or eight inches where broadeft. I 
difeovered in the maritime parts of Georgia, par- 
ticularly on the banks of the Alatamaha, another 
new fpecies of Magnolia, whofe leaves were nearly 
of the figure of thofe of this tree, but they were 
much lefs in fize, not more than fix or feven inches 
in length, and the ftrobile very fmall, oblong, fharp 
pointed and of a fine deep crimfon colour; but I never 
faw the flower. Thefe trees grow ftraight and 
eredt, thirty feet or more in height, and of a fharp 
conical form, much refembling the Cucumber tree 
(Mag. acuminata) in figure* 
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