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FOLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA* 
A tree which in favourable soils and situations, particularly in the fer- 
tile vallies among the mountains of Tennessee, grows 70 feet high, with 
a trunk 2—3 feet in diameter. Leaves oval, sometimes broad and lan- 
ceolate, acuminate, soft and pubescent underneath. Petals oval or obor 
vate, of a dull yellow colour tinged with blue. Fruit cylindrical 2— -3 
inches long. 
Grows in the upper and mountainous districts of Carolina and Georgia-* 
not found along the sea-coasts. 
Flowers June — July. Cucumber Tree . 
4. Tripetala. 
M. foliis ampiis, 
cuneato lance olatis, 
junioribus holoserice- 
is; petalis 9, ovali 
lanceolatis, acutis, ex- 
terioribus reflexis. 
Leaves large, cune- 
ate-lanceolate, acute, 
when young silky; pe- 
tals 9, oval-lanceolate, 
acute, the exterior 
ones reflected. 
Sp. PI. 2. p. 1258. Walt. p. 159* Mich. 1. p. 327. Pursh. 2. 
p. 381. Mich. Arb. 3. p. 90. 
A tree which sometimes attains the height of 30 — 35 feet, though 
generally smaller, and contrary to the usual habit of this genus, remarkable 
for the irregular direction and growth of its branches. Its leaves are very 
large 15 — 20 inches long, and 6 — 8 wide, gradually tapering at base and 
slightly acuminate at the summit, alternate but crowded near the extremity 
of the branches. Petals oblong lanceolate, white, about 3 inches long. 
Cone oval or obovate. 
' Grows in every part of the Southern States in very rich soils, though 
rare along the sea-coast, and very rare upon the islands. 
Flowers May — June. Umbrella Tree . 
5. CORDATA. 
M. foliis lato-ovali 
vel ovato-lanceolatis, 
basi subcordatis, sub- 
tus subtomentosis; pe- 
talis oblongo 1 lanceola- 
tis, acutis. 
Leaves broad, oval 
or ovate-lanceolate, at 
base slightly cordate, 
somewhat tomentose 
| underneath; petals ob- 
] long lanceolate, acute. 
Mich. 1. p. 328. Pursh. 2. p. 382. Mich. Arb. 3. p. 87* 
