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POLYANDRIA, POLYGYNIA. 
Icon. Mich. Arbr. forest, vol. 3. p. 77. Bart. 
Veg. Mat. Med. U. S. vol. 1. t. 7. 
SmaU Magnolia. Swamp Sassafras. Sweet Bay. 
Swamp Laurel. Beaver-wood, ^c. 
An elegant and favourite little tree, bearing fine fragrant 
cream-coloured flowers. In bogs and swamps, woods and 
thickets, Jersey ; common. The bark is medicinal. (See Veg. 
Mat. Med. U. S.) Ij . May to July. 
253. LIRIODENDRON. Gen. pi. 941. (Magnoliee.) 
Calix 3-leaved. Petals 6. Samarm sublan- 
ceolate^ 1 or S-seeded^ imbricated in a 
cone. — JST utt. 
tuiipifera. 1. L. leaves cut-truncate, 4-lobed, calix triphyl- 
lous. — Mich. 
Icon. Mich. Arbr. forest, vol. 3. p. 202. Bart. 
Veg. Mat. Med. U. S. vol. 1. t. 8. 
Tulip-tree. American Poplar. TV kite ^ and Yellow 
Poplar. 
This magnificent and stately tree is well known to most 
persons. Its foliage is curious, its flowers elegant, its wood 
highly useful, and its bark medicinal. (See Veg. Mat. Med. 
U. S.) On the borders of rich woods, and in fields ; common. 
I 2 , June, July. 
254. PORCELIA. Persoon. (Anon^.) 
Calix 3-leaved. Petals 6. Stigmas sessile, 
obtuse. Berries (1 or more) large, cylin- 
dric or ovate, many seeded. Seeds aril- 
late, attached to the internal suture. — 
JVutt. 
triloba. 1 . P. leaves smoothish, oblong-cuneate-obovatej 
exterior petals orbicular, fruit large, fleshy. — 
Pers. 
Porcelia triloba, Pers. 
Anona triloba, Willd. 
Orchidocarpmn, Arietinum, Mich. 
Icon. Mich. Arbr. forest, vol. 3. p, 161, 
