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MAGNOLIA cordata. 
-Heart-leaved Magnolia. 
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POLYANDRIA POLYGYNI4. 
Nat. ord. MAcnottace®. Decand. Syst. Nat. 439. 
MAGNOLIA. Cal. $-phyllus, deciduus, interdim nullus (foliolis for- 
sin omnind petaloideis et pro petalis externis habitis). Pet. 6-12, bi-tri- 
quadruplicive ordine disposita, decidua. Anth. extrorse. Caps. indefinite 
spicatim secis rachin cylindricam in conum imbricate, libere, 2-valves, 
9-sperme, extrorstim dehiscentes. Sem. baccata, subcordata,  funiculi 
umbilicalis longissimi ope extra capsulam pendula. Arbores pulcherrime ; 
Sol. integra; stipule 2 opposite, folia juniora tegentes, in gemmam acumi- 
natam convolute, citd caduce; flores ad apices ramorum terminales, solitarit, 
breviter pedunculati; bracted unica lateralitér fissa aut 2 opposite alabastrum 
includentes mox caduce et lineam circularem super ed cilatis ut stipule 
secus ramulos, relinquentes. Decand. 1. c. 449. 
M. cordata, foliis deciduis cordiformibus subovatis acutis subttis subto- 
* mentosis supra levibus, petalis 6-9 oblongis. Decand. loc. cit. 455. 
Magnolia cordata. Michaux bor. amer, 1. 328. Ljusd. fil. arb. 3, 87. t. 4. 
Pursh amer. sept. 2. 382. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 3. 331. 
Arbor 40-50 pedes alta. Rami teretes, fusci, tactut asperiusculi ; novelli 
villosi, medulla crass rufescente. Fol. elliptico-ovata, acuta, seniora infra 
cordata, supra obsoletits lanuginosa, nitentia, subtis brevi tomento pallentia, 
nervis plurimis obliquis, 5-6-uncialia latitudine subtriunciali: petiolus teres, 
villosus, subuncialis. Stipule membranose, sesquiunciales, villose, pallide, 
JSigura feré foliolorum cobra caduce. Pedunculi uniflori, terminales, 
breviores petiolo, crassi, atomoideo-punctati, pauld infra florem  cicatrice 
circulari notati. Flos diametro ultra 4-uncialem, glauco-flavescens, erectus, 
subodoratus. Cal. ultra duplum breviore petalis, foliolis 3 lineari-oblongis 
cum brevi acumine, petalorum subconcolora, teneriora verd et caduca. Pet. 6, 
flaccida, cuneato-obovata, cum brevi acumine, alterna aliquantulitm angustiora, 
Sorisque magis virentia. 
One of the rarer species of this magnificent genus. In- 
troduced in 1801, by Messrs. Frasers, of the Sloane Square 
Nursery, from North America, where it is found chiefly in 
Carolina and Georgia. Quite hardy, and thriving with the 
treatment of the more common sorts. Said to acquire the 
height of 40 or 50 feet in its native soil; but with us it is 
still a mere shrub in size. The drawing was taken from a 
plant that flowered in the fine collection of Mr. Vere, at 
Kensington Gore. We had also a specimen from Messrs. 
Whitley and Co. of the Fulham Nursery. 
Eighteen species are now recorded; 9 from North Ame- 
