- tantum habit pyramidato, sed foliis y 
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MAGNOLIA pyramidata. 
Pyramidal Magnolia. 
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POLYANDRIA POLYGYNI4A. 
Nat. ord. Macnouiacez. Decand. syst. nat. 1. 439. 
MAGNOLIA, Supra vol. 4. fol. 325, 
M. pyramidata, foliis deciduis utrinque concoloribus spathulato-obovatis, basi 
cordatis, auriculis divaricatis, sepalis (foliolis calycinis) tribus patenti- 
bus, petalis novem lanceolatis, acuminatis. Decand. syst. nat. 1. 454. 
Magnolia pyramidata. Pursh amer. sept. 2. 382. Sweet hort. sub. lond. 126. 
Magnolia auriculata; 6. pyramidata. Nuttall gen. 2. 12. 
Magna auriculata. Michaux bor. amer. 2. 328 (excluso synonymo); non 
aliorum. 
Another new species of Magnolia, &c. &c. Bartram’s trav. 340; sub calce. 
A’ Macwouih auriculata differt, testibus Bartramio et Purshio, non 
uadruplo minoribus subtus viridibus, 
auriculis & petiolo divaricatis, petalis lanceolatis senstm acuminatis. Decand. 
loc. cit. 
We have followed Messrs. Bartram, Pursh, and Decan- 
dolle in recording our plant, as a different species from 
Magenona auriculata, of which it has been considered by 
others a mere variety. 
Pyramidata is a tree of more upright pyramidal growth 
than auriculata, with leaves not one-fourth the size; be- 
sides, these are here of one colour on both surfaces, but” 
there green on one and glaucous on the other; and the lobes 
of the base are divaricate in this, converging in that; the 
petals are nine in both, but oblong in auriculata and lanceo- 
late in pyramidata. 
Native.of the western parts of Georgia and Carolina, in 
' North America. Introduced by Mr. Lyon in 1811. 
The drawing was taken at the nursery of Messrs. Col- 
ville, King’s Road, Chelsea, where it is cultivated along 
with other North American plants in the open ground, and 
flowers in June. : 
The foliage of pyramidata is of a much thinner sub- 
stance than in auriculata, and the whole plant has a very 
different appearance. 
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