. lva. I Don, Millers Dictionary. ( Loudon, Arboretum Britannicum. Torre Y and Gray, Flora of North America. France. Germany. United States. Magnolia fraseri,Magnolier a feuilles auriculees,Geiihrter Bieberbaum,Long-leaved Cucumber-tree, IndianPhysic, Wahoo, Derivations. The specific name, atmculata. igderived from the Latin auris, the ear, from the rounded lobes of the leaves,resembling ears. The French name is a Iranslaiion of Itie Ijolanic one. The German name Eared Beaverlree. It Long-leaved Cucumber-tree f
. lva. I Don, Millers Dictionary. ( Loudon, Arboretum Britannicum. Torre Y and Gray, Flora of North America. France. Germany. United States. Magnolia fraseri,Magnolier a feuilles auriculees,Geiihrter Bieberbaum,Long-leaved Cucumber-tree, IndianPhysic, Wahoo, Derivations. The specific name, atmculata. igderived from the Latin auris, the ear, from the rounded lobes of the leaves,resembling ears. The French name is a Iranslaiion of Itie Ijolanic one. The German name Eared Beaverlree. It Long-leaved Cucumber-tree from the length of its leaves, and the form o( its fruit; and Indian Physic, because it wasmuch used by the aborigines as medicine. Engravings. Blichaux, North American Sylva, pi. 56 ; Loudon, Arboretum Britannicum, v., pi. 10 ; and the figures below. Specific Characters. Deciduous. Leaves smooth, under surface somewhat glaucous, spathulately obovate,cordate at the base, with blunt approximate auricles. Sepals 3, spreading. Petals 9, oblong.—Don,Miners Description. fA^;^:k HE Magnolia auriculata is ^0^ i^ remarkable for the beautyof its foliage, the size ofP^ its flowers, and the fra-grance of their odour. It attains a height ofthirty or forty feet, with a straight trunk, twelveor fifteen inches in diameter, often undivided forhalf of its length. The branches spread widely,and ramify but sparingly, with their extremitiesturned upwards, which circumstances give thetree a peculiar air, so that it may readily beknown at a distance, even in winter. The barkis gray, and always smooth, even on the oldesttrees, except on the young shoots, which are of apurplish-red, dotted with white. When the epi-dermis is removed, the cellular integument, bycontact with the air, instantly changes from whiteto yellow. The leaves are of a light-green colour, of a fine texture, eight or nineinches long, and from four to six inches broad. On young and vigorous trees,they are often one third, or
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