An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian; 2nd ed. . 5. Magnolia acuminata L. tain AIas;nolia 1840. :\ic Magnolia virginiana var. acuminata L. Sp. PI. 536. 1753. Magnolia acuminata L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 756. 1763. A tree 6o°-90° high, the trunk up to 4!° in diameter. Leaf-buds silky-pubescent; leaves scattered along the branches,6-io long, 3-4 wide, thin, oval, acute or somewhat acumi-nate, rounded or tru
An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian; 2nd ed. . 5. Magnolia acuminata L. tain AIas;nolia 1840. :\ic Magnolia virginiana var. acuminata L. Sp. PI. 536. 1753. Magnolia acuminata L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 756. 1763. A tree 6o°-90° high, the trunk up to 4!° in diameter. Leaf-buds silky-pubescent; leaves scattered along the branches,6-io long, 3-4 wide, thin, oval, acute or somewhat acumi-nate, rounded or truncate at the base, light green and inoreor less pubescent on the lower surface, especially along theveins; petioles I-li long; flowers oblong-campanulate,greenish-yellow, 2 high; petals obovate or oblong, muchlonger than the spreading deciduous sepals; cone of fruitcylindric, 3-4 long, about i in diameter, rose-colored whenmature. In woods. New York and Ontario to Illinois. Missouri, Georgia,Mississippi and Arkansas. Heart-wood soft, yellowish-brown;sap-wood lighter. Weight per cubic foot 29 lbs. Ascends to4200 ft. in Virginia. Yellow or black linn. May-June. Genus 2. MAGNOLIA FAMILY. 83. 2. LIRIODENDRON L. Sp. PL 535. large forest tree. Leaves alternate, truncate or broadly emarginate, 4-6-lobed orrarely entire, recurved on the petiole in the laterally compressed obtuse buds. Stipulesunited at the base. Flowers large, slightly fragrant. Sepals 3, petaloid, reflexed. Petals 6,connivent. Anthers linear, extrorse. Carpels spiked on the elongated receptacle, 2-ovuled,samaroid, 1-2-seeded; seeds pendulous by a short slender funiculus at maturity. [Greek, atree bearing lilies.] Two species, natives of eastern North America andChina, the following one the generic type. I. Liriodendron Tulipifera L. White-wood. Fig. 1850. Liriodendron Tulipifera L. Sp. PI. 535. 1753. A magnificent tree 6o°-i90° high with divergingcurved branches, the trunk 4°-i2° in
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