. Leaves and flowers : or, Object lessons in botany with a flora : prepared for beginners in academies and public schools . Botany. 152 THE FLORA. B Leaves acute at the base (not cordate) b a Leaves cordate or auriciilate at the base. Trees 3"-40f. high 5-7 b Leaves shining above, white or rust-colored beneath. Petals 9-12 1, 2 b Leaves dull green both sides, thin, deciduous. Petals i), i 1 M. grandiflo'ra. Mg Laurel. Tree evergreen, 60-70f. high. Leaves thick, rust- downy beneath. Flowers 8 or 9' broad, white. S. 2 M. glauca. White Bay. Shrub deciduous, 6-25f. high. Leaves very sm
. Leaves and flowers : or, Object lessons in botany with a flora : prepared for beginners in academies and public schools . Botany. 152 THE FLORA. B Leaves acute at the base (not cordate) b a Leaves cordate or auriciilate at the base. Trees 3"-40f. high 5-7 b Leaves shining above, white or rust-colored beneath. Petals 9-12 1, 2 b Leaves dull green both sides, thin, deciduous. Petals i), i 1 M. grandiflo'ra. Mg Laurel. Tree evergreen, 60-70f. high. Leaves thick, rust- downy beneath. Flowers 8 or 9' broad, white. S. 2 M. glauca. White Bay. Shrub deciduous, 6-25f. high. Leaves very smooth glaucous beneath. Flowers 2-3' broad, cream-color. Swamps, t 3 M. aoumina'la. Oitmmber-tree. Tree large. Leaves oval, acuminate, scat tered. Flowers small (8-4' broad), petals obovate. M. S. i M. umbrel'la. Umbrella-tree. Tree small (20-30f.). Leaves wedge-lanceo late, whorled, very large, as well as the flowers. M. S. 5 M. corda'ta. Yellow Gaoumber-tree. Petals 6-9, yellow, with reddish lines. Lvs. broad-ovate, slightly cordate. Flowers i' broad. S. 6 M. Fra'seri. Mar-leaved M. Petals 6, pure white. Leaves ear-shaped at base, obovate-spatulate, near If. long. Spring, S. 7 M. macrophyl'la. Great-leaved M. Petals 6, white, each 6-8' in length. Leaves 2-3f. long, obovate-spatulate, cordate. Tree 30-50f. high. S. W. + 8 M. conspic'ua. Yulan. Flowers in Spring, large, rose-colored o*- white, with 6-9 petals or sepals, nearly erect. Japan. 'DEOK Tulip-tree. Sepals 3. Petals 6, in two rows. Anthers opening outwards. Oar- pels 1-2-seeded, imbricated into a cone, indehiscent, separating from each other in fruit.âTrees â with large and fragrant flowers. L. tulipif'era. TuUp-tree. Whitewood. Poplar. This is one of the finest and largest trees of our forests. The trunk is generally straight and oylindric, dividing at the top rather abruptly in a few coarse and crooked branches. Leaves dark green, sn\ooth, square at the end, with 2 lobes each sidj, 8-5' in length and bread
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