. 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 . MAGNOLIACEAE. 3. Magnolia tripetala L. Umbrella- or Cucum- ber-tree. Elk-wood. Fig. 1847. Magnolia trifetala L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 756. 1763. Magnolia virginiana var. tripetala L. Sp. PI. 536. 1753. Magnolia umbrella Lam. Encycl. 3; 673. 1789. A. tree 20°-45° high, trunk 4-18' in diameter. Leaf- buds glabrous; leaves clustered at the summits of the flowering branches, i°-ij° lon
. 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 . MAGNOLIACEAE. 3. Magnolia tripetala L. Umbrella- or Cucum- ber-tree. Elk-wood. Fig. 1847. Magnolia trifetala L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 756. 1763. Magnolia virginiana var. tripetala L. Sp. PI. 536. 1753. Magnolia umbrella Lam. Encycl. 3; 673. 1789. A. tree 20°-45° high, trunk 4-18' in diameter. Leaf- buds glabrous; leaves clustered at the summits of the flowering branches, i°-ij° long, 4'-8' wide, obovate to oblanceolate, acute, cuneate at the base, dark green and glabrous above, light green and more or less pubes- cent beneath, at least when young; petioles stout, i'-3' long; flowers 8'-io' in diameter, w'hite, slightly odorous; sepals broad, reflexed, early deciduous; petals oblong- lanceolate or obovate-lanceolate, acutish; cone of fruit 4'-6' long, rose-colored when mature. In woods, southeastern Pennsylvania to Georgia, west to Missouri, Arkansas and Mississippi. Heart-wood brown, soft; sap-wood wliite ; weiglit per cubic foot 28 lbs. The name tripetala is in allusion to the 3 petaloid petals. May. 4. Magnolia virginiana L. Laurel Magnolia. Sweet Bay M. virginiana and var. glauca L. Sp. PI. 535- i/Si- Magnolia glauca L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 755. 1763. A shrub, or tree I5°-7S'' high, trunk 5-3^° in diameter. Leaf-buds pubescent; leaves scattered along the flowering branches, 3'-6' long, I'-z' broad, oval or oblong, obtuse or blunt-acuminate, acute at the base, coriaceous, dark green above, glaucous and more or less pubescent beneath, deciduous in the North, persistent in the South; petioles about i' long; flowers wdiite, depressed-globose, deliciously fragrant, 2-3' in diameter; sepals spreading, ob- tuse, nearly as large as the obovate rounded petals; cone of fruit oblong, ii'-2' high, pink. In swamps and swampy woods, eastern Massachusetts, Long Isla
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