. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. 390 The Magnolias Linnaeus, mistaking the 3 petal-like sepals for petals, gave the tree the inap- propriate name of 6. LONG-LEAVED UMBRELLA TREE-Magnolia Fraseri Walter Magnolia auriculata Lambert Inhabiting rich woods, mainly in the mountains from southwestern Virginia to Georgia, Kentucky, and Mississippi, this small tree often makes up a considerable portion of the forests, attaining a maximum height of abo
. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. 390 The Magnolias Linnaeus, mistaking the 3 petal-like sepals for petals, gave the tree the inap- propriate name of 6. LONG-LEAVED UMBRELLA TREE-Magnolia Fraseri Walter Magnolia auriculata Lambert Inhabiting rich woods, mainly in the mountains from southwestern Virginia to Georgia, Kentucky, and Mississippi, this small tree often makes up a considerable portion of the forests, attaining a maximum height of about 15 m., with a tr\mk sometimes 5 dm. thick, the branches mostly spreading. Its thin bark is brown and nearly smooth, the round, smooth twigs reddish brown to gray, the narrow, smooth purple buds 2 to 4 cm. long. The leaves are clustered near the ends of branchlets, obovate-spatulate, thin, pointed or blunt- ish, 2 to 4 dm. long, with two blunt basal auricles; they are smooth on both sides, the upper surface dark green, the under pale green; the slender leaf- stalks are 3 to 7 cm. long. The white fragrant flowers open in May and Jime; the sepals are obovate, blunt, shorter than the petals, and fall away soon Fig. 344. — Long-leaved Umbrella after the flower opens; the petals are 12 cm. long or '^^^- less, elliptic to ovate, clawed, mostly blimt; the sta- mens are 9 to 13 mm. long; the fruit is oblong-conic, 12 cm. long or less, rose- colored, the beaked carpels yellow inside. The tree does not lend itself well to cultiva- tion in the open. Its wood is white, excepting the small brownish heart, is weak and soft, with a specific gravity of about It is also known as Eraser's Magnolia. 7. RHOMBIC-LEAVED UMBRELLA TREE — Magnolia pyramidata Pursh This tree, which inhabits woods and river- banks in southern Georgia, northern Florida, and Alabama, is closely related to the prece- ding species, with which it has been confused. It attains a maximum height of only about 10 me-
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