An illustrated flora of the 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 ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 Genus MAGNOLIA lAMlLV. S3 2. LIRIODENDRON L. Sp. PI. 535. 1753. A large forest tree. Leaves alternate, truncate or broadly emarginale, 4-6-lobed or rarely entire, recurved on the petiole in the laterally compressed obtuse buds. Stipules united at the base. Flowers large, slightly fragrant. Sepals 3, petaloid, reflex
An illustrated flora of the 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 ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 Genus MAGNOLIA lAMlLV. S3 2. LIRIODENDRON L. Sp. PI. 535. 1753. A large forest tree. Leaves alternate, truncate or broadly emarginale, 4-6-lobed or rarely entire, recurved on the petiole in the laterally compressed obtuse buds. Stipules united 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, a tree bearing lilies.] Two species, natives of eastern Xorth .\merica and China, the following one the generic type. I. Liriodendron Tulipifera L. Tulip-tree. Lime-tree. White-wood. Fig. 1850. Liriodendron Tulipifera L. Sp. PI. 535. 1753. A magnificent tree 6o°-i90° high with diverging curved branches, the trunk 4°-i2°'in diameter. Leaves glabrous, very broadly ovate or nearly orbicular in out- line, truncate or broadly notched at the apex, truncate, rounded or cordate at the base, 3'-6' long with 2 apical and 2-4 basal lobes, or occasionally entire; flowers about 2' high, erect, greenish-yellows orange-colored within; petals obovate. obtuse, about equalling^ the reflexed sepals; cone of fruit dry, oblong, acute, 3' long. In woods, Vermont to Rhode Island, Florida, Michigan. Arkansas and Mississippi. Maj'-June. Wood soft, yellow- ish or brownish ; sap-wood nearly white. Weight per cubic foot 26 lbs. Cucumber-tree. Blue-, white- or yellow-poplar. Lynn- or saddle-tree. Hickory- or tulip-poplar. Basswood. Saddle-leaf. Canoe-wood. Family 30. ANNONACEAE DC. Syst. CfSTARD-APPLE F.\MILY. Trees or shrubs, generally aromatic, with alternate entire pinnately veined leaves. Stipules none. Sepal
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