. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11. Forests and forestry. 162 LAUREL MAGNOLIA Magnolia virginiana, Linnaeus FORMâUsually a Bmall tree or uhrub seldom exceeding a height of 25 ft. but in the wnth. particularly in Florida, may attain a height of 76 ft. with a diameter of 3 feet. In Pennsyl- vania rather araall. Trunk usually short, often much swollen at the base. BARKâOn old trunks thin, grny, smooth to acaly; on young stems light gray to white, and smooth. TWIGfr-Green. round, bitter, relatively slender, downy, later reddish-brown, roughened by broadly cresent-shaped leaf-
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11. Forests and forestry. 162 LAUREL MAGNOLIA Magnolia virginiana, Linnaeus FORMâUsually a Bmall tree or uhrub seldom exceeding a height of 25 ft. but in the wnth. particularly in Florida, may attain a height of 76 ft. with a diameter of 3 feet. In Pennsyl- vania rather araall. Trunk usually short, often much swollen at the base. BARKâOn old trunks thin, grny, smooth to acaly; on young stems light gray to white, and smooth. TWIGfr-Green. round, bitter, relatively slender, downy, later reddish-brown, roughened by broadly cresent-shaped leaf-scars. Pith has a tendency to become chambered. BTOS-AItemate. bright green, 2/5-8/5 of an inch long, circular in cross section, Pointed^ d««id«u7 hairy, covered by successive pairs of stipules. Each pair of stipular scales envelops the leaf Just above it. LEAVESâAlternate, simple, oval to broadly lanceolate, 8-6 inches long, o^*"*« â * J*!^^' tapering at base, entire on margin, glaucous beneath. Fall off in autumn in the North but persist in the South. Persist until spring in Franklin county, Pennsylvania. LEAF-BCARSâAlternate, scattered along twig, narrow, oval to crestnt-shaped, with bundle- scars arranged in a broad U-shaped line. FLOWERS-^ppear latter part of June and in July in this State. Complete, solitary, globular, white, calyx and corolla of same color, about 2 Ihches long, and very fragrant. FRUITâMatures about October. Cone-like, fleshy to dry. scarlet, oval, about 2 inches long, composed of coherent follicles. Seeds are red, shiny, drupe-like and suspended at maturity by a thin long cord. WOODâSimilar to that of the Cucumber Tree, page 168, except that Its rays are higher and more crowded on the cross-section than those of the Cucumber Tree. Produces wood of com- mercial size only in the South. Weighs 81 lbs. per cubic foot. DISTINGinSHIirG CHARACTERISTICSâThe Laurel Magnolia, also known as SmaU Mag- nolia, or Sweet Bay, can be distinguish
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