. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. MAGNOLIACEAE. Vol. II. 3. Magnolia tripetala L. Umbrella- or Cucum- ber-tree. Elk-wood. Fig. 1847. Magnolia tripetala 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°-4S° high, trunk 4'-i8' in diameter. Leaf- buds glabrous; leaves clustered at the summits of the floweri
. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. MAGNOLIACEAE. Vol. II. 3. Magnolia tripetala L. Umbrella- or Cucum- ber-tree. Elk-wood. Fig. 1847. Magnolia tripetala 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°-4S° high, trunk 4'-i8' in diameter. Leaf- buds glabrous; leaves clustered at the summits of the flowering branches, i°-i2° 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, white, 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 white ; weight 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. Fig. 1848. M. virginiana and var. glauca L. Sp. PI. 535. 1753. Magnolia glauca L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 755. 1763. A shrub, or tree iS°-75° high, trunk s'-3i° in diameter. Leaf-buds pubescent; leaves scattered along the flowering branches, 3'-6' long, i'-2' 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 white, depressed-globose, deliciously fragrant, 2'-^,' in diameter; sepals spreading, ob- tuse, nearly as large as the obovate rounded petals; cone of fruit oblong, il'-2' high, pink. In swamps and swampy woods
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