. Botany for young people and common schools. Botany. 118 POPULAR FLORA. 4. Yellow Cucumber-M. A low tree; leaves ovate or a little heart-shaped; flowers cream-yellow. S.; sometimes cultivated at the North. M. cordata. \ 3. UMBRELLA-TREES. Leaves thin, large, those on the flowering shoots forming an umbrella-like circle underneath the blossom; leaf-buds smooth; flower large and white, not sweet-scented, ap- pearing in early spring; petals about 4' long, tapering below. 5. Ear-leaved Umbrella-M. Leaves nearly 1° long, auricled at the base (Fig. 102). S. M. FraserL 6. Common Umbrella-M. Leaves 1
. Botany for young people and common schools. Botany. 118 POPULAR FLORA. 4. Yellow Cucumber-M. A low tree; leaves ovate or a little heart-shaped; flowers cream-yellow. S.; sometimes cultivated at the North. M. cordata. \ 3. UMBRELLA-TREES. Leaves thin, large, those on the flowering shoots forming an umbrella-like circle underneath the blossom; leaf-buds smooth; flower large and white, not sweet-scented, ap- pearing in early spring; petals about 4' long, tapering below. 5. Ear-leaved Umbrella-M. Leaves nearly 1° long, auricled at the base (Fig. 102). S. M. FraserL 6. Common Umbrella-M. Leaves 1° to 2° long, tapering into a short footstalk. M. Umbrella. 7. There is, besides, the Great-leaved M., with much the largest flowers and leaves of all, the latter 2° or 3° long, scattered, heart-shaped at the base, and white-downy beneath; flower 8' or 10' broad. S. and cult, rarely. It does not belong exactly to either the above divisions. M. macrophylla. 8. The Purple Magnolia, from Japan, is a shrub in some gardens and grounds, flowering before the leaves are out. M. purpurea, 3. CUSTARD-APPLE FAMILY. Order ANONACE^E. Trees or shrubs, resembling the Magnolia family, but the three petals of each set not overlapping each other in the bud; the bark and foliage not aromatic, but unpleasant-tasted; the seeds large and bony, ™, i v^^^^gx ^;-^:*# their albumen variegated like a nutmeg, or cut into slits. Leaves entire, des- titute of stipules. Only one genus in this coun- try, and one species com- mon ; the 1. Common Papaw. A small tree, with dingy- purple flowers appear- ing in early spring rath- er before the leaves ; the 3 outer petals much larger than the 3 inner ones ; fruits eatable when ripe, in autumn, 2' or 3' long. Common West and South along rivers in rich soil. ' ' ( , 260. Branch of Papaw in flower. 261. A 6tamen. 262. Flower with all but the pistils takeo Asimina triloba. oft* the receptacle. 263. Fruits; two of them cut through. 264. A seed cut through l* show
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