P L A T E DXVIIl.
M A G N O L I A grandiflora.
Large-Lowered Magnolia,
C L A S S Xm. ORDER VIL
POLY^iNDRU POLYGYNIJ. Many Chives. Many Pointals.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX 3-phyIIiis. Petala 6—12. Capsulae
2-valves, imbricatEe. Semina baccata, pendula.
SPECIFIC
M.\GNOLIA foliis persistentibns^ lanceolatis,
obtusis, marginibus cartilagineis, supra viridi
lucidis, subtus ferrugineis : corollis
magnis, crassis, albis, odoratissimis.
Habitat in Florida et Carolina roeridionali.
Cup3-leaved. Petals ff—12. Capsules Z-valved^.
tiled. Seeds berried, pendulous.
CHARACTER.
MAGNOLIA witli leaves persistent, lance-shaped,,
and blunt, with cartilaginous margins of a
shining green on the upper surface, and
rusty-coloured beneath. Blossoms large^
thick, white, and very sweet-scented.
Native of Florida and South Carolina.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The chives and pointals.
3. A chive,
3. The same shown from the outer side.
•I'HIS odoriferous plant is figured by Catesby in his Caroliniensis, who describes it as a stately tree
eighty feet h igh; that it perftimes the woods wi th its fragrance; that its fruit is of a glittering red, not
falling immediately to the ground, but hanging pendulous by small white threads about two inches
long, in which state it must still be a beautiful object. It very rarely, if ever, perfects its seed in, this
rountiy. Independent of its fine large sweet-scented flowers, it is a handsome evergreen. There are
several variations of it in foliage. It succeeds v ell, trained up against a south wall. From a plant
so situated, on the premises of Messrs. Whi t ley and Brames, our figure was delineated.
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