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P L A T E DLXXIII.
M A G N O L I A AURICULA TA.
Ear-leaved Magnolia. o
C L A S S XI1L ORDER VIL
POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. Many Chives. Many Polntals.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX 3-phylIus. Pétala 6—12. Capsulx
2-valves, imbricatse. tiemina baccata^ péndula.
CUP 3-leaved. Petals 6—12. Capsules 2-valved,
tiled. Seeds berriedj pendulous.
SPECIFIC character .
MAGNOLIA foliis obovato-lanceolatis, basi attenuatisi
auritis, glabris, subtus glaucis.
Habitat in America boreali.
MAGNOLIA with obovate lance-shaped leaves, attenuated
towards the base, eaied, smootli,
and glaucous beneath.
Native of Nort h America.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A chive.
2. Seed-bud and pointals.
AMONGST the finest hardy exotics that ornament the gardens, the Magnolias are eminently conspicuous.
A fine species of that description our figure represents, drawn from a plant seven feet high
in the nursery-ground of Messrs. Whitley and Brames, who inform me that it was sent to them from
Maryland in North America, by Mr . Bartram, about the year 1793. It does not seed with us, as very
few of the genus do ; and when any of them appear to have ripened their seed perfectly, we understand
they have very rarely if ever vegetated. This species is perfectly hardy, but is with difficulty raised
by layers ; which accounts for its being (after a period of sixteen years since its first introduction to
this country) not so generally known as it deserves to be. It flowers in the month of May.
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