Volume 9 — PLATE DLXXIII. MAGNOLIA AURICULATA. Ear-leaved Magnolia.

CLASS XIII. ORDER VII.

POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. Many Chives. Many Pointals.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyx 3-phyllus. Petala 6-12. Capsulæ 2-valves, imbricatæ. Semina baccata, pendula.

Cup 3-leaved. Petals 6-12. Capsules 2-valved, tiled. Seeds berried, pendulous.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Magnolia foliis obovato-lanceolatis, basi attenuatis, auritis, glabris, subtus glaucis.

Habitat in America boreali.

Magnolia with obovate lance-shaped leaves, attenuated towards the base, eared, smooth, and glaucous beneath.

Native of North America.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

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.