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118 Adult Female. Plate CXVIIL Fig. 2.

The Female, which is slightly smaller, resembles the male in colouring.

Magnolia gladca, Wild. Sp. PI. vol. ii. p. 1256 — Pursh, Flor. Amer. Sept. vol. ii. p. 381 Mich. Arbr. Forest de I'Amer. Septentr. vol. iii. p. 78, pL 2 — Poly-

ANDRIA PoLYGYNiA, Linn. Magnoli.«, Juss.

The Swamp Magnoha is abundant in all marshy places from Louisiana to Connecticut, growing in groves in and around the swamps. It seldom exceeds twenty feet in height, and is more usually eight or ten. The flowers have an agreeable odour, but are of short duration, although the tree continues blooming for several months. It is not unfrequent to find it, in the Southern States, in flower during autumn. The species is characterized by its ovate leaves, which are glaucous beneath, and its obovate petals, narrowed at the base. It bears different names in the different States, such as Swamp Laurel, Swamp Sassafras, Sweet Bay, White Bay, &c.