618 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Kosteletzkya altheaefolia Gray, Pl. Wright. 1: 23. 1850, 
ALTUEA-LIKE KOSTELETZKY A, 
Kosteletzkya virginica altheaefolia Chap. F157, 1860. 
Louisianian area, Coast of Florida to Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Littoral region. Saline marshes on the seashore. Mobile County, 
West Fowl River, Perennial. More slender than the type. Stellate-pubescent, 
tomentose. Intermediate forms less hoary and with the flowers more remote than 
in the specimens trom Florida, are frequently met with. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Near Manatee, South Florida, Rugel.”’ 
Herb. Geol. Sary. Herb. Mohr. 
THEACEAE. Tea Familiy. 
GORDONIA Ellis, Phil. Trans. '70:518, t, 27. 1770. 
About 16 species of subtropical and tropical eastern Asia, and Southern Atlantic 
North America, Southeastern United States, 2. 
Gordonia lasianthus L. Mant. 2:570, 1771. LOBLOLLY Bay. 
Hypericum lasianthus L. Sp. Pl. 2:783. 1753. 
Ell. Sk.2:171. Gray, Man. ed. 6,96. Chap. F1. 60, Sargent, Silv. 1:41, ¢. 27. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Coast of southern Virginia, North Carolina to 
Florida, west to the Mississippi River. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Deep wooded swamps. Mobile County, banks of the 
Chickasaw Bogue near Whistler. Flowers white, June; 15 to 20 feet in height and 6 
to 8 inches in diameter. Rare. Only locality known in the State. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Carolina, Surinamo. J. Bartseh.” 
Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
STEWARTIA L.&p. Pl. 2:698, 1753. 
Two species, eastern North America. 
Stewartia malacodendron L. Sp. Pl. 2: 698. 1753. VIRGINIA STEWARTIA, 
Stewartia virginica Cav. Diss. 5: t. 158, f..2. 1787. 
EM. Sk.2:172, Gray, Man. ed. 6,96. Chap. FL 61, 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Virginia to Florida, west to western Louisiana 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. Rich wooded banks and shady hill- 
sides. Cullman County, 800 feet altitude. Tuscaloosa County (f. A. Smith), 
Mobile County, western shore Mobile Bay, Magnolia Grove, 1879. Not observed in ‘ 
this locality of late years. Flowers white, stamens purple, May. Deciduous shrub, 
6 to 10 feet high. Infrequent. 
Type locality: ‘“ Hab, in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. ' 
Stewartia pentagyna L’Her. Stirp. 155, ¢. 74. 1784. MOUNTAIN STEWARTIA, 
Malachodendron ovatum Cay, Diss. 5:t. 158, f..2. 1787. 
Ell. Sk.2:173, Gray, Man, ed. 6,96. Chap. FI. 61. 
Carolinian area. Mountains, southern Kentucky and Virginia to Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region, Rich woods. Cullman. Flowers pale cream color. 
June, Shrub 6 to 10 feet high, contined to the mountains; less frequent than the 
above. 
Type locality: ‘- Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
STERCULIACEAE. Sterculia Family. 
STERCULIA L. Sp. Pl. 2:1007. 1753. 
Kighty to 90 species, tropics of both hemispheres, largely Asiatic. 
Sterculia platanifolia L. f. Suppl. 423. 1781. 
SYCAMORE-LEAF STERCULIA. JAPANESE VARNISH TREE. 
CHINA, JAPAN, 
ALABAMA: Introduced in the coast region; escaped from cultivation, Mobile. A 
pretty tree, 35 to 40 feet high. Flowers June. 
Type locality : 
Jlerb, Geol. Surv, 
