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TERNSTRGEMIACEZ. XXI. Sruartra. XXII. Gorponta. XXIII. Brumea. . XXIV. Scuma. 
enough to ripen the wood, or flower it in perfection ; it is there- 
fore better to keep it as a greenhouse plant. Peat soil, mixed 
with a little loam, suits it best; and it is readily encreased by 
layers, and ripened cuttings will root in sand, under a hand-glass. 
XXI. STUA’RTIA (in honour of John Stuart, Marquis of 
Bute, once a distinguished patron of botany). Cav. diss. 5. p. 
393. t. 159. f. 2. D.C. prod. 1. p. 528. 
Lin. syst. Monadélphia, Polydndria. Calyx permanent, 5- 
cleft, rarely 5-parted, furnished with 2 bracteas at the base. 
Petals 5. Ovary roundish. Style 1, filiform, crowned by a 
capitate 5-lobed stigma. Capsule woody, 5-celled, 5-valved ; 
cells 1-2-seeded. Seeds wingless, ovate, even. A shrub with 
deciduous leaves. 
_1S. Virer'nica (Cav. l.c.) h. H. Native of North Ame- 
rica in swamps in the lower counties of Virginia and Carolina. 
S. malachodéndron, Lin. spec. 982. Lher. stirp. rar. 1. t. 73. 
Lam. ill. t. 593. S. Mariléndica, Andr. bot. rep. t. 397 or 73. 
Duh. arb. 2. t. 78. Flowers large, white, with purple filaments 
and blue anthers, usually in pairs. Leayes ovate, acute. Petals 
entire. 
Virginian Stuartia. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1742. Sh. 6 to 8 ft. 
Cult. This beautiful shrub deserves to be cultivated in every 
collection of ornamental shrubs. For treatment and cultivation 
see Malachodéndron. 
XXII. GORDO'NIA (in honour of Alexander Gordon, a 
celebrated nurseryman at mile-end near London, who lived in 
the time of Philip Miller). Ellis in phil. trans. 1770. Cav. 
diss. 307. D. C. prod. 1. p. 528. 
Lin. syst. Monadélphia, Polyéndria. Calyx of 5 rounded, 
coriaceous sepals (f. 99. a.). Petals 5, somewhat adnate to the 
urceolus of the stamens (f. 99. d.). Style crowned by a peltate 
5-lobed stigma (f. 99. f.). Capsules 5-celled, 5-valved (f. 99. 
¢.); cells 2-4-seeded. Seeds ending in a leafy wing, fixed to the 
central column, filiform. Trees with the appearance of Gordonia. 
Sect. I. Lasia’ntnus (from acoc, lasios, wool, and ar6oc, 
anthos, a flower ; calyx covered with silky wool). D. C. prod. 
1. p. 528. Petals somewhat connected at the base. Stamens 
almost disposed in five bundles. Style 1. 
1 G. xasta’NtTHUs (Lin. mant. 
570.) pedicels axillary, usually 
shorter than the leaves; leaves 
oblong-coriaceous, smooth, ser- 
noid, acuminated. h. H. Na- 
tive of North America in cedar 
swamps near the sea-coast, from 
irginia to Florida, where it is 
called Loblolly-bay. Cav. diss. 6. 
t. 161. Sims, bot. mag. t. 668. 
Hypéricum lasiánthus, Lin. spec. 
1101. Catesb. carol. 1. t. 44.— 
Pluk. amalth. t. 352. This is a 
beautiful small evergreen tree with 
white flowers, about the size of 
those of a single rose. (f. 99.) 
Loblolly-bay or Woolly-flowered Gordonia. 
Clt. 1739. Tree 14 feet. 
2 G. Cmrav'wea (Hamilt. mss. in D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 
225.) pedicels axillary, elongated, hardly longer than the pe- 
tioles; leaves elliptical, acute, veiny, quite entire, pubescent 
beneath ; calyx a little ciliated ; petals entire. h. G. Native 
of Nipaul at Suembu, where it is called Chilaune-swa. G. Wal- 
Fl. Aug. Oct. 
573 
lichii, D. C. prod. 1. p. 528. Leaves 3-4 inches broad. Bud 
of flower globose, and girded by the short calyx. Flowers white. 
A small evergreen tree. 
Chilaune Gordonia. Fl. May. Tree 14 feet. 
3 G. excr’tsa (Blum. bijdr. ex Schlecht. Linnea. 1. p. 
663.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated at both ends, serru- 
lated ; peduncles axillary, solitary, 1-flowered, shorter than the 
leaves. k.S. Native of Java. Schima excélsa, Reinw. cat. 
pl. hort. bot. Buitenz. p.80. Ina specimen gathered by Blume 
on Mount Burangrang in Java, the ovary was constantly 4-celled, 
and the stigma peltate, 4-lobed. 
Tall Gordonia. Tree 30 feet. 
Sect. II. Lacatue'a (from a, la, very, and xaOnpat, cathe- 
mai, to sit; application not evident). Salisb. D. C. prod. 1. 
p- 528. Petals connected at the base. Filaments free. Style 1. 
4 G. puse’scens (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 451.) flowers 
almost sessile; leaves obovate-lanceolate, pubescent beneath, 
somewhat serrated, membranaceous ; petals and sepals rather 
silky on the outside ; capsules spherical, h.H. Native of 
North America in Georgia on the banks of the Alatamaha, near 
Fort Barrington; also in South Carolina. Lois. herb. amat. t. 
236. Lacathéa florida, Sal. par. lond. t. 56. This is a beau- 
tiful tree, whose large white flowers and yellow anthers have a 
most agreeable appearance. 
Var. a, velutina (D. C. prod. 1. p. 528.) leaves oblong, vel- 
vety beneath. G. pubescens, Lher. stirp. p. 156. Vent. malm. 
t. 1. Cav. diss. 6. t. 162. Franklinia Americana, Marsh. 
arb. 48. 
Var. B, subglabra (D. C. prod. 1: p. 528.) leaves obovate- ` 
oblong, smoothish beneath. G. Franklìni, Lher. stirp. 1. p. 
156. Franklìnia Alatámaha, Marsh. arb. 48. Flowers fragrant. 
Pubescent Gordonia. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1774. Tr. 20 ft. 
Cult. Gordònia is a genus of elegant trees and shrubs, whose 
large beautiful white flowers make a very agreeable appearance. 
For cultivation and treatment see Malachodéndron. The G. 
excélsa, being a native of Java, will require to be kept in 
a stove, and ripened cuttings will rootin sand under a hand- 
glass, in heat. 
XXIII. BLU'MEA (in honour of C. L. Blume, M. D. for a 
long time resident in Java, author of several works on Java 
plants). Spreng. syst. 5. p. 12. no. 2461. 
Lin. syst. Monadélphia, Polyándria. Calyx 5-parted, un- 
equal. Petals 5, obovate, fugacious. Anthers almost sessile, 
disposed in a ring around the style. Style 5-cleft at the apex. 
Capsule 5-celled; cells many-seeded. Seeds winged ? 
1 B. Java’nica (Spreng. syst. 3. p. 126.). h. S. Native 
of Java. Reinwárdtia Javanica, Blume. Leaves oblong, serru- 
lated, smooth ; peduncles 3-flowered. Flowers large, yellow. 
Java Blumea. Tree 30 feet. 
Cult. A mixture of loam and peat will suit this tree, and 
ripened cuttings will root in sand under a band-glass, in heat. 
XXIV. SCHI'MA (probably from eysa, schisma, a fissure ; 
in allusion to the valves of the capsule only being cleft half-way 
down). Reinwardt, Blum. bijdr. ex Schlecht. Linnza. 1. p. 
662. 
Li. syst. Monadélphia, Polydndria. Calyx 5-cleft, per- 
manent. Petals 5, adnate to the urceolus of the stamens, as 
well as being connected together at the base, unequal, one of 
which is cucullate. Style crowned by a peltate, 5-lobed stigma. 
Capsule globose, 5-celled, half 5-valved ; valves woody, with a 
dissepiment in the middle of each. Central receptacle capitate. 
Seeds 1-2 in each cell, elongated into a leafy wing at the apex. 
