876 THEACEAE 
Capsule globular or — —Four species, 
American and Japan 
1. S. Malachodendron L. Shrub 1-5 m. 
se leaf- pres flag d or sometimes 
vate or obov 5— 1 lon 
1 ong: sepals 
bon l em. bu. : petals yes 3-5 em. 
long: capsule depressed-globular, 12—17 
in diameter.— (SILKY CAMELLIA IAN- 
STUARTIA.)— Wooded banks and hillsides, 
Coastal Plain and adj. provinces, W Fla. to 
La., Tenn., and Va.—Spr.—In Florida only 
in the Kno x Hill country, where it muris in 
company with Illicium PA oridanum and 
nolia  Ashei.—The stamens are wr 
purple. . 
2.  MALAOHODENDRON Cav. Shrubs resembling Síuartia. Sepals 
mostly 6, relatively narrow. Petals mostly 5, white. Styles 5, subulate. 
Stigmas introrse. Capsule slightly elon- 
gate.—One species 
1. M. pentagynum (L’Her.) Small. Shrub 
F - m. 2 leaf-blades ovate, ied or ellip- 
6-1 rea sepals 1-1.5 em. long: 
pela obovate, 3.5 cm. Tei ca apsule 
void, 1.5-2 c E ong. [Stuartia d 
[ 
L'Her. NUS CAMELLIA. NTAIN- 
STUARTIA.)—Along streams and a prs 
Blue Ridge to Appalachian ei Lir a 
Piedmont, Ga. to Ala., Ky., and V. 
early sum.—Contrary to Stuartia which s seks 
the lower tesis this genus inha 
higher ones, apparently entering the DI 
E Va. 
Plain only in S 
3. FRANKLINIA Marsh. Trees. Leaves deciduous. Flowers nearly ses- 
sile. Sepals 5. Petals 5, unequal, white. Stamens distinct, adnate to the 
bases of the petals. Style ridged. Capsule loculidical from the top and septi- 
cidal from the bottom.—One species. 
1. F. Alatamaha Marsh. Shrub or 
tree with smooth black bark: leaf indes pos ee 
lanceolate to oblong-obovate, 6-15 cm. long, uy. 
serrate: sepals 12-14 mm. long: corolla 7—9 129 
em. broad: capsule subglobose, 1.5-2 cm 
in diameter: seeds 12—14 mm. long. [Gor- 
donia Pici L’Her. |—(Lost CAMELLIA. 
eae E.)— "IE acid sandy soil in 
mem SN o Eo f Ft. Barrington, on the 
eae River, S W of Townsend, in the 
Coastal Plain of Ga.—Su m.—Associafed with 
Pinckneya pubens. Discovered by John and Q 
William Bartram in 1765. Not seen n its 
native pons since "1790, but ee in 
cultivation 
4, GORDONIA Ellis. Trees. Leaves persistent. Flowers long-pedi 
d 
celled. Sepals and petals, 5, concave. Stamens borne on a 5-lobed disk. 
