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STUARTIA PENTAGYNA. FIve-sTYLED 
STUARTIA. 
SEK KKK KKK KEE EE EEE EE 
Class and Order. 
MonapELPHIA PoLyANDRIA. 
( Nat. Ord. —TrrnstR@MIACEz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Sepala 5, magis minusve ad basin unita, 1-bibracteata. 
Petala 5—6 ad basin unita. Staminum tubus brevissimus 
cum basin petalorum adnatus. Styli 5, filiformes, liberi, vel 
in unum coaliti. Capsula sublignosa, 5-locularis, 5-valvis. 
Semina 2 in quoque loculo, submarginata.—Frutices Ame- 
rice septentrionalis precipue im regionibus Australibus. 
Folia ovata membranacea decidua. Flores magni solitartt 
axillares sessiles ochroleuct. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Sruartia* pentagyna ; foliis ovatis acuminatis grosse ser- 
ratis, sepalis lanceolatis, petaloram marginibus undu- 
lato-crenatis, stylis 5 liberis, capsulis pentagonis. 
Sruartia pentagyna. L’Heérit. Starp. t. 74. Willd: Sp. 
Pl. v. 3. p. 840. Smith, Ex. Flora, t. 101. Pursh, 
Fl. Am. v. 2. p. 452. Elliott, Carol. 2. p. 178... ;4ae 
et Gray, Am. v. 1, p. 224. 
Mazacnopenpron ovatum. Cav. Diss. 5. t. 158. Mich. 
Am. v. 2. p. 43. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 528. Lindl. 
Bot. Reg. t. 1104. Spreng. Syst. Veg. 3. p. 126. 
Weare glad to find our friends Drs. Torrey and Gray 
agree with Sir James Smrrx in uniting the Genus Maracno- 
? DENDRON 
* So named in honor of Joun StuaRT, Marquis of Bute, a great patron 
of Botany in his day. Se 
