TaB. 8771. 
STEWARTIA SERRATA. 
TERNSTROEMIACEAR. Tribe GORDONIEAE. 
Srrwarttia, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 185 (Stuartia). 
Stewartia serrata, Maxim. in Bull. Acad. Petersb, vol. xi. p. 430 (1867) ; 
C. K. Schneider, Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. vol. ii. p. 381, fig. 218 (h) ; 
species cum S. sinensi, Rehd. et Wils., comparanda sed ovario glabro 
filamentis liberis foliisque subtus ad venarum axillas caespitoso-pilosis apte 
distinguenda. 
Arbor in cultis parva; ramuli pilosi demum glabrescentes. Folia decidua, 
acuta vel acuminata, basi cuneata, ambitu elliptica vel obovata, margine 
incurvo-serrata et minute ciliata, 3°7-7°5 cm. longa, 2-3°7 cm. lata, supra 
glabra, sordide viridia, subtus pallidiora secus costam et ad venarum 
axillas pilosa; petiolus 3-12 mm. longus, glaber. Flores speciosi, secus 
ramulos juniores axillares, solitarii, ineunte aestate aperti ; pedunculi 
4-6 mm. longi, tomentosi. Sepala 5-6, foliacea, ovata, margine parce et 
minuto serrata, 1:2-1°8 em. longa, margine ciliato excepto glabra, recurva, 
persistentia. Petala 5, pallide lutéo-alba, extra rubro-tincta, cucullata, 
distincte imbricatu, margine indentata. Stamina indefinita ; filamenta 
libera, basi sericea; antherae luteae. Ovariwm ovoideum, glabrum, e 
carpellis 5 compositum; stylus simplex, glaber ; stigmata abbreviata. 
Capsula lignosa, ovoidea, rostrata, 2 cm. longa, loculicide 5-valvis. 
Semina compressa, alata.—W. J. BEAN. 
We are indebted for the material from which the 
figure in the accompanying plate has been prepared to 
Sir Edmund Loder of Leonardslee, Horsham, who 
supplied the flowering spray on 12 June, 1917, and the 
fruit during the following November. Save for the 
specimens thus gathered from the plants at Leonardslee, 
Stewartia serrata is only represented in the Kew herbarium 
by a single leafy spray and a solitary detached flower, 
both collected in Japan in 1863 by the late Mr. 
Maximowicz. From the cultivated form now figured 
Maximowicz’s specimen differs in having the. petals 
velvety outside on the upper half, and in having the 
shoot quite glabrous, as also are the leaves except for the 
axil-tufts of tomentum beneath. In all other respects 
the two specimens appear to agree. We have failed to 
ascertain at all definitely the dimensions this Stewartia 
JULY-SEPTEMBER, 1918, 
