whom it was introduced to cultivation. It was distri- 
buted under the name S. monadelpha and is doubtless in 
cultivation under that name in various English gardens. 
The true S$. monadelpha, Sieb. & Zuce., is, however, a 
purely Japanese shrub and is readily distinguished from 
S. sinensis by its much smaller, scarcely angled capsules, 
which are only one-third of an inch wide. Another near 
ally of S. sinensis is S. serrata, Maxim., also a purely 
Japanese species, figured at t. 8771 of this work, which 
is even more readily distinguished from our plant by its 
polyadelphous stamens, its glabrous ovary, and its leaves 
with tufts of pubescence at the axils of the main-nerves 
on the under surface of the leaves. While still quite 
young all the species of Stewartia enjoy an admixture of 
peat with the soil in which they are grown, though this 
1s not essential if the soil be light, warm and loamy and 
if it be free from lime. In the absence of seeds, the 
Stewartias may be propagated by summer cuttings. 
Desortetion.— Shrub or small tree 15 to 80 ft. high ; young shoots densely 
clothed with fine hairs. Leaves deciduous, usually oval, sometimes ovate- 
oblong, acuminate, cuneate at the base, finely serrate; 14-4 in. long, 3-1} in. 
wide; ciliate, bright green on both surfaces, the upper furnished at first with 
scattered appressed hairs, the lower glabrous except on the midrib and chief 
nerves; petiole hairy,}-1 in. long. Flowers solitary, about 2in. wide, produced 
in July from the leaf-axils of the young shoots; peduncle stout, hairy, } in. 
long. Sepals 5, ovate, acute, entire or sparsely serrulate, 2-8 in. long, ciliate, 
silky-hairy towards the base outside, persistent. Petals 5, white, coherent at 
the base, obovate-orbicular, about 1 in. long, ? in. wide, silky-pubescent outside. 
Stamens many, monadelphous ; filaments hairy at the base; anthers yellow. 
Ovary ovoid, 5-celled, densely hirsute; style simple, glabrous ; stigmas 5, 
radiating, recurved. Capsule distinctly 5-angled, woody, % in. in diameter, 
pilose; seeds brown, compressed, winged. 
TAB, 8778.—Fig. 1, calyx and pistil ; 2 and 8, anthers ; 4, transverse section 
of ovary; 5, fruit; 6, a ripe carpel, laid open :—all enlarged, except 5 and 6, 
which are of natural size, 
