84 MONADELPHIA. POLYANDRIA. 
the base, Style 5-sided, stigmass. Capsule 5- 
celled, 5-valved, septa medial; receptacle colum- 
nar, cells 2-seeded. Seed alated: —. 
Deciduous leaved or sempervirent trees with entire, al- 
ternate, lanceolate, or ovate leaves; stipules none; flowers 
solitary, axillary. 
Spicics. re G. Lasianthus. Capsule conic; leaves 
sempervirent. 2. pubescens. Leaves deciduous, capsules 
spherical.—Of this genus there bs a third species inthe — 
mountains of Jamaica. 
485. STEWARTIA. L. 
Calix 5-parted. Petals 5. Stigma capitate, 
somewhat 5-lobed. Capsule 5-celled, 5-valved; 
septa medial; cells 1 or 2-seeded. Seeds ovate; 
osseous. 
Shrubs with alternate leaves; flowers large and solitary, 
axL . 
Species. 1.5. virginica. 2. pentagyna. (Malachoden- 
dron ovatum. Cayanilles.)}—A North American genus. 
