OKDER 27. MELIACE^E. C5 



1. CAMELLIA, L. TEA ROSE. TEA. Sepals many, imbricated, the 

 inner ones larger. Fil. GO, shorter than the corolla, united at base, some 

 of the interior free. Styles united. Stigmas 3 5, acute. 5 5 



1 C. JAPONICA L. Japan, Rose. Leaves ovate, acuminate, acutely serrate, glabrous and 

 . shining ; flowers terminal, solitary ; petals obovate ; stamens 50 (mostly transformed 



to petals) ; stigmas 5-cleft. Tree in Japan, here a beautiful greenhouse shrub. 



2 C. (Thea) BOHEA. Shrub 4f ; Ivs. elliptic-oblong, acute, some rugous, twice as long as 



brdad ; flowers axillary, white. Cultivated throughout China and Japan rarely here. 



3 C. (Thea) VIRIDIS. fehrub 4f ; Ivs. lance-oblong, thrice longer than broad, flat, acute ; 



fls. white, 1' broad. China. The leaf of these shrubs, variously cured, is the Bohea, 

 Black, Green, or Imperial Tea. 



2. STUARTIA, Catesby. Sepals 5 (or 6), ovate or lanceolate. Petals 

 5 (or 6), obovate, crenulate. Stamens monadelphous at base. Capsules 

 5-celled, 5- or 10-seeded, seeds ascending. *> Leaves large, deciduous ; 

 flowers showy, fragrant, axillary, nearly sessile. 



STUARTIA proper. Styles united. Capsule globous. Seeds lenticular No. 1 



MALACHODENDHOH. Styles distinct. Capsule ovoid. Seeds margined No. 2 



1 S. Virginica Cav. Leaves oval, acuminate, thin, serrulate, downy beneath ; sepals 



roundish ; pet. white ; fil. purple, anth. blue. Va. to Fla. and La. 6 12f. Apr., May. 



2 S. pentagyna L'Her. Leaves ovate, acuminate ; sep. lanceolate: one pet. smaller 



than the others, all cream-white ; capsules 5-angled. Ky. to Ga. 10 15f. June, Jl 



3. GORDONIA, Ellis. LOBLOLLY BAT. Sepals 5, roundish, strongly 

 imbricated. Pet. 5. Sta. 5-adelphous, one set adhering to each petal at 

 base. Styles united into one. Caps, woody, 5-celled. Seeds 2 or more in 

 each cell, pendulous. 5 With large, white, axillary, pedunculate flowers. 



GORDONIA proper. Stam. inserted on a 5-lobed cup, as short as the style No. 1 



FRANKLINIA. Stam. inserted on the pet. at base, longer than the style No. 9 



1 Cr. Lasijintlius L. Leaves coriaceous, perennial, glabrous, shining on both sides, 



lance-oblong; peduncles half as long as the Ivs. ; fls. 3'. S. 70f. July, August. 



2 G. pubescens L'Her. Leaves thin, serrate, deciduous, oblong-cuneiform, shining 



above, canescent beneath ; fls. on short peduncles ; sep. and pet. silky. S. 30f.' May. + 



ORDER XXVII. MELIACE^E. 



Trees or shrubs with exstipulate, often pinnate leaves. Flowers 4-5-me- 

 rous. Stamens 610, coherent into a tube, with sessile anthers. Disk hy- 

 pogynous, sometimes cup-like ; style 1. Ovary compound, several-celled, 

 ceHs 1 2-6-ovuled. Fruit fleshy or dry, often 1-celled by abortion. Seeds 

 winged or wingless. 



MELIE^E. Cells of the ovary 2-ovuled. Seeds wingless, few (in a fleshy drupe).... MELIA. 1 

 SWIETENIEvE. Cells of ovary many-ovuled. Seeds winged, many in the capsule. .SWIETXNIA. 2 



1. MELIA, L. PRIDE OF INDIA. (MsXi, honey ; the name was first 

 applied to the Manna Ash.) Sep. small, 5, united. Pet. spreading.. Sta. 

 tube 10-cleft at summit, with 10 anthers in the throat. Ovary 5-celled, 10- 

 ovuled. Style deciduous. Drupe with a 5-celled, bony nut, cells 1-seeded. 

 ^> With bipinnate Ivs. and panicles of delicate flowers. 



M. AZEDARACH L. Lvs. deciduous, glabrous, Ifts. obliquely lance-ovate, acuminate, ser- 

 rate. S. Stales. 30 40f. Fol. light ; fls. lilac ; drupes as large as cherries, t W. Ind 



