GENUS I. 



TEA FAMILY. 



2. Stewartia pentagyna L'Her. Angled- 



fruited or Mountain Stewartia. 



Fig. 2877. 



Stuartia pentagyna L'Her. Stirp. Nov. 155. pi. 74. 

 1784. 



Malachodendron ova turn Cav. Diss. 5 : pi. 158. f. 2. 

 1787- 



A shrub resembling the preceding species. 

 Leaves oval, or ovate, larger, 4-6' long, 2'-$' 

 wide, acuminate at the apex, obtuse or sometimes 

 acute at the base, pubescent beneath, mucronate- 

 serrulate or rarely entire ; flowers axillary, soli- 

 tary, a'-j' broad; peduncles 3"-7'' long; sepals 

 lanceolate, acutish, hairy ; petals 5 or 6, cream- 

 color, crenulate; styles 5, distinct; capsule 5-an- 

 gled, ovoid, acute, 9" long, densely pubescent ; 

 seeds wing-margined. 



In woods, mountains of Kentucky and North Caro- 

 lina to Georgia and Alabama. June. 



2. GORDONIA Ellis, Phil. Trans. 60: 518. pi. n. "1770. 

 Trees or shrubs, with coriaceous evergreen leaves, and large white solitary axillary 

 flowers, often clustered at the ends of branches. Sepals 5, imbricated, rounded, concave. 

 Petals 5, imbricated, obovate. Stamens o, 5-adelphous, each cluster cohering with the base 

 of a petal. Ovary i, 3~5-celled; style- i ; stigma 5-rayed. Capsule woody, ovoid, 5-valyed, 

 the axis persistent. Seeds pendulous, compressed, with a short terminal or lateral wing; 

 embryo straight or oblique; cotyledons ovate, longitudinally plaited; radicle short, superior. 

 [Named for James Gordon, a London nurseryman.] 



About 1 6 species, natives of eastern North America, 

 Mexico and eastern Asia. The following is the type of 

 the genus. 



i. Gordonia Lasianthus L. Loblolly Bay. 



Holly-Bay. Tan-Bay. Swamp or Black 



Laurel. Fig. 2878. 



Hypericum Lasianthus L. Sp. PI. 783. 1753- 

 Gordonia Lasianthus L. Mant. 2 : 570. 1771. 



A tree 45-75 high. Leaves lanceolate or oblong, 

 acute, attenuate and involute at the base, very nearly 

 sessile, coriaceous, persistent, 3'-$' long, i'-2' wide, 

 serrulate, glabrous, shining; peduncles i'-3' long, 

 ascending, i-flowered; flowers iJ'-2' broad; sepals 

 orbicular, silky, ciliate; petals slightly pubescent 

 without; capsule ovoid-conic, pointed, 6''-8" long, 

 sometimes 6-valved; wing of the seed terminal. 



In low woods, Virginia to Florida. Wood soft, light 

 red ; weight per cubic foot 29 Ibs. May-July. 



Family 87. HYPERICACEAE Lindl. Nat. Syst. Ed. 2, 77. 1836. 



ST. JOHN'S-WORT FAMILY. 



Herbs or shrubs, sometimes small trees in tropical regions, with opposite or 

 rarely verticillate simple entire or rarely glandular-ciliate or dentate leaves, no 

 stipules, and terminal or axillary, solitary or cymose-paniculate flowers. Foliage 

 pellucid-punctate or black-dotted. Flowers regular and perfect. Sepals 5 or 4, 

 imbricated Petals of the same number, hypogynous, generally oblique or con- 

 torted. Stamens numerous or few, hypogynous, often in sets of 3 or 5 ; anthers 

 versatile or innate, 2-celled, longitudinally dehiscent. Ovary i-7-celled, composed 



