76 CAMELLIA OR TEA FAMILY. 



each cell. The petals themselves are commonly more or less 

 united at their lia-e; they an- ;" or -oim-timrs 6 or even more in 

 number in natural flowers, and in cultivated plains apt to be in- 

 by doubling. 



f, from Cli'ui'i, .I)>tni, ,)<:: fine of the inn> : - entirely separate : 



'HK'itly there is <t i/i-mluii'mi frmii biwli l<> .<///.< and petals. 



1. CAMKI.I.IA. Numerous M'parate inner stamens within the ring or cup formed 



by the united ba-es of the very numerous outer siainen-. Style 3 - u-cleft. 

 isaally -in^le in each cell of the thick and woody pod. Leaves 

 ' rate. 



2. Till'. A. Separate interior stamens only as many as the petals (5 or 6): other- 



wise i, >-arly like Camellia: llowcrs less showy; bracts under the calyx incon- 

 spicuous. 



* # Natives of South en stern States: stamens all uniti-il nt the base. 



3. GORIJONIA. Stamens in 5 clusters, one attached to the ba-e of each petal. 



St v !e columnar: stigma 5-rayed. Seeds several, more or less winged. Leaves 

 coriaceous or thickish. 



4. STUAKTIA. Stamens uniformly united by a short ring at the base of the fila- 



ments. Seeds 2 in each cell, wingless. Leaves thin and deciduous. 



1. CAMELLIA. (Xaini'il for <!. < '<nn<Uii* ur A'. //;//, a mi-ionary to China 

 in the 17th century.) 



C. Japdnica, JAPAN CAMMI.I.IA, with oval or oblon- pointed and >liinin- 

 leaves, and terminal or nearly terminal (lowers, simple or dorble, red, \\liite, or 

 variegated, of very manv varieties, is the well-known and onh common species; 

 fl. through the winter, hardy only S. 



2. THEA, TKA-1'LANT. (The Chinese name.) Genus too si i-htly dif- 

 ferent from Camellia. Shrubs, natives of China and Japan, >parinu-|y cult, 

 for ornament. 



T. viridis, GUKKX or ('IIMMDN T. Leaves oblong or broadly lanceolate, 

 much longer than wide ; the white llowcrs (!' or nmre broad) iioddin- on short 

 stalks in their axils. 



T. Boh6a, nm.A T. Leaves smaller and broader in proportion ; proba- 

 bly a mere variety of the other. 



3. GORDONIA. (Named for Dr. Gordon and another Scotchman of the 



same name.) 



G. Lasianthus, LOIU.OT.I.Y BAY. A handsome shrub or small tree, in 

 swamps near the coast from Virginia S., with ever-reeii and smooth lance 

 obl'eiu leaves taperiiii;- to the base and minutely sen-ate, and showy white tlow- 

 (]> L'' - "' across, in sprm^ and summer, on a slender peduncle; the >tamens 

 short, on a '> !<>lied caij). 



G. pubescens, al.-o called KI;\NKI I'M \, after />/. i'miikHn. (Jrows only 

 in (icor^ia and l-'lorida : a tall, ornamental shrub or small tree, with thinner 

 nml deciduous leaves whiti-h downy beneath, as are the sepal-- and (white) 

 petals, and lunger Mylc and lilameiils, the latter in :> di.-tinct parcel- one on the' 

 lia.-e of each pclal. 



4. STIIARTIA. (Named for ./</<;) Stuart, the /,n,-,/ ]l,itr at the time of the 



American Kc\ nlntion. ) nriiamental shrubs, with thin leave- and hand-omc 



whit- llo\\cr> -2' or-"' aci-o-s, in late spring or early summer, wild in shady 



woods of Sonthern States. 



S. Virginica, :^rows in the low country from Virginia S. : shrub 8 -12 

 lii.ii'h, with finely serrate leaves soft-downy underneath, pure white petals, purple 

 stamens, one Mvle, and a roundish pod. 



S. peiltagyna, bel,n-- lo the mountains S. of Virginia, and in cult, is 

 hardy N. ; has smoother leave- and rather larger very hand-ome llm\er<, their 

 petals ja-ucd-cdu-cd anil tinned with cream-color, the >epals often reddish out- 

 side. :. .-cpiiratc >i\l-s, and a :> an-lcd pointed pod. 



