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A tree 20-30 feet in lieiglit, erect, with spreading branches : 

 branchlets terete towards their extremities, pubescent. Leaves 

 alternate, petiolate, 2^-3 inches loufjf, ovato-lanceolate, some- 

 times ovate, acuminate with the apex blunt, serrated but entire, 

 and with the margin revohite, towards the base, obscurely nerved, 

 ghibrous and shining above, minutely ap[)resso-puberulous, and 

 when young- pubescent along the mid-nerve beneath : petiole 

 short, plane above, when young pubescent. Flowers large, 

 showy, white. Peduncles axillary, solitary, very short, thick, 

 terete, pubescent, 1-flowered. Calyx furnished externally with 

 2 roundish concave early-deciduous bracteoles : sepals 5 ; the 

 outermost one the smallest, and like the bracteoles deciduous ; 

 the innermost one petaloid ; all of them roundish, concave, ex- 

 ternally greenish and sericeo-pubescent, ciliated, imbricated. 

 Petals 5, obcordate, longer than the sepals. Stamens nume- 

 rous, hypogynous: filaments subulate, slightly monadelphous, 

 inserted with the petals on the receptacle: anthers minute, 

 reniform, oscillatory. Ovary ovate, incano-pubescent : styles 

 5, very short, diverging horizontally: stigmata obtuse, green. 

 Capsule oblongo-ovate, 5-sided : cells 2-seeded. 



This is said to be a valuable timber tree. The wood is of a 

 blood-red colour, and from its great hardness, has, in common 

 with a number of other trees, received the name of the Iron- 

 ivood. The leaves, previous to being shed, acquire a red colour. 

 When in flower it forms a conspicuous ornament of the forest, 

 especially in some of the mountain districts of St George's ; the 

 snow-white of the blossoms contrasting with the deep green of 

 the leaves. 



2. Gordonia villosa. P'illous Gordonia. 



Peduncles thick short villous, leaves subsessile ob- 

 longo-obovate obtuse serrated villous, petals distinct, 

 styles 5 distinct, fruit oblong, cells 5-seeded. 



HAB. Morse's Gap. 



FL. October — December. 



An erect shrub, 5-8 feet in height : branches erect, terete, 

 towards their extremities villous. Leaves alternate, subsessile, 

 somewhat obovate, obtuse, serrated coriaceous, glabrous and 

 shining above, villous beneath, almost nerveless. Flowers large, 

 white, sliowy, axillary, solitary, shortly peduncled. Peduncles 

 ^-th of an inch in length, terete, villous. Bracteoles 2, round- 

 ish, concave, externally villous, early-deciduous. Calycine se- 

 pals 5, imbricated, the innermost the largest, roundish, concave, 

 externally villous, ciliated. Petals 5, obovate, externally se- 

 riceo- villous. Stamens numerous; filaments subulate, villous 

 and slightly monadelphous at the base. Ovary superior, of 

 five slightly connected carpels, sericeo-villous : styles 5, short: 



