Stuartia. TERNSTRCEMIACE^. 223 



trees or shrubs, natives of the Southern Atlantic states. Leaves ser- 

 rate or nearly entire. Flowers large, axillary (or terminal), solitary. 



1. GORDONIA. Ellis, inphil. trans. (GO. ^. 11) ; Car. diss. 6. t. 161. 



Sepals 5, roundish, coriaceous, strongly imbricated. Petals 5, somewhat 

 united at the base. Styles united into one, columnar. Capsule woody, ovoid 

 or globose, 5-valved. Seeds 2 in each cell, with a short terminal or lateral 

 wing. — Trees. Flowers white. 



§ 1. Tube of the filaments short, d-lobed, adnate to the base of the pe- 

 tals : stijle as long as the stamens : capside ovoid. Leaves coriaceous, 

 perennial : fiowers on slender peduncles. — Lasianthus, DC. 



1. G. Lasianthus (Linn.) : leaves lanceolate-oblong, narrowed at the base, 

 coriaceous, smooth and shining on both sides, finely and sharply serrate ; pe- 

 duncles somewhat shorter than the leaves ; sepals densely silky, ciliate ; 

 capsule conical, acuminate. — Linn. want. 1. p. 570; Cav. I. c. ; Bat. mag.t. 

 668 ; Michx. ! fl. 2. p. 42 ; Pursh ! ft. 2. p. 451 ; Mich.r.f syti\ 1. p. 295, t. 

 58; Ell. sk. 2. p. 171; DC. prodr. 1. p. 528; Audubon, birds of Amer. 

 t. 168. Hypericum Lasianthus, Linn. hort. Cliff, p. 380. Alcea Flori- 

 dana, &c., Catesb. Car. 1. t. 44. 



In shallow swamps, near the coast, Virginia to Florida! May-Aug. — 

 Tree 50-80 feet high (wood light, mahogany-color). Leaves subsessile. 

 Peduncles 3-4-bracteolate under the flower. Petals somewhat hairy outside. 

 Capsule rarely 6-celled, Q-vaWed.— Loblolly Bay.— A second species, appa- 

 rently of this section, is G. Wallichii, DC. (G. Chilaunea, Don), a native of 

 Nepal. 



§ 2. Filaments distinct, adnate to the base of the petcds : style shorter 

 than the stamens : capsule globose. Leaves deciduous : fiowers subses- 

 sile. — Franklinia, Bartram. 



2. G. pubescens (L' Her.): leaves oblong-cuneiform, finely and sharply 

 serrate, shining above, canescent beneath, rather thin and membranaceous ; 

 sepals and petals silky-pubescent beneath.— L'J^er. stirp. p. 156; Vent. 

 Malm. t. 1 ; Cav. diss. 6. t. 162 ; Willd. sp. 3. p. 841 ; Michx. ! fi. 2. p. 42; 

 Pursh, fl. 2. p. 451 ; Mich.r.f. sylv. 1. t. 59 ; Ell. .<;k. 2. p. 171 ; DC. prodr. 

 1. p. 528 ; Audubon, birds of Amer. t. 185. G. Franklinii, L'Her. I. c. p. 

 156 ; Willd. I. c. Franklinia Americana & Altaraaha, Marsh, arbust. p. 

 48. Lacathea florida, Salisb. parad. Lond. t. 56. 



Near Fort Barrington, on the Altamaha, Georgia, Bartram.! Florida, 

 {herb. Srhweiniz ! ). May-Aug.— Tree 30-50 feet high, with widely 

 spreading branches. Leaves nearly sessile, veiny. Flowers about 3 inches 

 in diameter. Filaments yellow. 



2. STUARTIA. Catesb. Car. t. 13 ; Linn; UHer. stirp. t. 73 ^ 74. 



Stewartia & Malachodendron, Cav.; DC. 



Sepals 5, more or less united at the base, 1-2-bracteolate. Petals 5, 

 united at the base ; the margins crenulate. Tube of the stamens adnate 

 to the base of the petals. Styles 5, filiform, distinct, or united into one. 

 Capsule somewhat woody, 5-celled, 5-valved. Seeds 2 in each cell, slightly 

 margined.— Shrubs with ovate membranaceous deciduous leaves, and large 

 (white or cream-colored) subsessile flowers. 



