60 CAMELLIACEX. (CAMELLIA FAMILY.) 
3. T. heterophylla, Vent. Leaves larger (6'-8' wide), deep green 
above, white-tomentose beneath. — Mountains of North Carolina, — June and 
July. 
2. CORCHORUS, L. 
Sepals 5. Petals 5, convolute in the bud. Stamens mostly numerous, sep- 
arate. Style slender. Stigma dilated, crenulate. Capsule mostly elongated, 
silique-like, loculicidally 2-valved, many-seeded. — Herbs or shrubby plants, 
with alternate serrate petioled leaves, and small yellow flowers on short pedun- 
cles opposite the leaves. Stipules deciduous. 
1. C. siliquosus, L. Stem much branched, hairy in lines; leaves ovate 
and lanceolate, smooth; peduncles 1—2-flowered ; stamens numerous ; capsule 
linear, compressed, 2-celled, many-seeded. — Near Mobile, Alabama, and Key 
West. — Stems 1°-2° high. Capsule 2' long. 
Orper 25. CAMELLIACEUE. (Cawrrtr Famy.) 
„Trees or shrubs, with alternate exstipulate leaves, and regular hypo- 
gynous polyandrous showy flowers. — Sepals and petals 5 — 6, imbricated 
in the bud. Stamens numerous, united at the base into a ring, or into 
sets placed opposite the petals, and adnate to their bases: anthers 2-celled, 
introrse. Ovary 2-—5-celled, 2— many-ovuled. Styles 2— 5, distinet or 
united. Capsule 2—5-celled, mostly loculicidally dehiscent. Albumen 
scarce or none. E 
1 GORDONIA, Elli. Lonrorrx-Bav. 
Sepals 5, roundish, concave. Petals 5, thick, obovate, united at the base. 
Stamens united into 5 sets. Ovary 5-celled, with 4-8 pendulous ovules in each 
cell. Styles united. ^ Capsule loculicidally 5-valved, woody. Seeds angular or 
winged. Flowers axillary. 
§ 1. GORDONIA proper. — Stamens short, inserted into the fleshy 5-lobed cup which 
adheres to the base of the petals; capsule ovoid, 5-valved. — Leaves coriaceous, peren- 
‘nial, Flowers long-peduncled. 
1. G. Lasianthus, L. Sepals and petals silky; leaves obovate-oblong, 
narrowed into a petiole, finely serrate. — Swamps in the lower districts, Florida 
to North Carolina, and westward. July and August. — A tree 309 — 50° high. 
Flowers 2' wide, white. 
§ 2. FRANKLINIA. — Stamens long, distinct, inserted into the base of the petals; 
capsule globose, loculicidally 5-valved above the middle, and septicidally 5-valved below. 
2. G. pubescens, L'Herit. Sepals and petals silky; Mii don d 
 oblong, sharply serrate, white beneath; flowers short pe 
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