GO CAMELLIACKiE. (CAMELLIA KAMILY.j 



.'i T. heterophylla, Vent. Leaves larger (6' -8' wide), deep green 

 above, white-tunientose beneath. — Mountains of North Carohna. — June and 

 July. 



2. CORCHORUS, L. 



Sepals 5. Petals .5, convolute in the bud. Stamens mostly numerous, sep- 

 arate. Style slender. Stigma dilated, crcnulate. 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, hairj' in lines; leaves ovate 

 and lanceolate, smooth; peduncles 1-2-flowercd; stamens nnmcrous ; capsule 

 linear, compressed, 2-celled, many-seeded. — Near Mobile, Alabama, and Key 

 West. — Stems 1° - 2° high. Capsule 2' long. 



Order 25. CAMELLTACE^. (Camellia Family.) 



Trees or shrubs, with alternate exstipulate leaves, and regular hypo- 

 gynous polyandrous showy flowei's. — 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, distinct or 

 united. Capsule 2 -5-celled, mostly loculicidally dehiscent. Albumen 

 scarce or none. 



1. GORDONIA, Ellis. LoklollyBat. 



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. GouDONiA proper. — Stamens short, inserted into the flesh i/ 5-lol)edcup which 

 adheres to the base of the petals ; capsule ovoid, b-valved. — Leaves coriaceous, pe^en- 

 mul. Flowers lonp-pedtincled. 



1. G. Lasianthus, L. Sepals and petals silky; leaves obovate-oblong, 

 narrowed into a petiole, finely sen-ate. — Swamps in the lower districts, Florida 

 to North Carolina, and westward. July and August. — A tree 30° -50° high. 

 Flowers 2' wide, white. 



§ 2. Fraxklinia. — Stamens lonr/, distinct, inserted into the base of the petals; 

 capsule (jhhose, loculicidally b-valved above the middle, and septiddully b-valved below. 

 — Leaves deciduous. 



2. G. pubescens, L'Herit. Sepals and petals silky; leaves obovate- 

 oblong, sharplv serrate, white beneath; flowers short-peduncled. — Georgia and 

 Florida, near the coast. — A small tree. Flowers 3' wide, white. 



