60 CAMELLiAc;:.E. (camellia family.) 



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

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

 July. 



2. CORCHORUS, L. 



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

 arate. Style slender. Stigma dilated, crenuiate. Capsule mostly elongated, 

 siliquc-like, loculicidally 2-valvcd, many-seeded. — Herbs or sbrubby plants, 

 with alternate serrate petioled leaves, and small yellow flowers on short pedun- 

 cles opposite the leaves. Stipules deciduous. 



I.e. siliquosus, L. Stem much branched, hairy in lines ; leaves ovate 

 and lanceolate, smooth; peduncles 1 -2-flowered ; stamens numerous; capsule 

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

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



Order 25. CAMELLIACEiE. (Camellia Family.) 



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

 gynous polyamlrous showy flowers. — Sepals and petals .3-G, 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-celk'd, 

 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. Loblolly-Bay. 



Sepals 5, roundish, concave. Petals H, thick, obovate, united at the base. 

 Stamens united into 5 sets. Ovary 5-celled, with 4-8 jjcndulous ovules in each 

 cell. Styles united. Capsule loculicidally 5-valvcd, woody. Seeds angular or 

 ringed. Flowers axillary. 



§ I. GouDONiA proper. — Staynens short, inserted into theflishi/ 5-!ol)id cup irliirh 

 adiiercs to tilt bitsc of the petals ; capsule ovoid, b-vulved. — Leaves coriuctous, juren- 

 nial. Flowers long-peduncled. 



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

 naiTOwed into a petiole, linely serrate. — Swamps in the lower districts, Florida 

 to North Carolina, and westward. July and August. — A tree ;;0° - 50° high. 

 Flowers 2' wide, white. 



I) 2. Fkankmnia. — Stamens lonfj, distinct, inserted into the Itase. of the petals; 

 capsule (jloliose, londicidalli/ b-valved above the middle, and scpticidalli/ ^ivalrrd below. 

 — Leaves dreiduons. 



2. G. pubCSCCnS, L'llerit. Sepals and petals silky ; lenvos obovate- 

 oblong, sliarply sciratf, wiiite JKiirMili ; llowcrs short pi'dnnclcd — Cieorgia and 

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



