CO CAMKI.LIACKJE. (CAMELLIA FAMILY.) 



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

 above, white-tomontose beneath. — Mountains of >«'orth Carolina, — June and 

 July. 



2. CORCHORUS, L. 



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

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

 siliquc-like, loculieidally 2-valvcd, many-seeded. — Herbs or shrubby plants, 

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

 cles opposite the leaves. Stipules deciduous. 



I. C. siliqilOSUS, L. Stem much branched, hairy in lines; leaves ovate 

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

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

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



Order 25. CAMELLTACE7E. (Camellia Family.) 



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

 gynoua 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 adnatc 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 loculieidally dehiscent Albumen 

 scarce or none. 



1. GORDONTA, Ellis. Lori.olly-Bay. 



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

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

 cell. Styles united. Capsule loculieidally 5-valved, woody. Seeds angular or 

 winged. Flowers axillary. 



(j 1. Gordoxia proper. — Stamens short, inserted into the fleshy 5-lobed cup which 

 adheres to tht base of the petals; capsule ovoid, 5-valved. — Lea cm curianuns, ptrin- 

 iinil. Flowers long-peduncied. 



1. G. Lasianthus, L. Sepals and petals silky; haves obovateoblong, 

 narrowed into a petiole, finely serrate. — Swamps in the lower districts, Florida 

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

 Flowers 2' wide, white. 



$ 2. Franki ixia. — Stamens long, distinct, inserted into tht base »f tht petals} 

 ctilisiilr aloltose, loculieidally 5-valved above the middli , and septicidaUy 5-valved below, 

 — Leaves deciduous, 



2. G. pubescent?, L'Herit. Sepals and petal! silky ; leaves obovate- 

 oblong, sharply Bcrrate, white beneath ; flowers short-peduncled. — Georgia and 

 Florida, neat the coast. — A Bmall tree, flowers ;i' wide, white. 



