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Vor. II.] TEA FAMILY. 427 
2. Stuartia pentagyna L, Her. 
Angled-fruited or Mountain 
Stuartia. (Fig. 2440.) 
Stuartia pentagyna I/Her. Stirp. Nov. 155. pl. 
Malachotehidron ovalum Cav. Diss. 5: pl. 158. f. 2. 
1797. 
A shrub resembling the preceding species. 
Leaves oval, or ovate, larger, 4’-6’ long, 2’-3 
wide, acuminate at the apex, obtuse or some- 
times acute at the base, pubescent beneath, mu- 
cronate-serrulate or rarely entire; flowers axil- 
lary, solitary, 2’-3’ broad; peduncles 3//-7/’ 
long; sepals lanceolate, acutish, hairy; petals 
cream-color, crenulate; styles 5, distinct; cap- 
sule 5-angled, ovoid, acute, 9’ long, densely 
pubescent; seeds wing-margined. 
In woods, mountains of Kentucky and North 
Carolina to Georgia and Alabama. June. 
2. GORDONIA Ellis, Phil. Trans. 60: 518. f/. zz. 1770. 
Trees or shrubs, with coriaceous evergreen leaves, and large white solitary axillary flow- 
ers, often clustered at the ends of branches. Sepals 5, imbricated, rounded, concave. Petals 
5, imbricated, obovate. Stamens o, 5-adelphous, each cluster cohering with the base of a 
petal. Ovary 1, 3-5-celled; style 1; stigma 5-rayed. Capsule woody, ovoid, 5-valved, the 
axis persistent. Seeds compressed, with a short terminal or lateral wing; embryo straight 
or oblique; cotyledons ovate, longitudinally plaited; radicle short, superior. [Named for 
James Gordon, a London nurseryman. ] 
About 16 species, natives of eastern North Amer- 
ica, Mexico and eastern Asia. 
1. Gordonia Lasianthus I. Loblolly 
Bay. ‘Tan Bay. (Fig. 2441.) 
Hypericum Lasianthus I,. Sp. Pl. 783. 1753. 
Gordonia Lasianthus 1,. Mant. 2: 570. 1771. 
A tree 45°-75° high. Leaves lanceolate, or ob- 
long, acute, attenuate and involute at the base, 
very nearly sessile, coriaceous, persistent, 3/-5’ 
long, 1/-2’ wide, serrulate, glabrous, shining; 
peduncles 1/-3/ long, ascending, 1-flowered; 
flowers 114’-2’ broad; sepals orbicular, silky, cil- 
iate; petals slightly pubescent without; capsule 
ovoid-conic, pointed, 6/’’-8// long, sometimes 
6-valved. 
_ In low woods, Virginia to Florida. Wood soft, 
light red; weight per cubic foot 29 lbs. May-July. 
Family 76. HYPERICACEAE Lindl. Nat. Syst. Ed. 2,77. 1836. 
St. JOHN’s-woRT FAMILY. 
Herbs or shrubs, sometimes small trees in tropical regions, with opposite or 
rarely verticillate simple entire or rarely glandular-ciliate or dentate leaves, no 
stipules, and terminal, or axillary solitary or cymose-paniculate flowers. Foliage 
pellucid-punctate or black-dotted. Flowers regularand perfect. Sepals 5 or 4, 
imbricated. Petals of the same number, hypogynous, generally oblique or con 
torted. Stamens », hypogynous, often in sets of 3 or 5; anthers versatile or 
