136 TERNSTROEMIACEAE, 
entire or serrate rather large leaves; moderately large white 
solitary or few often polygamous polypetalous flowers; and 
small several-seeded berries. 
1. Pith continuous, white. A. polygama. 
Pith chambered, colored. 2. 
2. Twigs glabrous. A. arguta. 
Twigs hairy. A. chinensis. 
Family TERNSTROEMIACEAE. Camellia Family 
A rather small family chiefly noteworthy as including the 
tea plant and camellia. 
STEWARTIA, 
Deciduous shrubs or small trees with shredding bark; 
rather slender terete twigs; small brownish spongy pith; alter- 
nate somewhat raised small transverse leaf-scars; no stipule- 
scars; moderate or rather large petioled mucronate-serrulate 
leaves; large perfect solitary polypetalous flowers; and capsular 
fruit with few hard winged seeds. 
Leaves small (3 X 6 cm.): stamens purple. S. Malachodenron. 
Leaves larger (6 X 10 cm.) : stamens white. S. pentagyna. 
Family HYPERICACEAE. St. John’s-wort Family. 
A rather small family, chiefly herbs, of little use except 
that some are planted for their bright yellow flowers. 
Hypericum. St. John’s-wort. 
Small commonly herbs or deciduous shrubs or half-shrubs 
with flaking bark; angular. stems; small angular mostly green 
or brown and excavated pith; low opposite crescent-shaped or 
3-angled leaf-scars with 1 bundle-trace; no stipule-scars; soli- 
tary sessile ovoid or oblong buds with a number of loose 
leaves; perfect entire abundantly glandular-pellucid rather small 
leaves; perfect showy yellow flowers in terminal corymbs, with 
numerous bunched stamens; and small ovoid or conical capsules. 
1. Flowers, large (25-50 mm.): leaves broad. H. aureum. 
Flowers smaller (scarcely 30 mm.): leaves rather narrow. 2. 
2. Stems 2-angled. H. prolificum, 
Stems 4-angled. H. Kalmianum. 
