96 TERNSTRCEMIACE.E. (TEA OR CAMELLIA FAMILY.) 



both imbricated in (estivation, the stamens more or less united at the base 

 with each other (monadelphous or 3 - 5-adelphous) and with the base of the 

 petals. Anthers 2-celled, introrse. Fruit a woody 3 - 5-celled loculi- 

 cidal pod. Seeds few, with little or no albumen. Embryo large, with 

 broad cotyledons. A family with showy flowers, the types of which are 

 the well-known CAMELLIA and the more important TEA PLANT, rep- 

 resented in this country by the two following genera. 



1. STUARTIA, L. 



Sepals 5, rarely 6, ovate or lanceolate. Petals 5, rarely 6, obovate, crenulate. 

 Stamens monadelphous below. Pod 5-celled. Seeds 1 or 2 in each cell, crusta- 

 ceous, anatropous, ascending. Embryo straight, nearly as long as the albumen ; 

 radicle longer than the cotyledons. Shrubs with membranaceous deciduous 

 oblong-ovate serrulate leaves, soft-downy beneath, and large short-peduncled 

 flowers solitary in their axils. (Named for John Stuart, Marquis of Bute.) 



1. S. Virginica, Cav. Petals 5, white (!' long); sepals ovate; style 1 ; 

 Btigma 5-toothed ; pod globular, blunt ; seeds not margined. Woods, Va., 

 and southward. 



2. S. pentagyna, L'Her. Leaves larger, 5-6' long; sepals acute ; petals 

 often 6 ; styles 5, distinct ; pod angled, pointed ; seeds wing-margined. Moun- 

 tains of Ky., Car., and southward. 



2. GORDONIA, Ellis. LOBLOLLY BAT. 



Sepals 5, rounded, concave. Petals 5, obovate. Stamens 5-adelphous, one 

 cluster adhering to the base of each petal. Style 1. Pod ovoid, 5-valved ; the 

 valves separating from the persistent axis ; cells 2 - 8-seecled. Seeds pendulous. 

 Embryo straightish, with a short radicle, and thin longitudinally plaited cotyle- 

 dons. Shrubs or small trees, with large and showy white flowers on axillary 

 peduncles. (Dedicated by Dr. Garden to his " old master, Dr. James Gordon 

 of Aberdeen," and by Ellis to a London nurseryman of the same name.) 



1. G. Lasiauthus, L. (LOBLOLLY BAY.) Leaves coriaceous and per- 

 sistent, lanceolate-oblong, narrowed at the base, minutely serrate, smooth and 

 shining; pod pointed; seeds winged above. Swamps near the coast, Va. 

 and southward. May -July. Petals 1^' long. 



ORDER 20. MALVACEAE. (MALLOW FAMILY.) 



Herbs or shrubs, with alternate stipulate leaves and regular flowers, the 

 cal>/x valoate and the corolla convolute in the bud, numerous stamens mona- 

 delphous in a column, and united at base with the short claws of the petals, 

 l-celled anthers, and kidney-shaped seeds. Sepals 5, united at base, per- 

 sistent, often involucellate with a whorl of bractlets forming a sort of 

 exterior calyx. Petals 5. Anthers kidney-shaped, opening along the 

 top. Pistils several, the ovaries united in a ring or forming a several- 

 celled pod. Seeds with little albumen ; embryo curved, the leafy cotyle- 

 dons variously doubled up. Mucilaginous, innocent plants, with tough 

 bark and palmately-veined leaves. Flower-stalks with a joint, axillary. 



