62 OLACACE.E. (XIMENIA FAMILY.) 



1. GORDONIA, Ellis. LOBLOLLY-BAY. 



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

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

 each cell. Styles united. Capsule loculicidally 5-valved, woody. Seeds an- 

 gular or winged. Flowers axillary. 

 1. GORDONIA proper. Stamens short, inserted on the fleshy 5-lobed cuj> 



which adheres to the base of 'the petals ; capsule ovoid, 5-valved. Leaves 



coriaceous, perennial. Flowers long-ped uncled. 



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

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

 Florida to North Carolina, and westward. July - August. A tree 30 - 50 

 high. Flowers 2' wide, white. 



2. FRANKLINIA. Stamens long, distinct, inserted on the base of the petals ; 

 capsule globose, loculicidally 5-valved above the middle, and septicidally 

 5-mlved below. Leaves deciduous. 



2. G. pubescens, L'llerit. Sepals and petals silky; leaves obovate- 

 obloug, sharply serrate, white beneath ; flowers short-peduucled. A small 

 tree. Flowers 3' wide, white. Discovered by Bartram a century ago near 

 Fort Barriugton on the Altamaha. Not seen since. 



2. STUARTIA, Catesb. 



Sepals 5-6, silky, 1-2-bracted. Petals 5-6, obovate, crenulate, silky. 

 Stamens united into a ring at the base, and adnate to the base of the petals. 

 Ovary 5-celled, with two anatropous ovules in each cell. Styles 5, distinct or 

 united. Capsule ovoid, woody, 5-valved; the cells 1 -2-seeded. Shrubs, 

 with alternate leaves, and large white or cream-colored flowers on short axil- 

 lary peduncles. 



1. STTARTIA. Styles united: capsule globose : seeds not margined. 



1. S. Virginica, Cav. Sepals 5, roundish; petals 5, round-obovate ; 

 leaves oval, thin, serrulate, finely pubescent. (S. Malachodendron, L.) Shady 

 woods, Florida to North Carolina, and westward. April- May. Shrub 8- 

 12 high. Flowers 2' -3' wide. Stamens purple. 



2. MALACHODENDROV. Styles separate: capsuk ovate, acuminate: seeds 



margined. 



2. S. pentagyna, L'Herit. Sepals and petals 5-6, the latter obovate, 

 with jagged edges ; leaves oval, acute. Mountains of Georgia and North 

 Carolina. May- July. Shrub similar to the preceding, the leaves and flow- 

 ers rather larger, and longer stamens. 



ORDER 24. OLACACEJE. (XIMENIA FAMILY.) 



Trees or shrubs, with alternate entire petioled and exstipulate leaves, 

 and regular hypogynous perfect or polygamous flowers, in axillary ra- 

 cemes or corymbs. Calyx truncate or 4 - 5-toothed, persistent. Petals 



