60 CA.MELLIACFJE. (CAMELLIA FAMILY.; 



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

 above, white-tomcntose beneath. Mountains of North Carolina. June and 

 July. 



2. CORCHORUS, L. 



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

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

 silique-like, loculicidally 2-valved, many-seeded- Herbs or shrubby plants, 

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

 cles opposite the leaves. Stipules deciduous. 



1. C. siliquosus, L. Stem much branched, hairy in lines; leaves ovate 

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

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

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



ORDER 25. CAMELLIACE^. (CAMELLIA FAMILY.) 



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

 gynous polyamlrous 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 adnate tp their bases : anthers 2-celled, 

 introrse. Ovary 2-5-celled, 2 - many-ovuled. Styles 2-5, distinct or 

 united. Capsule 2-5-celled, mostly loculicidally dehiscent. Albumen 

 scarce or none. 



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-valvcd, woody. Seeds angular or 

 winged. Flowers axillary. 



1. GORDONIA proper. Stamens short, inserted into the fleshy 5-lobedcup which 

 adheres to the base of the petals ; capsule ovoid, 5-valved. Leaves coriaceous, peren- 

 nial. Flowers lonq-pcduncled. 



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

 narrowed into a petiole, finely sen-ate. Swamps in the lower districts, Florida 

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

 Flowers 2' wide, white. 



2. FRAXKI.INI A. Stamens long, distinct, inserted into the base of the petals; 

 capsule glotose, loculicidally 5-valved above the middle, and septicidally 5-valved below. 

 Leaves deciduous. 



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

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

 Florida, near the coast. A small tree. Flowers 3' wide, white. 



