STEWARTIA 553' 



ripened wood in late summer and inserted in very sandy soil under a 

 cloche in a cool frame, or even in pure sand. It is wise to put plants 

 in their permanent sites as early as possible. 



STYLES SEPARATE. 

 S. pentagyna. 



STYLES UNITED. 



S. Malachodendron. Leaf woolly beneath. 



S. Pseudo-camellia. Stigmas spreading ; shoots glabrous. 



S. monadelpha. Stigmas spreading ; shoots hairy. 



S. MALACHODENDRON, Linnceus. 



(Bot. Mag., t. 8145 ; S. virginica, Cavanilles.) 



A deciduous small tree or shrub, 15 ft. or more high. Leaves 2 to 4 ins. 

 long, ovate, oval, or obovate, more tapered at the base, and less distinctly 

 stalked than in S. pentagyna; the apex is pointed or blunt, the margins 

 toothed, the lower surface more or less hairy. Flowers solitary in the leaf- 

 axils, i\ to 3^ ins. across; calyx f in. across, with five broad, pointed, hairy 

 divisions ; petals white, silky behind ; stamens purple, with bluish anthers, 

 forming a conspicuous and beautiful centre to the flower. Fruit woody, 

 egg-shaped, \ in. diameter. (See fig., p. 554). 



Native of the south-eastern United States, and from S. pentagyna easily 

 distinguished by the united styles and by the smaller and differently shaped 

 leaves. Mark Catesby, the famous author of the Natural History of Carolina, 

 flowered this tree in his garden at Fulham in 1742, and Peter Collinson 

 grew "it at Mill Hill, near Hendon, in 1761, but it is now one of the rarest of 

 American shrubs. Commencing to flower in July, it continues into August, 

 being at that season one of the handsomest and most distinguished shrubs 

 in flower. The largest plant of whose existence I am aware is in a garden 

 at Stoke Poges 18 ft. high. There is also a good example at Syon. 



S. SINENSIS, Rehder and Wilson. 



A deciduous shrub or small tree, 30 ft. high; bark peeling, young shoots 

 clothed at first with fine hairs. Leaves oval or ovate-oblong, i^ to 4 ins. 

 long, to if ins. wide ; wedge-shaped at the base, tapered at the apex, 

 toothed ; at first hairy on both surfaces (but more densely so above) and at 

 the margin, becoming almost smooth ; bright green on both sides ; stalk 

 hairy, ^ to ^ in. long. Flowers solitary in the leaf-axils, I to i- ins. across, 

 white, fragrant ; stamens numerous, downy ; styles united into one column, 

 five-rayed at the top ; bracts, sepals, and petals silky at the back. 



Native of China ; introduced by Wilson about 1901. This is the plant 

 named " S. monadelpha " in the first edition of this work. It is nearly allied 

 to that species, which is, however, a native of Japan only. Messrs Rehder 

 and Wilson observe, moreover, that the " capsule of S. sinensis is the largest 

 in the genus ( in. in diameter), that of S. monadelpha is the smallest " ( in. 

 in diameter. Planta Wilsoniana, ii., p. 396. 



S. PENTAGYNA, DHeritier. 

 (Bot. Mag., t. 3198.) 



A deciduous' shrub, up to 15 ft. in height, with erect branches but a 

 bushy habit; young shoots, leaf-stalks, and often the leaves tinged with red. 

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