STEWARTIA STRANVJ^SIA. 555 



Leaves ovate, 2^- to 5 ins. long, about half as much wide ; rounded at the 

 base, pointed, toothed more or less distinctly on the margin, or entire ; 

 hairy beneath, more especially when young. Flowers produced singly in 

 the leaf-axils, on hairy stalks, about ^ in. long. Sepals five, about ^ in. 

 long, broadly strap-shaped or ovate, densely hairy; petals five or six, creamy 

 white, prettily crenulated, one of them often deformed. A conspicuous 

 feature of the flower is the cluster of normally yellow, but sometimes purple 

 stamens ; styles three to five, not united ; the finest flowers are over 4 ins. 

 across, others under 3 ins. 



Native of several of the southern United States, most abundant perhaps 

 in Tennessee. This species has for more than one hundred years been 

 an inhabitant of our gardens, but never a common one. Yet it is one of the 

 most interesting and beautiful of American shrubs, especially in July and 

 August, when in bloom. It is said to have been 10 to 12 ft. high in the 

 gardens of Dropmore and White Knights seventy years ago, but large plants 

 appear now to be very scarce. Botanically, its most distinctive character 

 are the disunited styles. 



Var. GRANDIFLORA. I distinguish by this name the beautiful form with 

 purple stamens, which give a much more striking character to the flower 

 than the ordinary yellow ones, especially as it measures 4 to 4^ ins. across 

 the petals. This form is found along with the yellow-stamened one in the 

 woods of Georgia; there appears to be no other character to differentiate them. 



S. PSEUDO-CAMELLIA, Maximowicz. 



(Bot Mag., t. 7045.) 



In Great Britain this species has only as yet attained the dimensions of 

 a shrub or small tree of dense habit, but in Japan it has been seen by 

 Sargent up to 50 ft. in height, with a trunk 6 ft. in girth. It is deciduous, 

 the branchlets and often the leaves quite smooth, the latter sometimes silky 

 beneath. Leaves 2 to 3^ ins. long, ovate or obovate, tapering at the base to 

 a short stalk, finely toothed. Flowers produced singly in the leaf-axils on 

 a short stalk, i in. or less in length; each flower 2 to 2| ins. across, white 

 and cupped. Petals five, roundish, concave, covered with "silky hairs behind, 

 the margins irregularly jagged ; sepals densely hairy ; stamens numerous, 

 incurved, orange-yellow. Ovary conical, surmounted by five united styles, 

 the stigmas only spreading. Fruit a broadly ovoid, hairy capsule, I in. long. 



Native of Japan; introduced to England by Messrs Veitch, but cultivated 

 previously in the United States and in France, where it first bore fruit in 

 the nursery of Messrs Thibaut and Keteleer at Sceaux, near Paris, in 1878. 

 It is not, perhaps, quite so striking as either of the American species, but 

 is still a beautiful tree, and is evidently more at home in English 

 gardens. When the seasons are suitable the leaves turn brilliant yellow and 

 red before falling. The ugly specific name refers to the resemblance of 

 the flowers to those of a single camellia. 



STRANV^SIA. ROSACES. 



A small genus of evergreens inhabiting Thibet, China, and the 

 Himalaya, very similar to Photinia. Propagated by cuttings made of 

 half-ripened wood, placed in gentle heat. They thrive in sandy loam. 

 The generic name was given by Lindley in honour of Mr Fox- 

 Strangways. 



