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enough to ripen the wood, or flower it in perfection ; it is there- 

 fore better to keep it as a greenhouse plant. Peat soil, mixed 

 with a little loam, suits it best ; and it is readily encreased by 

 layers, and ripened cuttings will root in sand, under a hand-glass. 



XXI. STUA'RTIA (in honour of John Stuart, Marquis of 

 Bute, once a distinguished patron of botany). Cav. diss. 5. p. 

 393. t. 159. f. 2. B.C. prod. 1. p. 528. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Polyandria. Calyx permanent, 5- 

 cleft, rarely 5-parted, furnished with 2 bracteas at the base. 

 Petals 5. Ovary roundish. Style 1, filiform, crowned by a 

 capitate 5-lobed stigma. Capsule woody, 5-celled, 5-valved ; 

 cells 1-2-seeded. Seeds wingless, ovate, even. A shrub with 

 deciduous leaves. 



1 S. VIRGI'NICA (Cav. 1. c.). fj . H. Native of North Ame- 

 rica in swamps in the lower counties of Virginia and Carolina. 

 S. malachodendron, Lin. spec. 982. Lher. stirp. rar. 1. t. 73. 

 Lam. ill. t. 593. S. Marilandica, Andr. bot. rep. t. 397 or 73. 

 Duh. arb. 2. t. 78. Flowers large, white, with purple filaments 

 and blue anthers, usually in pairs. Leaves ovate, acute. Petals 

 entire. 



Virginian Stuartia. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1 742. Sh. 6 to 8 ft. 



Cult. This beautiful shrub deserves to be cultivated in every 

 collection of ornamental shrubs. For treatment and cultivation 

 see Malachodendron. 



XXII. GORDO'NIA (in honour of Alexander Gordon, a 

 celebrated nurseryman at mile-end near London, who lived in 

 the time of Philip Miller). Ellis in phil. trans. 1770. Cav. 

 diss. 307. D. C. prod. 1. p. 528. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Polyandria. Calyx of 5 rounded, 

 coriaceous sepals (f. 99. a.). Petals 5, somewhat adnate to the 

 urceolus of the stamens (f. 99. d.). Style crowned by a peltate 

 5-lobed stigma (f. 99./.). Capsules 5-celled, 5-valved (f. 99. 

 c.) ; cells 2-4-seeded. Seeds ending in a leafy wing, fixed to the 

 central column, filiform. Trees with the appearance of Gordbnia. 



SECT. I. LASIA'NTHUS (from Xaoroe, lasios, wool, and avOoc, 

 anthos, a flower ; calyx covered with silky wool). D. C. prod. 

 1. p. 528. Petals somewhat connected at the base. Stamens 

 almost disposed in five bundles. Style 1. 



1 G. LASIA'NTHUS (Lin. mant. FIG. 99. 

 570.) pedicels axillary, usually 



shorter than the leaves; leaves 

 oblong-coriaceous, smooth, ser- 

 rated ; calyx silky ; capsules co- 

 noid, acuminated. ^ . H. Na- 

 tive of North America in cedar 

 swamps near the sea-coast, from 

 Virginia to Florida, where it is 

 called Loblolly-bay. Cav. diss. 6. 

 t. 161. Sims, bot. mag. t. 668. 

 Hypericum lasianthus, Lin. spec. 

 1101. Catesb. carol. 1. t. 44. 

 Pluk. amalth. t. 352. This is a 

 beautiful small evergreen tree with 

 white flowers, about the size of 

 those of a single rose. (f. 99.) 



Loblolly-bay or Woolly-flowered Gordonia. 

 Clt. 1739. Tree 14 feet. 



2 G. CHILAU'NEA (Hamilt. mss. in D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 

 225.) pedicels axillary, elongated, hardly longer than the pe- 

 tioles ; leaves elliptical, acute, veiny, quite entire, pubescent 

 beneath ; calyx a little ciliated ; petals entire. Tj . G. Native 

 of Nipaul at Suembu, where it is called Chilaune-srva. G. Wal- 



il 



Fl. Aug. Oct. 



lichii, D. C. prod. 1. p. 528. Leaves 3-4 inches broad. Bud 

 of flower globose, and girded by the short calyx. Flowers white. 

 A small evergreen tree. 



Chilaune Gordonia. Fl. May. Tree 14 feet. 



3 G. EXCE'LSA (Blum, bijdr. ex Schlecht. Linnsea. 1. p. 

 663.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated at both ends, serru- 

 lated ; peduncles axillary, solitary, 1 -flowered, shorter than the 

 leaves. Tj . S. Native of Java. Schima excelsa, Reinw. cat. 

 pi. hort. bot. Buitenz. p. 80. In a specimen gathered by Blume 

 on Mount Burangrang in Java, the ovary was constantly 4-celled, 

 and the stigma peltate, 4-lobed. 



Tall Gordonia. Tree 30 feet. 



SECT; II. LACATHE'A (from Xa, la, very, and KaOripat, cathe- 

 mai, to sit; application not evident). Salisb. D. C. prod. 1. 

 p. 528. Petals connected at the base. Filaments free. Style 1. 



4 G. PUBE'SCENS (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 451.) flowers 

 almost sessile ; leaves obovate-lanceolate, pubescent beneath, 

 somewhat serrated, membranaceous ; petals and sepals rather 

 silky on the outside ; capsules spherical. Jj . H. Native of 

 North America in Georgia on the banks of the Alatamaha, near 

 Fort Barrington ; also in South Carolina. Lois. herb. amat. t. 

 236. Lacathea florida, Sal. par. lond. t. 56. This is a beau- 

 tiful tree, whose large white flowers and yellow anthers have a 

 most agreeable appearance. 



Var. a, velutina (D. C. prod. 1. p. 528.) leaves oblong, vel- 

 vety beneath. G. pubescens, Lher. stirp. p. 156. Vent. malm, 

 t. 1. Cav. diss. 6. t. 162. Franklinia Americana, Marsh. 

 arb. 48. 



Var.fi, subglabra (D. C. prod. 1. p. 528.) leaves obovate- 

 oblong, smoothish beneath. G. Franklini, Lher. stirp. 1. p. 

 156. Franklinia Alatamaha, Marsh, arb. 48. Flowers fragrant. 



Pubescent Gordonia. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1774. Tr. 20 ft. 



Cult. Gordonia is a genus of elegant trees and shrubs, whose 

 large beautiful white flowers make a very agreeable appearance. 

 For cultivation and treatment see Malachodendron. The G. 

 excelsa, being a native of Java, will require to be kept in 

 a stove, and ripened cuttings will root in sand under a hand- 

 glass, in heat. 



XXIII. BLU'MEA (in honour of C. L. Blume, M. D. for a 

 long time resident in Java, author of several works on Java 

 plants). Spreng. syst. 5. p. 12. no. 2461. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Poly&ndria. Calyx 5-parted, un- 

 equal. Petals 5, obovate, fugacious. Anthers almost sessile, 

 disposed in a ring around the style. Style 5-cleft at the apex. 

 Capsule 5-celled ; cells many-seeded. Seeds winged ? 



1 B. JAVA'NICA (Spreng. syst. 3. p. 126.). Jj . S. Native 

 of Java. Reinwardtia Javanica, Blume. Leaves oblong, serru- 

 lated, smooth ; peduncles 3-flowered. Flowers large, yellow. 



Java Blumea. Tree 30 feet. 



Cult. A mixture of loam and peat will suit this tree, and 

 ripened cuttings will root in sand under a hand-glass, in heat. 



XXIV. SCHI V M A (probably from ayiaijia, schisma, a fissure ; 

 in allusion to the valves of the capsule only being cleft half-way 

 down). Reinwardt, Blum, bijdr. ex Sc-hlecht. Linnaea. 1. p. 

 6G2. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Poly&ndria. Calyx 5-cleft, per- 

 manent. Petals 5, adnate to the urceolus of the stamens, as 

 well as being connected together at the base, unequal, one of 

 which is cucullate. Style crowned by a peltate, 5-lobed stigma. 

 Capsule globose, 5-celled, half 5-valved ; valves woody, with a 

 dissepiment in the middle of each. Central receptacle capitate. 

 Seeds 1-2 in each cell, elongated into a leafy wing at the apex. 



