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Tern stroemiaceae. 



GORDONIA. 



( Family Ternstroemiaceae ) . 



Trees or shrubs: evergreen or 

 deciduous. Twigs moderate, ter- 

 ete: pith continuous. Buds usually 

 solitary, round-ovoid, naked. Leaf- 

 scars alternate, half-round or 

 shield-shaped, scarcely raised: 

 bundle-trace 1, transverse or V- 

 shaped, compound: stipule-scars 

 lacking. Leaves, when persistent, 

 sessile, oblanceolate, serrate. 

 (Franklinia) . 



Like stewartias, the gordonias 

 are large-flowered plants much 

 prized where they can be grown, 

 which is only in the South or 

 near the seashore or Eastern 

 lakes. The Franklinia, G. Alta- 

 maha, possesses a special interest 

 in that, though extensively culti- 

 vated, all of the specimens of it 

 have been propagated directly or 

 indirectly from a single tree cultivated by Bartram near 

 Philadelphia. Notwithstanding its conspicuous flowers, it is 

 not refound in the wild state, even in the locality from 

 which Bartram's specimen came, though repeated search has 

 been made for it. 



Leaves evergreen, tomentulose beneath. (1). G. Lasianthus. 

 Leaves deciduous: pith rather large, coffee-colored. 



(2). G. Altamaha. 



