ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



7 ft. to 12 ft. Introduced in 1795. Flowers 

 arge, white ; July and August. Capsules 

 brownish; ripe in September. Decaying 

 leaves purplish brown. Naked young 

 wood dark brown. 



The soil in which it is generally grown 

 is a mixture of loam and peat, in which 

 the latter prevails ; but, in the Mile End 

 Nursery, it shoots vigorously, and flowers 

 freely, in deep sandy loam. The situation 

 should be sheltered ; and shaded rather 

 than otherwise. The usual mode of pro- 

 pagation is by layers ; and the stools are 

 sometimes protected, during winter, by mats. 



GENUS II. 



STUA'RT/^ Cav. THE STUARTIA. Lin. Syst. Monadelphia Pentandria. 



Identification. Cav. piss., 5. p. 393. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 528. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 573. 

 Derivation. Named in honour of John Stuart, Marquess of Bute, the patron of Sir John Hill, and 

 a distinguished promoter of botanical science. 



Gen. Char. Calyx permanent, 5-cleft, rarely 5-parted, furnished with two brae- 

 teas 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. (Don's Mill.} 



Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous ; ovate, acute. Flowers 

 axillary, solitary, large. A deciduous shrub, or low tree, native of North 

 America. 



& 1. STUA'RT/^ VIRGI / NICA Cav. The Virginian Stuartia. 



Identification. Dec. Prod , 1. p. 528. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 573. 



Synonymes. Stewarte'a Malachodendron Lin. Sp., 982.; Stuartm marilandica Sot. Rep. ; Stewartia 



a un Style, Fr. ; eingriffliche (one-styled) Stuartie, Ger. 

 Engravings. Lam. 111., t. 503.; Bot. Rep., t. 397. ; and our fig, 108. of a plant in flower, and fig. 



109. of a shoot from a stool. 



108. Stuartia virginica 



109. Stuartia virginica 



Spec. Char., $c. Flowers large, white, with purple filaments and blue anthers, 

 usually in pairs. Leaves ovate, acute. Petals entire. (Don's Mill.) A 

 deciduous shrub. Virginia to Carolina, in swamps. Height 6 ft. to fl ft. 



