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Introduced in 1742. Flowers large, white ; July to September. Capsules 

 brownish ; ripe in October. Decaying leaves reddish brown. Naked young 

 wood dark brown. 



The general appearance of the plant is the same as that of the preceding 

 genus ; but it forms a smaller bush, and the foliage has a redder hue. The 

 flowers are of the same size, white, with crisped petals, purple filaments, and 

 blue anthers. This plant is not so extensively cultivated as the other, from 

 its being more tender, and of somewhat slower growth ; but its beauty, and 

 the circumstance of its flowering from July to September, when but few trees 

 or shrubs are in blossom, render it desirable for every collection. It thrives 

 best in a peat soil, kept moist ; but it will also grow in deep moist sand. 

 Layers. 



GENUS III. 



GORDO'N/J Ellis. THE GORDONIA. Lin. Syst. Monadelphia 

 Polyandria. 



Identification. Ellis, in Phil. Trans., 1770. ; Dec. Prod. 1. p. 528. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 573. 

 Derivation. Named in honour of James Gordon, a celebrated nurseryman at Mile End, near 

 London, who corresponded with Linnaeus. 



Gen. Char. Calyx of 5 rounded coriaceous sepals. Petals 5, somewhat adnate 

 to the urceolus of the stamens. Style crowned by a peltate 5-lobed stigma. 

 Capsules 5-celled, 5-valved ; cells 2 4-seeded. Seeds ending in a leafy 

 wing fixed to the central column, filiform. (Don's Mill.} 



Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, sub-evergreen or deciduous ; serrated 

 or nearly entire. Flowers axillary (or terminal), solitary, large. Trees 

 or shrubs, sub-evergreen or deciduous ; natives of North America. 



ft 1. GORDON/,* LASIA'NTHUS L. The woolly-flowered Gordonia, or 



Loblolly Say. 



Identification. Lin. Mant., 570. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 528. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 573. ; Tor. and Gray. 



1. p. 223. 

 Synonymes. Jfypericum Lasianthus Lin. Sp. 1101., Catesb. Carol. 1. t. 44., Pluk. Amalth. t.352. ; 



Gordonia a 1 Feuilles glabres, and Alcee de la Floride, Fr. ; langstielige Gordonie, Ger. 

 Engravings. Cav. Diss., 6. t. 171. ; Bot. Mag., t 668. ; and our fig. \ 10. 



Spec. Char., $c. Pedicels axillary, usually shorter than the leaves. Leaves 

 oblong, coriaceous, smooth, serrated. Calyx silky. Capsules conoid, acu- 

 minated. (Don's Mill.) A sub-evergreen tree ; in 

 England a shrub, deciduous in dry soils, but retain- 

 ing its leaves in warm moist situations. Virginia to 

 Florida, in swamps. Height 50 ft. to 80 ft. in Ame- 

 rica ; 8ft. to 10ft. in England. Introduced in 1739. 

 Flowers white, 4 in. across, scented; July and August. 

 Capsule oval, brownish ; ripe in September. 



Trunk straight. This most beautifully flowering plant 

 well deserves to have a suitable soil prepared for it, 

 and to be treated with more care after it is planted than 

 it appears to have hitherto received in England. The 

 soil ought to be peat, or leaf-mould and sand ; and it 

 should be so circumstanced as always to be kept moist, 

 seeds. 



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ft 2. G. PUBE'SCENS UHer. The pubescent Gordonia. 



Identification. L'Her. Stirp., p. 156. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 528. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 573. ; Tor. and Gray, 



1. p. 223. 

 Synonymes. Zacathda fl6rida Sal. Par. Land. t. 56. ; Franklinta amevicana Marsh. : the Frank- 



linia, Amer. ; behaarte Gordonie, Ger. 

 Engravings. Sal. Flor. Lond., t. 56. ; Michx., t. 59. ; and our fig. 111. 



