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S. Pseudo-Camellia, Maxim. (orS. grandifl6ra). Leaves smooth, 2'-3' 

 tong ; flowers 2' wide ; the serrate sepals and erose petals densely silky-hairy 

 outside ; anthers orange ; pod ovoid. Japan. Hardier N. than the native 

 species. ^ ^ Styles 5 ; pod sharply b-angled and pointed. 



S. pent^gyna, L'Her. Leaves smooth, 5'-6' long, and very handsome 

 flowers, their petals (often 6) jagged-edged and tinged with cream-color, 

 the sepals often reddish outside; orange anthers. Mts. of Ky., Car., and 

 S. Cult. Hardy N. 



4. GORDONIA. (Named for Dr. Gordon and a London nurseryman 

 of the same name.) 



G. LasidnthuB, Linn. Loblolly Bay. Usually a small tree, but 

 reaching 60°-7o° ; leaves evergreen and smooth lance-oblong, tapering to 

 the base and minutely .serrate ; flowers 2'-'5' across, white, in summer on 

 slender peduncles ; stamens short, on a 5-lobed cup ; pod pointed. Swamps 

 near the coast from Va., S., rarer W. Also cult. 



G. pub^scens, L'Her., also called FKAXKLfxiA, after Dr. Franklin. 

 A tiiil, ornamental shrub or small tree, with thinner and deciduous lance- 

 obovate leaves, whitish-downy beneath ; flowers on short, stout peduncles 

 in autumn ; stamens directly on the petals ; pod globular. Native of Ga. , 

 but no longer known wild. 



XXI. MALVACEJ), MALLOW FAMILY. 



Known by the uionadelphous numerous stamens, their tube 

 connected with the base of the petals, kidney-shaped, 1-celled 

 anthers (Lessons, Figs. 286, 298), the calyx valvate, and the 

 corolla convolute in the bud. Herbs or shrubs, with alternate, 

 palmately veined and often lobed leaves, evident stipules, and 

 regular flowers, the true sepals and the petals 5. There is 

 commonly an involucre of several bracts resembling an outer 

 calyx. Seeds kidney -shaped ; the leafy cotyledons crumpled 

 or doubled up in some mucilaginous albumen. Innocent 

 plants, mucilaginous, with a very tough fibrous bark. 



§ 1. Anthers all borne in a cluster at the top of the short tube of filaments. 



* Ovaries numerous and separate, crowded in a head, in fruit becoming little l-seeded 

 pods or akenes. Involucel conspicuous as a sort of outer calyx. Herbs. 



1. MALOPE. Involucel of 3 ovate or heart-shapedleaves. Annuals. 



+ » Ovaries several or many united in a ring around an axis, in fruit commonly fall- 

 ing away separately, each ^-seeded. Ours are all herbs. 



+- Stigmas running down the side of the slender styles. 



2. ALTH^A. Involucel of 6-9 bracts united at the base. Axis of the fruit not project- 



ing or enlarged. 

 %. MALVA. Involucel of only 3 separate bracts. Petals obcordate, otherwise entire. 



Carpels beakless. 

 4. CALLIRRHOE. Involucel of 1-3 bracts or none. Petals wedged-shaped and truncate, 



denticulate, or cut-fringed at the end. Carpels with a sort of beak at the summit. 



Flowers crimson, mauve, or red-purple, very showy. 

 Sk NAP.^.A. Involucel none. Flowers dioecious. Carpels beakless. 



