B4 MONADELPillA, POLYAXURIA. 



the base. Style S-sitled, stigmas 5. Capsule 5- 

 celled, 5-valve(l, septa medial; receptacle colum- 

 nar, cells 2-sceded. Seed alated. 



Deciduous leaved or sempervirent trees with entire, al- 

 ternate, lanceolate, or ovate leaves; stipules none; flowers 

 solitary, axillary. 



Species. 1. G. Lasianthua. Capsule conic; leaves 

 sempervirent. 2. pube^cens. Leaves deciduous, capsules 

 spherical. — Of this genus there is a third species in the 

 mountains of Jamaica. 



485. STEWARTIA. L. 



Calix 5 -parted. FetaJs 5. Stigma capitate, 

 somewhat 5-lobed. Capsule 5-celled, 5-valved; 

 septa medial; cells 1 or 2-seeded. Seeds ovate, 

 osseous. 



Shrubs with alternate leaves; flowers large and solitary, 

 axillary. 



Species. 1. S. virginica. 2. pentagyna. {Malarhoden- 

 e^on erratum. Cavanilles.} — A North American genus. 



