ORDER 27. MELIAOJLE. C5 



1. CAMELLIA, L. TEA ROSE. TEA. Sepals mauy, imbricated, the 

 inner ones larger. Fil. GO, shorter than the corolla, united at base, some 

 of the interior free. Styles united. Stigmas 3 5, acute. 5 5 



1 C. JAP6NICA L. Japan Rose. Leaves ovate, acuminate, acutely serrate, glabrous and 



shining; flowers terminal, solitary; petals obovate ; stamens 50 (mostly transformed 

 to petal?) ; stigmas 5-cleft. Tree in Japan, here a beautiful greenhouse shrub. 



2 C. (Thea) BOHEA. Shrub 4f ; Ivs. elliptic-oblong, acute, some rugous, twice as long as 



broad ; flowers axillary, white. Cultivated throughout China and Japan rarely here. 



3 C. (Thea) VIRIDIS. Shrub 4f ; Ivs. lance-oblong, thrice longer than broad, flat, acute ; 



fls. white, V broad. China. The leaf of theec shrubs, variously cured, is the Bofiea, 

 Stack, Green, or Imperial Tea. 



2. STUARTIA, Catesby. Sepals 5 (or 6), ovate or lanceolate. Petals 

 5 (or 6), obovate, crenulate. Stamens monadelphous at base. Capsules 

 5-celled, 5- or 10-seeded, seeds ascending. *> Leaves large, deciduous; 

 flowers showy, fragrant, axillary, nearly sessile. 



STUARTIA proper. Styles united. Capsule globous. Seeds lenticular No. 1 



MALACHODENDKON. Styles distinct. Capsule ovoid. Seeds margined No. 2 



1 S. Virginlca Cav. Leaves oval, acuminate, thin, serrulate, downy beneath ; sepals 



roundish ; pet. white ; fll. purple, anth. blue. Va. to Pla. and La. 6 12f. Apr., May. 



2 S. peiitagyiia L'Her. Leaves ovate, acuminate ; sep. lanceolate : one pet. smaller 



than the others, all cream-white ; capsules 5-angled. Ky. to Ga. 10 lof. June, Jl, 



3. GORDONIA, Ellis. LOBLOLLY BAY. Sepals 5, roundish, strongly 

 imbricated. Pet. 5. Sta. 5-adelphous, one set adhering to each petal at 

 base. Styles united into one. Caps, woody, 5-celled. Seeds 2 or more in 

 each cell, pendulous. *> With large, white, axillary, pedunculate flowers. 



GORDONIA proper. Stam. inserted on a 5-lobed cup, as short as the style No. I 



FRANKLINIA. Stam. inserted on the pet. at base, longer than the style No. 9 



1 Cr. Lasiaiithus L. Leaves coriaceous, perennial, glabrous, shining on both sides, 



lance-oblong ; peduncles half a? long as the Ivs. ; fls. 3'. S. 70f. July, August. 



2 G. pul>cscens L'Her. Leaves thin, serrate, deciduous, oblong-cuneiform, shining 



above, canescent beneath : fls. on short peduncles ; sep. and pet. silky. S. 80f. May. 



ORDER XXVII. MELIACE^E. 



Trees or shrubs with exstipulate, often pinnate leaves. Flowers 4-5-nie- 

 rous. Stamens 6 10, coherent into a tube, with sessile anthers. Disk hy- 

 pogynous, sometimes cup-like; style 1. Ovary compound, several-celled, 

 ceHs 1 2-6-ovuled. Fruit fleshy or dry, often 1-celled by abortion. Seeds 

 winged or wingless. 



MELIE^E. Cells of the ovary 2-ovuled. Seeds wingless, few (in a fleshy drupe) MELIA. 1 



SWIETENIE^E. Cells of ovary many-ovuled. Seeds winged, many in the capsule. . SWIKTKNIA. 2 



1. MELIA, L. PRIDE OF INDIA. (IVfe'Az, honey ; the name was first 

 applied to the Manna Ash.) Sep. small, 5, united. Pet. spreading. Sla. 

 tube 10-cleft at summit, with 10 anthers in the throat. Ovary 5-celled, 10- 

 ovuled. Style deciduous. Drupe with a 5-celled, bony nut, cells 1-seeded. 

 *> With bipinnate Ivs. and panicles of delicate flowers. 



M. AZEDARACH L. Lvs. deciduous, glabrous, Ifts. obliquely lance-ovate, acuminate, ser. 

 rate. S. Stales. 30 40f. Fol. light ; fls. lilac ; drupes as large as cherries, t W. Ind 



