1748 



STRYPHNODENDRON 



! foliage, numerous leaflets, and small 

 ,ry, cylindrical spikes. Pis. sessile, 

 fill] connate to the middle, valvate; 

 ' j'od linear, compressed, thick. 

 niH. use and *'. floribundum, both of 

 L^ Acacia.s, the latter as A. ptilrher- 

 :m>, is known to be cult, in America. 



Stua 



thr 



least in more northern refjions, u 

 Prop, by seeds and layers; als 

 ripened or almost ripened wood 

 Five species occur in N. Aimr. 

 trees, with smooth flaky 1,,,, I. ,1 

 nal, with 1 or 2 bracts t,, !■ i- 

 als 5 or sometimes G, tl,, Li 

 ular, usually concave, wi,!, . ,. , 

 at the base with eacli (.tl,. , „,,,1 , 



hirsute capsul,', l<..',ili.'i.l,,ll\- .l.> 

 seeds 1-4 in eacli l..i.,ik-. .-..nipn- 

 winged. 



|..al all. I I., am, and, at 



ksanu, sunny position, 

 by cuttings of half- 

 nder jrlass. 



'^'•ally 

 rrowly 



A. Styles united: petals always 5. 

 B. Stamens purple, spreading : capsule subglobose. 

 Malachod^ndron, Linn. (S. Virginica, Cav. ). Shrub 

 -12 ft. high : Ivs. oval to oval-oblong, acute at botl 



2437. Stuartia pentagyna (X K). 



ends, serrulate, light green, pubescent beneath, 2'A-4 

 in. long: fls. 2K-3 in. across, with obovate spreading 

 petals : seeds wingless, shining. May, June (July and 



STURTEVANT 



August in the North). Va. and Ark. to Fla. and La. 

 Gn. 14:136; 18, p. 628; 34, p. 280. G.C. II. 8:43;!.- 

 This species has the largest and showiest flowers. 



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2438. Stylophorum diphyllum (X M). 



BB. Stamens with whitish filaments, incurved: cap- 

 sule ovate, pointed. 

 c. Bracts beneath the calyx large and leaf-like. 



monadfilpha, Sieb. & Zucc. Shrub or small tree: Ivs. 



oval to oval-oblong, acute at both enils, ,-. ,. I\ -. ,,,i- 



late, slightly pubescent beneath, ligbi l' , < ■ n I ' ,,,. 



long: fls. white, I J^ in. across, with II;, .li,,- 



vate petals; anthers violet. Japan. S/.. I ;„- l,,,-,s 

 the least desirable species and probably as teiMicr as the 

 preceding; it is doubtful whether it is in cultivation. 

 Specimens recently introduced seen by the writer 

 proved to be the following species. 



cc. Bracts small, shorter than calyx. 



PseMo- Camellia, Maxim. {S. grandifUra, Briot. S. 

 Jap6)iica, var. grandifldra, Hort. ). Shrub, with up- 

 right branches, ortree attaining fiO ft. or ni.ire in .lapan ; 

 trunk with smooth red bark, p,, li,,L' ..n' i,, i.',, ;,, iliin 



flakes: Ivs. elliptic to ellipi !.■ 1, , ' - , i ili 



ends, or often acuminate at il . :. ', ' , hi 



grern. glabrous or nearly -" i I : ,,. ,.',iu': 



H- I,, mispherical, 2-2J^ in. a,-, : ,, . I iii.,~i, .., l,,.-- 



,,l , ,,. i\e, silky-pubescci,, ■ , - . i ■ , s orantre- 



I , I -. eds 2-4 in each .■■ i: i,,Lred, dull. 



1,1 \ ,,' Japan. B.M. Ti'l' i. !! I - , ' i:;n. G.C. 

 Ill 1 IS? Gn. 43:899. G.F.'.i:,::.. \l, 1 1, ,. l:iilii:480. 

 AA. Styles 5, distinct: petals often 6. 



pentigyna, L'Herit. (Malachodindron ov&tum, Cav.). 

 Fig. 2437. Shrub, 6-1.-, ft. high: Ivs. ovate- to ..l.L.iig- 



o%-ate, acuminate, ii-,,:,ll\ ,,.1, .1 ,,, l.,, .■. ,■.■ i.ly 



serrate, sparingh |,,,i ' , , i . , ', , , • : i . , . ,, !,, 

 2K-5 in. long. 'lis. . ■: ,. ■ , , U 



obovate, with wa\">- .■, . ,,i,i;ii ,■ ,,,:,, -,,,. -i;,,,,.,,- .■,,iii.-, 

 with orange-yellow aiill,.-i>: lapmUe .>\ale, pi.inleil, 

 sharply 5-angied; seeds narrowly winged. July, Aug. 

 N. C. and Ga. to Tenn. and Fla. B.M. :«)18. B.R. 

 13:1104. M.D.G. 1900:479. Alfred Rehder. 



STURTEVANT, EDWARD LEWIS, agricultural ex- 

 perimenter and writer, was born in Boston. Mass., Janu- 

 ary 23, 1842, and died at South Framingham, Mass., July 



