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THE FLORA. 



Order XXVII. CAMELLIACE^. Teaworts. 



Trees or shi'ubs with alternate, simple, feather-veined exstipulate leaves ; 

 flowers reiiular, showy, with sepals and petals imbricated ; 

 stamens very oo , hj^pogynous, more or less united at their bases ; 

 fruit a woody pod, 3-6-celled, few-seeded. 



* Exotics. Some of the inner etamens distinct and free .... Genus 1,2 



* Natives of the South. Stamens all conjoined at base Genus 3, 4 



1 CAMEL'LIA Japonica. Japan Eose. The free stamens numerous (or transformed intc 



petals). Leaves oval, pointed, serrate, thick, evergreen and shining Flowers 

 white varying to red, single or double. Beautiful shrubs of the greenhouse. Native 

 of Japan. 



2 THEA. Tea. The free stamens only 5 or 6. Sepals scarcely bracted at base. Petals 



5 or 6, very concave, white. Shrubs 4-9f. ; native of China. Leaves oblong to 

 lanceolate, serrate, smooth and shining, and when cured or dried they form the 

 various kinds of tea. 



3 STUAR'TIA. These are beautiful shrubs, with large deciduous leaves, large showy 



fragrant flowers (2-3' broad), axillary, and nearly sessile. Stamens all united at 

 base into 1 set. Styles 5, united or separate. 2 species. 



4 GORDO'NIA. Loblolly Bay. Trees witli large, white, axillary, stalked flowers. Leavee 



evergreen and shining (in G, Lasianthvs) or deciduous (in O. imhescens)., oblong. 

 Stamens united below into 5 sets. Va. to Fla. May-Aug. 



Order XXX. LIXACEJE. The Flaxworts. 



420 

 Fig. 418. Common Flax. Fi^. 419. Plan, showing the posi 

 tions of the parts of the flower, the imbricated sepals, the con 

 torted sepals, the 5 stamens, and the 5 carpels. Fig. 420. Crim- 

 son Flax. 



