Vol.. II.] 



TEA FAMILY. 



427 



2. Stuartia pentagyna I,' Her. 



Angled-fruited or Mountain 



Stuartia. (Fig. 2440.) 



Stuarlia pentagyna 1,'Her. Stirp. Nov. 155. pi. 



74. 1784. 

 Malachodendron ovatum Cav. Diss. 5: pi. 158. f. 2. 



1787. 



A shrub resembling the preceding species. 

 Leaves oval, or ovate, larger, 4 / -6 / long, 2 / -3 / 

 wide, acuminate at the apex, obtuse or some- 

 times acute at the base, pubescent beneath, mu- 

 cronate-serrulate or rarely entire; flowers axil- 

 lary, solitary, 2 / ~3 / broad; peduncles $ ff -y 

 long; sepals lanceolate, acutish, hairy; petals 

 cream-color, crenulate; styles 5, distinct; cap- 

 sule 5-angled, ovoid, acute, 9" long, densely 

 pubescent; seeds wing-margined. 



In woods, mountains of Kentucky and North 

 Carolina to Georgia and Alabama. June. 



2. GORDONIA Ellis, Phil. Trans. 60: 518. pi. n. 1770. 



Trees or shrubs, with coriaceous evergreen leaves, and large white solitary axillary flow- 

 ers, often clustered at the ends of branches. Sepals 5, imbricated, rounded, concave. Petals 

 5, imbricated, obovate. Stamens GO, 5-adelphous, each cluster cohering with the base of a 

 petal. Ovary i, 3-5-celled; style i; stigma 5-rayed. Capsule woody, ovoid, 5-valved, the 

 axis persistent. Seeds compressed, with a short terminal or lateral wing; embryo straight 

 or oblique; cotyledons ovate, longitudinally plaited; radicle short, superior. [Named for 

 James Gordon, a London nurseryman.] 



About 16 species, natives of eastern North Amer- 

 ica, Mexico and eastern Asia. 



i. Gordonia Lasianthus L. Loblolly 

 Bay. Tan Bay. (Fig. 2441.) 



ffypericum Lasianthus L. Sp. PI. 783. 1753. 

 Gordonia Lasianthus I,. Matit. 2: 570. 1771. 



A tree 45-75 high. Leaves lanceolate, or ob- 

 long, acute, attenuate and involute at the base, 

 very nearly sessile, coriaceous, persistent, 3 / ~5 / 

 long, i / -2 / wide, serrulate, glabrous, shining; 

 peduncles 1'-$' long, ascending, i-flowered; 

 flowers \yi'--2. f broad; sepals orbicular, silky, cil- 

 iate; petals slightly pubescent without; capsule 

 ovoid-conic, pointed, 6 // -8 // long, sometimes 

 6-valved. 



In low woods, Virginia to Florida. Wood soft, 

 light red; weight per cubic foot 29 Ibs. May-July. 



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Family 76. HYPERICACEAE Lindl. Nat. Syst. Ed. 2, 77. 1836. 



ST. JOHN'S-WORT FAMILY. 



Herbs or shrubs, sometimes small trees in tropical regions, with opposite or 

 rarely verticillate simple entire or rarely glandular-ciliate or dentate leaves, no 

 stipules, and terminal, or axillary solitary or cymose-paniculate flowers. Foliage 

 pellucid-punctate or black-dotted. Flowers regular and perfect. Sepals 5 or 4, 

 imbricated. Petals of the same number, hypogynous, generally oblique or con 

 torted. Stamens oo, hypogynous, often in sets of 3 or 5; anthers versatile or 



