136 TERNSTROEMIACEAE. 



entire or serrate rather large leaves ; moderately large white 

 solitary or few often polygamous polypetalous flowers ; and 

 small several-seeded berries. 



1. Pith continuous, white. A. polygama. 

 Pith chambered, colored. 2. 



2. Twigs glabrous. A. arguta. 

 Twigs hairy. A. chinensis. 



Family TERNSTROEMIACEAE. Camellia Family 

 A rather small family chiefly noteworthy as including the 

 tea plant and camellia. 



STEWARTIA. 



Deciduous shrubs or small trees with shredding bark ; 

 rather slender terete twigs ; small brownish spongy pith ; alter- 

 nate somewhat raised small transverse leaf-scars ; no stipule- 

 scars ; moderate or rather large petioled mucronate-serrulate 

 leaves ; large perfect solitary polypetalous flowers ; and capsular 

 fruit with few hard winged seeds. 



Leaves small (3X6 cm.) : stamens purple. S. Malachodenron. 

 Leaves larger (6 X 10 cm.) : stamens white. S. pentagyna. 



Family HYPERICACEAE. St. John's-wort Family. 

 A rather small family, chiefly herbs, of little use except 

 that some are planted for their bright yellow flowers. 



HYPERICUM. St. JohnVwort. 



Small commonly herbs or deciduous shrubs or half-shrubs 

 with flaking bark ; angular stems ; small angular mostly green 

 or brown and excavated pith ; low opposite crescent-shaped or 

 3-angled leaf-scars with i bundle-trace ; no stipule-scars ; soli- 

 tary sessile ovoid or oblong buds with a number of loose 

 leaves ; perfect entire abundantly glandular-pellucid rather small 

 leaves ; perfect showy yellow flowers in terminal corymbs, with 

 numerous bunched stamens ; and small ovoid or conical capsules. 



1. Flowers, large (25-50 mm.) : leaves broad. H. aureum. 

 Flowers smaller (scarcely 30 mm.) : leaves rather narrow. 2. 



2. Stems 2-angled. H. prolificum. 

 Stems 4-angled. H. Kalmianum. 



