ORDER 27. MELIACE^E. Go 



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

 inner ones larger. Fil. 00, shorter than the corolla, united at base, some 

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



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



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

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



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



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



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



tts. white, 1' broad. China. The leaf of these shrubs, variously cured, is the liohea. 

 Black, 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. J> 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 Fla. 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 15f. 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. J> With large, white, axillary, pedunculate flowers. 



GORDONIA proper. Stain, inserted on a 5-lobed cup, as short as the style No. 1 



FKANKI.! NIA . Stam. inserted on the pet. at base, longer than the style No. 9 



1 G. I.asliViitlnis L. Leave" coriaceous, perennial, glabrous, shining on both sides 



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



2 O. pubcscens L'Her. Leaves thin, serrate, deciduous, oblong-cuneiform, shining 



above, canescent beneath ; fls. on short peduncles ; sep. and pet. silky. S. 30f. May. 



ORDER XXVII. MELIACE^. 



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

 rous. Stamens 610, coherent into a tube, with sessile anthers. Disk hy- 

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

 cells 1 3-6-ovuled. Fruit fleshy or dry, often 1-celled by abortion. Seeds 

 winged or wingless. 



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



SWIETENIE^G. Cells of ovary many-ovuled. Seeds winged, many in the capsule.. SWIKTKNI A. 2 



1. MELIA, L. PKIDE OP INDIA. (Mf'Az, honey ; the name was first 

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

 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. 



HI. AZDARACH L. Lvs. deciduous, glabrous, Ifts. obliquely lance-ovate, acuminate, ser 

 rate. S. Stales. 3u 40f. Fol. light ; fls. lilac : drupes as large as cherries. + W. Ind 



