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der spreading branches, 6 to 12 feet high, very rare 

 in this State, and not found, I think, north of Cape 

 Fear River. The leaves are 1 to 3 inches long, not 

 toothed, the upper end obtuse, tapering at tlie lower 

 end, and with a short foot-stalk. For my knowledge 

 of this plant I am under obligations to Dr. McRee. 

 The Talloiv Tree (S. sebifera), cultivated farther 

 south, and the Queen's Delight (S. sylvatica), an her- 

 baceous plant of the Pine barrens, are members of 

 this genus. 



1. (Stuartia Virginica, Cav.) — This and the Lob- 

 lolly Bay are the only representatives in this country 

 of the admired Camellia family, and the still more 

 important Tea Plant. It is one of our most beauti- 

 ful shrubs, and yet has nowhere, so far as I know, 

 obtained a popular name. It is found in rich soils 

 in the eastern half of our Lower District, extending 

 north into Lower Virginia, and southward to Flor- 

 ida. It is 6 to 15 feet high, blossoming in April and 

 May. The flowers are white, about the size of the 

 Cherokee Rose, silky on the outer side, covered on 

 the inner with a circle of stamens with bright purple 

 filaments and blue anthers. 



2. (S. pentagyna, L'Her.) — Like the preceding, 

 without a name. It is similar to the preceding, only 

 its flowers are cream-colored and its staminate fila- 

 ments are white. Found in the Middle and Upper 

 Districts, from Wake to Cherokee. The seed-vessel 

 in these two is an ovoid woody capsule. 

 ^/^OOTHACHE Tree. (Zanthoxylum Carolinianum, 



