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DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS 



Studrtia. This, like the CamelHas, has large flcnvers and united 

 stamens, but the foliage is deciduous and the shrubs are hard)^ in the 

 North. The alternate leaves are simple, feather-veined, with notched 

 edges. The flowers are white or cream-colored with usually 5 petals. 



[Seeds ; layers ; twig cuttings.] 



KEY TO THE STUAETIAS 



*With purple spreading stamens and globular fruit i inch or more 

 broad; shrub 0-12 feet high blooming in May and June. Hound- 

 fruited Stuautia — Stuartia Malachodendron. 



*With wavy-edged cream-colored petals and curved white stamens 

 having orange anthers, July and Aug. ; capsules 5-angled, ovate; 

 6-15 feet high. Alleghany Stuartia (50) — Stuartia pentagyna. 



*With concave orbicular petals, silky outside; 10-50 feet high with 

 smooth red bark peeling off in great thin layers or flakes and acute- 

 tipped narrow leaves 1^3 inches long. Japanese Stuartia (51) 

 — Stuartia Pseudo-camellia. 



Gordbnia. The Gordoxias are nearly evergreen with large white 

 flowers having many united stamens, like the Stuartias, but the stamens 



Fio. 



.blolly 



Fig. 53. — Franklinia. 



are in five clusters on a cup of white petals. These plants are usually 

 trees but ai the northern border of their range (the hardiest, Gordonia 



