182 THE FLORA. 



ORDER XXVII. CAMELLIACE^!. Teaworts. 



Trees or shrubs witli alternate, simple, feather-veined exstipulate leaves ; 

 flowers regular, showy, with sepals and petals imbricated ; 

 shimens very <x> t hypogynous, more or less united at their bases ; 

 fniit a woody pod, 3-6-celled, few-seeded. 



* Exotics. Some of the inner stamens distinct and free . . . Genus 1, 2 



* Nuti ves of the South. Stamens all conjoined at base ... Genus 3. 4 



1 CAMEL'LIA Japonica. Japan Rose. Tl.e free stamens numerous (or transformed into 



petals). Leaves oval, pointed, serrate, thick, evergreen and shining Flowers 

 white varying to red, single or double. Beautiful shrubs of the greenhouse. Native 

 of Japan. 



2 THEA. T<a. The free stamens only 5 or 0. Sepals scarcely bracted at base. Petals 



6 or 6. very concave, white. Shrubs 4-(f. ; native of China. Leaves oblong to 

 lanceolate, serrate, smooth and shining, and when cured or dried they form the 

 various kinds of tea. 9 



3 STUAR'TIA. Thet-c are beautiful shrubs, with large deciduous leave?, large showy 



flagrant flowers (2-3' broad), axillary, and nearly sessile. Stamens all united at 

 base into 1 set. Styles 5, united or separate. 2 species. 



1 OORDO'NIA. Loblolly Say. Trees with larpe, white, axillary, stalked flowers. Leaves 

 evergreen-and shining ( in G. Lasianlhus) or deciduous (in O. pubescens), oblong. 

 Stamens united below into 5 sets. Va. to Fla. May-Aug. 



ORDER XXX. LINAGES. The Flaxworts. 



420 



fig. 418. Common Flax. Fig. 419. Plan, showing the posl 

 tions of the parts of the flower, the imbricated sepals, the cull 

 torted sepals, the b stamens, and the 5 carpels. Fig. 420. Crim 

 son Flax. 



