CAROLINA TURTLE DOVE. 85 



blue of the head is wanting, that part being coloured like the back ; the 

 neck and breast have less blue, and the white of the tail is less pure. 

 Length 11 inches, extent of wings 15^ ; bill as in the male. 



The White-flowered Stuartia. 



SiuAmiA Malacodendeon, Willd. Sp. TL vol. iiL p. 840. Stuartia virginica, 

 Pursh, Fl. Amer. vol. ii. p. 451 Monadelphia Polyakdeia, Linn. 



A small tree, with smooth spreading branches ; ovate-acute leaves, 

 generally entire at the margins ; axillar flowers, which are solitary, or 

 two together ; large white corollas, of five rounded petals, and reddish- 

 purple stamina. The leaves vary in being sometimes serrated, and more 

 or less downy. It flowers from June to September. 



