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PLATE CCCXCVII. 
STEWARTIA MARILANDICA. 
Maryland Stewartia. 
CLASS XVI. ORDER mail, 
MONADELPHIA POL YANDRIA. One Brotherhood. Many Chives, 
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Fars quinquepartitus. Petala quinque. Sta- EMPALEMENT five-parted. Petals five. Chives 
numerosa. Stylus 1. Stigma capi- numerous. Style one, Summit headed 
_tatum subquinquelobum. Capsula lig- somewhat five-lobed. Capsule woody 
nosa conica, calyci reflexo persistenti conical, sitting on the reflexed persistent 
insidens, quinquelocularis quinquevalvis, empalement, five-celled five-valved, with 
valvis crassis ligneis medio septiferis ; the valves thick woody and with parti- 
loculis 1—2-spermis. Uster’s Juss. Gen. _ tions in the middle ; with cells one- or two- 
Pl. 324. seeded. ; 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Stewart, foliis alternis ellipticis acuminatis STEWARTIA, with alternate elliptic acuminated 
obsolete et remote serrulatis, subtus vil- obscurely and remotely serrulated leaves, 
losis ; floribus solitariis albis. hairy beneath ; and solitary white flowers. 
Se a 
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
1. The calyx, seed-bud and pointal. 
2. The chives spread open. 
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Tue Stewartia, which we have here represented, is known and cultivated in His Majesty’s, and in 
various other collections of plants in the vicinity of the metropolis, under the name of Marilandica ; 
under which title it likewise occurs in the third edition of Donn’s Hortus Cantabrigiensis: but we do 
not find the name in any other book : neither can we, for want of sufficient specimens, ascertain whe- 
ther it is specifically distinct from Stewartia virginica, or a variety only of that species. From S. vir- 
ginica, however, as figured by Cavanilles in his Dissertationes, (tab. 159) it appears to differ, in having 
larger and much less serrated leaves, and in their being villose beneath; and likewise in its larger 
and entirely white petals. Cavanilles’ plant has one of its petals of a yellow-green colour. From 
Stewartia Malachodendron it is known, at first sight, by its entire, not lacerated petals; independent 
of the other generical distinctions, according to Jussieu and Cavanilles, which exist between them. 
The Maryland Stewartia is, as its name imports, a native of Maryland in America. It is a hardy 
shrub, and is propagated by layers ; but does not thrive unless in a moist situation, planted in a mix-. 
ture of peat earth and a little loam; and flowers in August and September. 
The plant here figured was obligingly communicated to us, in bloom, by the Marquis of Blandford, 
with whom it flowered in July last, we believe for the first time in this country. 
