618 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Kosteletzkya altheaefolia Gray, Pl. Wright. 1: 23. 1850. 
ALTHEA-LIKE KOSTELETZKYA. 
Kosteletzkya virginica altheaefolia Chap. F1.57. 1860. 
Louisianian area. Coast of Florida to Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Littoral region. Saline marshes on the seashore. Mobile County, 
West Fowl River. Perennial. More slender than the type. Stellate-pubescent, 
tomentose. Intermediate forms less hoary and with the flowers more remote than 
in the specimens from Florida, are frequently met with. 
Type locality: ‘‘Near Manatee, South Florida, Rugel.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
THEACEAE. Tea Famiiy. 
GORDONIA Ellis, Phil. Trans. 70:518, t..11. 1770. 
About 16 species of subtropical and tropical eastern Asia, and Southern Atlantic 
North America. Southeastern United States, 2. 
Gordonia lasianthus L. Mant. 2:570. 1771. LOBLOLLY Bay. 
Hypericum lasianthus L. Sp. Pl. 2: 783. 1753. 
Ell. 8k.2:171. Gray, Man. ed. 6,96. Chap. F1.60. Sargent, Silv. 1:41, ¢. 22. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Coast of southern Virginia, North Carolina to 
Florida, west to the Mississippi River. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Deep wooded swamps. Mobile County, banks of the 
Chickasaw Bogue near Whistler. Flowers white, June; 15 to 20 feet in height and 6 
to 8 inches in diameter. Rare. Only locality known in the State. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab.in Carolina, Surinamo. J. Bartsch.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
STEWARTIA L. Sp. Pl. 2:698. 1753. 
Two species, eastern North America. 
Stewartia malacodendron L. Sp. Pl. 2:698. 1753. VIRGINIA STEWARTIA. 
Stewartia virginica Cav. Diss. 5: t. 158, f.2. 1787. 
ElL Sk. 2:172. Gray, Man. ed.6,96. Chap. FI. 61. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Virginia to Florida, west to western Louisiana 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. Rich wooded banks and shady hill- 
sides, Cullman County, 800 feet altitude. Tuscaloosa County (£. dA. Smith), 
Mobile County, western shore Mobile Bay, Magnolia Grove, 1879. Not observed in 
this locality of late years. Flowers white, stamens purple, May. Deciduous shrub, 
6 to 10 feet high. Infrequent. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. : 
Stewartia pentagyna L’Her. Stirp. 155, ¢. 74. 1784. MOUNTAIN STEWARTIA. 
Malachodendron ovatum Cav. Diss. 5:t. 158, f. 2. 1787. 
EIL. Sk. 2:173. Gray, Man, ed.6,96. Chap. Fl. 61. 
Carolinian area. Mountains, southern Kentucky and Virginia to Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Rich woods. Cullman. Flowers pale cream color. 
June. Shrub 6 to 10 feet high, confined to the mountains; less frequent than the 
above. 
Type locality: ‘*- Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
STERCULIACEAE. Sterculia Family. 
STERCULIA L. Sp. Pl. 2:1007. 1753. _ 
Eighty to 90 species, tropics of both hemispheres, largely Asiatic. 
Sterculia platanifolia L. f. Suppl. 423. 1781. 
SYCAMORE-LEAF STERCULIA. JAPANESE VARNISH TREE. 
CHINA, JAPAN. 
ALABAMA: Introduced in the coast region; escaped from cultivation. Mobile. A 
pretty tree, 35 to 40 feet high. Flowers June. : 
Type locality : . 
Herb. Geol. Surv. 
