60 CAMELLIACK^. (camellia FAMILY.j 



3 T. heterophylla. Vent. Leaves larger (6' -8' wide), deep green 

 above, whito-tomentose beneath, — Mountains of North Carolina. — June and 

 July. 



2. CORCHOBUS, L. 



Sepals 5. Petals .5, convolute in the bud. Staijiens mostly numerous, sep- 

 arate. Style slender. Stigma dilated, ercnnlate. Capsule mostly elongated, 

 silique-like, loculicidally 2-valved, many-seeded. — Herbs or shrubby plants, 

 with alternate serrate petioled leaves, and small yellow flowers on short pedun- 

 cles opposite the leaves. Stipules deciduous. 



1. C. siliquOSUS, L. Stem much branched, hairy in lines; leaves ovate 

 and lanceolate, smooth; peduncles 1-2-flowercd; stamens numerous; capsule 

 linear, compressed, 2-celled, many-seeded. — Near Mobile, Alabama, and Key 

 West — Stems 1° - 2° high. Capsule 2' long. 



Order 25. CAMELL>IACEjE. (Camellia Family.) 



Trees or shrubs, with alternate cxstipulate leaves, and regular hypo- 

 gynous polyandrous showy flowers. — Sepals and petals 5-6, imbricated 

 in the bud. Stamens numerous, united at the base into a ring, or into 

 sets placed opposite the petals, and adnate to their bases : anthers 2-celled, 

 introrse. Ovary 2-5-celled, 2 - many-ovulcd. Styles 2-5, distinct or 

 united. Capsule 2-5-celled, mostly loculicidally dehiscent Albumen 

 scarce or none. 



1. GORDONIA, Ellis. Lobi.olly Bat. 



Sepals 5, roundish, concave. Petals 5, thick, obovate, united at the base. 

 Stamens united into 5 sets. Ovary 5-ceUed, with 4-8 pendulous ovules in each 

 cell. Styles united. Capsule loculicidally 5-valvcd, woody. Seeds angular or 

 winged. Flowers axillary. 



^ 1 . GonDONiA proper. — Stamens short, inserted into the fleshy S-lobedcup which 

 adheres to the base of the petals ; capsule ovoid, 6-valved. — Leaves coriaceous, peren- 

 nial. Flowers long-peduncled. 



1. G. Iiasianthus, L. Sepals and petals silky; leaves obovate-oblong, 

 nan-owed into a petiole, finely seiTate. — Swamps in the lower districts, Florida 

 to North Carolina, and westward. July and August. — A tree 30° - 50° high. 

 Flowers 2' wide, white. 



§ 2. Fbanklinia. — Stamens long, distinct, inserted into the base of the petals; 

 capstde gloliose, loculicidally 5-valved above the middle, and septicidally b-valved below. 

 — Leaves deciduous. 



2. G. pubescens, L'Herit. Sepals and petals silky ; leaves obovate- 

 oblong, sharply serrate, white beneath ; flowers short-pcduncled. — Georgia and 

 Florida, near the coast. ?^ A small tree. Flowci-s 3' wide, white. 



