Genus i. 



TEA FAMILY. 



2. Stewartia pentagyna L'Her. Angled- 



fruited or Mountain Stewartia. 



Fig. 2877. 



Stuartia pentagyna L'Her. Stirp. Nov. 155. */. 74. 

 1784. 



Malachodendron ovatum Cav. Diss. 5: pi. i^S f 2 

 1787. 



A shrub resembling the preceding species. 

 Leaves oval, or ovate, larger, 4'-6' long, 2-3' 

 wide, acuminate at the apex, obtuse or sometimes 

 acute at the base, pubescent beneath, mucronate- 

 serrulate or rarely entire; flowers axillary, soli- 

 tary, 2-3' broad; peduncles -^'-f long; sepals 

 lanceolate, acutish, hairy; petals 5 or 6, cream- 

 color, crenulate; styles 5, distinct; capsule S-an- 

 gled, ovoid, acute, 9" long, densely pubescent; 

 seeds wing-margined. 



In woods, mountains of Kentucky and North Caro- 

 lina to Georgia and Alabama. June. 



2. GORDONIA Ellis, Phil. Trans. 60: 518. pi. 11. 1770. 

 Trees or shrubs, with coriaceous evergreen leaves, and large white solitary axillary 

 flowers, qften_ clustered at the ends of branches. Sepals 5, imbricated, rounded, concave, 

 i'etals S, imbricated, obovate. Stamens 00, 5-adelphous, each cluster cohering with the base 

 ot a petal. Ovary i 3-s-celled ; style i ; stigma S-rayed. Capsule woody, ovoid, S-valved, 

 the axis persistent. Seeds pendulous, compressed, with a short terminal or lateral wing; 

 embryo straight or oblique; cotyledons ovate, longitudinally plaited; radicle short, superior. 

 [JNamed for James Gordon, a London nurseryman.] 



About 16 species, natives of eastern North America. 

 Mexico and eastern Asia. The following is the type of 

 the genus. 



I. Gordonia Lasianthus L. Loblolly Bay. 

 Holly-Bay. Tan-Bay. Swamp or Black 

 , Laurel. Fig. 2878. .^ , ■ 



Hypericum Lasianthus L. Sp. PI. 783. 1753. ,i 



Gordonia Lasianthus L. Mant. 2 : 570. 1771. 



A tree 4S°-75° high. Leaves lanceolate or oblong, 

 acute, attenuate and involute at the base, very nearly 

 sessile, coriaceous, persistent, 3'-$' long, i'-2' wide, 

 serrulate, glabrous, shining; peduncles i'-3' long, 

 ascending, i-flowered; flowers il'-2' broad; sepals 

 orbicular, silky, ciliate; petals slightly pubescent 

 without; capsule ovoid-conic, pointed, 6"-8" long, 

 sometimes 6-valved ; wing of the seed terminal. 



In low woods, Virginia to Florida. Wood soft, light 

 red ; weight per cubic foot 29 lbs. May-July. 



Family 87. HYPERICACEAE Lindl. Nat. Syst. Ed. 2, 77. 1836. 

 St. John's-wort Family. 

 Herbs or shrubs, sometimes small trees in tropical regions, with opposite or 

 rarely verticillate simple entire or rarely glandular-ciliate or dentate leaves, no 

 stipules, and terminal or axillary, solitary or cymose-paniculate flowers. Foliage 

 pellucid-punctate or black-dotted. Flowers regular and perfect. Sepals 5 or 4, 

 imbricated Petals of the same number, hypogynous, generally oblique or con- 

 torted. Stamens numerous or few, hypogynous, often in sets of 3 or 5 ; anthers 

 versatile or innate, 2-celled, longitudinally dehiscent. Ovary 1-7-celled, composed 



