70 TREES OF THE NORTHERN UNITED STATES 
Handsome shrub or small tree (10 to 15 ft.), wild south in the moun- 
tains, and hardy and cultivated as far north as New York City with- 
out protection. In Massachusetts it needs some sheltered position. 
2. Studrtia Virginica, Cav. (VIR- 
qinia StuaRTiA.) Leaves elliptic-ovate, 
, acuminate at both ends, 2 in. long, 1 in. 
wide, thin, serrate, silky pubescent be- 
neath. Flowers white with purple fila- 
ments and blue anthers. Pod globular 
and blunt; ripe in October. A beautiful 
shrub rather than tree (8 to 12 ft.), wild 
in Virginia and south; hardy as far 
north as Washington. 
+ Genus 8. GORDONIA. 
Shrubs or small trees with alter- 
8. Virginica. nate, simple, feather-veined leaves. 
Flowers large (3 to 4 in. wide), white, showy, solitary in 
the axils of the leaves. Blooming in summer. Fruit a 
dry, dehiscent, conical-pointed, 5-celled capsule with 10 
to 80 seeds, ripe in the autumn. 
1. Gordonia Lasidénthus, L. (LOBLOLLY 
Bay.) Leaves thick, evergreen, lanceolate-ob- 
long, minutely serrate, nearly sessile, smooth 
and shining on both sides. ‘ The large, soli- 
tary, sweet-scent- 
ed, axillary flow- 
ers on peduncles ¢ 
half as long as the 
leaves. A large tree (30 to 70 ft. high) 
in the south (wild in southern Virginia), 
and cultivated as far north as central 
Pennsylvania, without protection; at St. 
Louis and Boston it needs protection. 
Wood of a reddish color, light and brittle. 
G. Lasiénthus. 
2. Gordénia pubéscens, L’Her. Leaves 
thin, deciduous, obovate-oblong, sharply 
serrate, white beneath. Flowers nearly 
G. pubéscens sessile. A small tree or shrub of the 
