72 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
7 ft. to 12 ft. Introduced in 1795. Flowers 
arge, white ; July and August. Capsules 
brownish; ripe in September. Decaying 
leaves purplish brown. Naked young 
wood dark brown. 
The soil in which it is generally grown KQ\\ 
is a mixture of loam and peat, in which 
the latter prevails ; but, in the Mile End 
Nursery, it shoots vigorously, and flowers 
freely, indeep sandy loam. The situation 
should be sheltered; and shaded rather 
than otherwise. The usual mode of pro- | 
pagation is by layers; and the stools are 107. M. ovatum. 
sometimes protected, during winter, by mats. 
106. M. ovatum. 
Genus II. 
STUA‘/RTIA Cav. Tue Sruartia. Lin, Syst. Monadélphia Pentandria. 
Identification. Cav. Diss., 5. p. 393. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 528.; Don’s Mill. 1. p. 573. 
Derivation. Named in honour of Jokn Stuart, Marquess of Bute, the patron of Sir John Hill, and 
a distinguished promoter of botanical science. 
Gen. Char. Calyx permanent, 5-cleft, rarely 5-parted, furnished with two brac- 
teas at the base. Petals 5. Ovary roundish. Style 1, filiform, crowned 
by acapitate 5-lobed stigma. Capsule woody, 5-celled, 5-valved; cells 1—2- 
seeded. Seeds wingless, ovate, even. (Don’s Mill.) 
Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous; ovate, acute. Flowers 
axillary, solitary, large. — A deciduous shrub, or low tree, native of North 
America. 
gz 1. Srua’rria virernica Cav. The Virginian Stuartia. 
Identification. Dec. Prod, 1. p. 528. ; Don’s Mill., 1 p. 573. 
Synonymes. Stew4rtia Malachodéndron Lin. Sp., 982.; Studrtia marilandica Bot. Rep.; Stewaftia 
aun Style, Fr.; eingriffliche (one-styled) Stuartie, Ger. 
Engravings, Lam, Ill, t.593.; Bot. Rep., t. 397. ; and our jig. 108. of a plant in flower, and jig. 
109, of a shoot from a stool. 
= XY 
108. Stuartia virginica. 109. Stuartia virginica. 
Spec. Char., §c. Flowers large, white, with purple filaments and blue anthers, 
usually in pairs. Leaves ovate, acute. Petals entire. (Don’s Mill.) A 
deciduous shrub Virginia to Carolina, in swamps. Height 6 ft. to 8 ft. 
