XI. TERNSTROML4 VEZ: GORDO'NIA. 73 
Introduced in 1742. Flowers large, white; July to September. Capsules 
brownish ; ripe in October. Decaying leaves reddish brown. Naked young 
wood dark brown. 
The general appearance of the plant is the same as that of the preceding 
genus; but it forms a smaller bush, and the foliage has a redder hue. The 
flowers are of the same size, white, with crisped petals, purple filaments, and 
blue anthers. This plant is not so extensively cultivated as the other from 
its being more tender, and of somewhat slower growth; but its beauty and 
the circumstance of its flowering from July to September, when but few trees 
or shrubs are in blossom, render it desirable for every collection. It thrives 
best in a peat soil, kept moist ; but it will also grow in deep moist sand 
Layers. ; 
Genus III. 
ILA YL | 
GORDO'NIA Ellis. Tue Gorvonia. Lin. Syst. Monadélphia 
Polyandria. 
Identification. Ellis, in Phil. Trans., 1770. ; Dec. Prod. 1. p. 528.; Don’s Mill, 1. p. 573. 
Derivation. Named in honour of James Gordon, a celebrated nurseryman at Mile End, near 
London, who corresponded with Liuneus. 
Gen. Char, Calyx of 5 rounded coriaceous sepals. Petals 5, somewhat adnate 
to the urceolus of the stamens. Svy/e crowned by a peltate 5-lobed stigma. 
Capsules 5-celled, 5-valved ; cells 2—4-seeded. Sceds ending in a leafy 
wing fixed to the central column, filiform. (Don’s Mil.) 
Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, sub-evergreen or deciduous; serrated 
or nearly entire. Flowers axillary (or terminal), solitary, large. — Trees 
or shrubs, sub-evergreen or deciduous; natives of North America. 
2 # 1. Gorpo'nz4 Lasia’ntHus L. The woolly-flowered Gordonia, or 
Loblolly Bay. 
Aaentyfeation: Lin. Mant., 570.; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 528.3; Don’s Mill., 1. p. 573.; Tor. and Gray» 
Byatiueies: Hypéricum Lasiaénthus Lin. Sp. 1101., Catesb. Carol. 1. t. 44., Pluk. Amalth. t.352.; 
Gordonia 4 Feuilles glabres, and Alcée de la Floride, Fr. ; langstielige Gordonie, Ger. 
Engravings. Cav. Diss.,6.t. 171.; Bot. Mag., t. 668.; and our jig. 110. 
Spec. Char., §&c. Pedicels axillary, usually shorter than the leaves. Leaves 
oblong, coriaceous, smooth, serrated. Calyx silky. Capsules conoid, acu- 
minated. (Don’s Mill.) A sub-evergreen tree; in 
England a shrub, deciduous in dry soils, but retain- 
ing its leaves in warm moist situations. Virginia to 
Florida, in swamps. Height 50 ft. to 80 ft. in Ame- 
rica; 8 ft.to 10 ft. in England. Introduced in 1739. 
Flowers white, 4 in. across, scented; July and August. 
Capsule oval, brownish ; ripe in September. 
Trunk straight. This most beautifully flowering plant 
well deserves to have a suitable soil prepared for it, 
and to be treated with more care after it is planted than 
it appears to have hitherto received in England. The 
soil ought to be peat, or leaf-mould and sand ; and it 
should be so circumstanced as always to be kept moist. Layers or American 
seeds, 
110. Gordénia Lasianthus. 
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% 2. G. puBE’scens L’Her. The pubescent Gordonia. 
Identification. L’Her. Stirp., p. 156. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 528.; Don’s Mill. 1. p. 573. ; Tor. and Gray, 
1. p. 223. 
Synonymes. Lacathéa flérida Sal. Par. Lond, t. 56.; Franklinéa americana Marsh.; the Frank- 
linia, Amer, ; behaarte Gordonie, Ger. » 
Engravings. Sal. Flor. Lond., t. 56. ; Michx., t. 59. ; and our Jig. U1. : 
