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hogany-colored "wood. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, alternate, glabrous, 

 attenuate at the base, coriaceous, lucid on both sides, perennial, serrate. 

 Flowers solitary, axillary toward the summit of the branches. Sepals 

 silky, ciliate, ovate, nearly round. Petals hairy on the outside, obovate, 

 united at the base, with the stamens forming a short tube. Stamens 

 very numerous. Capsule 5-celled, 5-valved. — White. ^ . May — Aug. 

 Swamps and wet lands near the coast. 60 — 80 feet. Holly-bay. 



2. G. pubes'cens, (L'Her.) A tree, with spreading branches, the 

 young branches smooth, pubescent at the summit. Leaves oblong-cu- 

 neate, sharply serrate, shining on the upper surface, hoary beneath, thin, 

 somewhat membranaceous. Flowers solitary, axillary, on short thick 

 peduncles. Sepals nearly round, silky beneath. Petals obovate, silky 

 on the outer surface. Stamens unequal, numerous. Styles short. Cap- 

 sule nearly globular. — White. ^ . June — Aug. On the Altamaha, 

 40—50 feet. 



Genus II.— STUARTIA. Cav. 15—12. 

 (In honor of John Stuart, Marquis of Bute.) 



Sepals 5, united at the base, lanceolate. Petals 5, united at 

 the base. Stamens very numerous, monadelphous, with the 

 tube united to the base of the petals. Styles 5, distinct or 

 united. Capsule 5-celled, 5-valved, somewhat ligneous. Seeds 

 2 in each cell slightly margined. Shrubs with showy flowers. 



1. S. VrRGm'icA, (Cav.) A handsome shrub, with somewhat genicu- 

 late branches, pubescent when young. Leaves oval-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, serrate, pubescent beneath. Flowers solitary or by pairs, axillary, 

 on very short peduncles. Sepals united, forming a campanulate calyx, 

 persistent, mucronate, 2 ovate bracts at the base, and with the sepals 

 covered with a silky pubescence. Petals 5, a little hairy, obovate. Fil- 

 aments purple, hairy at the base. Styles united. Stigmas 5-lobed. 

 Capsule hairy. — White. ^ . May. Rich soils. Middle Car. and Geo. 

 8 — 12 feet. S. malachodendron, L. 



2. S. pentagyn'ia, (L'Her.) A shrub very much like the preceding. 

 Sepals lanceolate, bracteolate. Petals larger than the preceding, undu- 

 late, deeply crenulate. Styles distinct. Capsule hairy, with 5 angles, 

 ligneous. — Cream-colored. ^ . June. Mountains. Car. and Geo. 

 8—12 feet. 



Order XXXIII.— MALVA'CE^E. Juss. 



Sepals 5, seldom 3 or 4, more or less united at the base, often 

 calyculate, aestivation valvate. Petals hypogynous, equal the 

 number of sepals. Stamens numerous, monadelphous, hypo- 

 gynous. Anthers reniform. Pollen hispid. Ovary composed 

 of several carpels, generally united, with as many styles. Fruit 

 usually capsular, seldom baccate ; cells 1 or many seeded ; de- 

 hiscence loculicidal or septicidal. Seeds campylotropous or he- 

 terotropous. Embryo curved with foliaceous cotyledons. Herbs 

 or shrubs. Leaves alternate. 



