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Gn. 1. Stewartia Linnaeus [in Acta Soc. Reg. Sci. Upsal. ad an- 

 num MDCCXLI p. 79 t. II. (1746);] Gen. PL ed. 5. p. 311, no. 759 

 (1754)-Duhamel, Traite Arb. & Arbust, II. p. 283, PL 78 (1755)-Adan- 

 son, Fam. PL II. p. 398 (1763)-Murray, Syst. Veg. p. 631 (1784)-Cava- 

 nilles, Dissert. V. p. 303 (1788)-Marshall, Cat. Arbr. & Arbris. p. 237 

 (1788)-Necker, Elern. Bot. II. p. 436 (1790)-J. St. Hilaire, Exposit. II. 

 p. 94 (1805)-Persoon, Syn. PL II. p. 66 (1807)-Cambessedes in Mem. 

 Mus. Paris XVI. p. 406 (1828)-Szyszylowicz in Nat. Pflanzenfam. III. 6. 

 p. 186 (1893)-Melchior in Nat. Pflanzenfam. 2 Aufl. XXI. p. 133 (1925). 



Syn. Malachodendron Mitchell in Acta Phys. Med. Acad. Nat. Cur. 

 VIII. app. p. 216 (1748)-Cavanilles, 1. c. p. 502 fig. 2. (17S8). 



Steuartia Catesby, Nat. Hist. II. appendix p. 113, t. 13 (1754)-Baillon, 

 Nat. Hist, IV. p. 254 (1S73). 



Stuartia L'Heritier, Stirp. II. p. 155 (17S5)-Ventenat, Tab. III. p. 

 214 (1799)-Loiseleur Deslongchamps, Arb. & Arbust. I. p. 15 (1801)- 

 Sweet, Hort. Suburb. Lond. p. 157 (181S)-G. Don, Gen. Hist. I. p. 

 573 (lSSl)-Spach, Hist, A T eg. IV. p. 78 (1834)-Rafinesque, Silva Tell, 

 p. 163 (lS38)-Endlicher, Gen. PL p. 1022, no. 5423 (1840)-Bentham & 

 Hooker, Gen. PL I. p. 185 (1S62). 



Stewartia Vitman, Summa PL IV. p. 153 (1790). 



Arbores vel arbor escentes. Folia annua alterna petiolata serrata pen- 

 ninervia. Flores hermaphroditi pedicellati axillari-solitarii; bracteae 2 

 vel 3 sub calyce positae. Sepala 5 persistentia. Petala 5 basi plus minus 

 coalita imbricata. Stamina numerosa monadelpha vel pentadelpha; fila- 

 menta elongata; connectivum dilatatum sed non productum; antheras 

 rotundataj biloculares versatiles. Ovarium 5-loculare. Styli plus minus 

 coaliti rarius liberi. Ovula in loculis 2 anatropa. Fructus capsularis 

 loculicide dehiscens. Semina plana, albuminosa. Embryo recta; radi- 



