188 FLORA OF TEXAS. 



polyandrous. Sepals 4-5 valvate in tlic bud ; deciduous. 

 Petals 4-5 convolute or imbricated in the bud. Stamens 

 distinct or united in clusters. Anthers 2-celled, the pol- 

 len-grains smooth. Style single ; stigma 4-10 lobed. 

 Capsule 2-5-celled, 1-many-seeded. Seeds anatropous. 

 Embryo in the axis of fleshy albumen. Cotyledons flat, 

 leafy. 



TILIA. Liis^DEN. Basswood. 



TiLiA Americana, L. Leaves smooth and green on 

 both sides, obliquely cordate or truncate at the base, 

 sharply serrate. June. A large tree. Leaves 4-5' wide. 



COECHOEUS, L. 



Sepals 5. Petals 5, convolute in bud. Stamens numer- 

 ous, separate. Style slender. Stigma dilated crenulate. 

 Capside mostly elongated, silique-like, loculicidally 

 2-valved, many-seeded. Herbs or shrubs, with alternate 

 serrate petioled leaves ; flowers small, yellow, on short pe- 

 duncles opposite the leaves. Stipules deciduous. 



C. SILIQUOSUS, L. Stem much branched, hairy in lines. 

 Leaves ovate and lanceolate, compressed, 2-celled, many- 

 seeded. Stems l°-2° high. Capsule 2' long. 



C. PiLOLOBUS. Eocky hills of the Eio Grande. — Marcy. 



26. CAMELLIA FAMILY. Order, Camelliaceje. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, exstipulate, feather- 

 veined, simple. Flowers large and showy, regular. Calyx, 

 5 sepals imbricated and persistent, often unequal in size. 

 Stamens numerous, more or less coherent at the base into 

 two, three, or five sets, and with the base of the petals. 

 Anthers 2-celled. Fruit, a woody pod containing few 

 large seeds ; little or no albumen. Cotyledons large. 



