48 DYCOTVLEDONOUS. 



round, silky beneath. Petals obovate, silky on the outer surface. Stamens 

 unequal, numerous. Styles short. Capsule nearly globular. 

 White. T^. June— Aug. On the Altamaha. 40-50 feet. 



Genus II. STUARTIA. 



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. ViRGiNicA. A handsome shrub, with somewhat geniculate branches, 

 pubescent when young. Leaves oval-lanceolate, acuminate, serrate, pu- 

 bescent beneath, i^/oujers solitary or by pairs, axillary, on very short pe- 

 duncles. Sepals united, forming a campanulate calyx, persistent, mucro- 

 nate, 2 ovate bracts at the base and with the sepals covered with a silky 

 pubescence. Petals 5, a little hairy, obovate. Filaments purple, hairy at 

 the base. Styles united. Stlg7nas 5-lobed. Capsule hairy. 



White. T^. May. Rich soils, middle Car. & Geo. 8-12 feet. 



2. S. Pentagynia. a shrub very much like the preceding. Sepals 

 lanceolate, bracteolate. Petals larger than the preceding, undulq-te, deeply 

 crenulate. Styles distinct. Capsule hairy with 5 angles, hgneous. 



Cream colored. Pj* June. Mountains. Car. & Geo. 8-12 feet. 



Order XXXI. MALVACE^. 



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

 ten calycLilate, aestivation valvate. Petals hj^pogynous, equal 

 the number of sepals. Stamens numerous, monadelphous, 

 hypogynous. 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 ; dehiscence loculicidal or septicidal. Seeds 

 campulytropous or heterotropous. Embryo curved with foli- 

 aceous cotyledons. Herbs or shrubs. Leaves alternate. 



Genus I. MALOPE. 



Sepals 5 united, with 3 setaceous bracteoles, hairy. — 

 Capsules with many distinct carpels, each 1-seeded, aggre- 

 gated. 



1. M. Malacoides. Siem sparingly branched, with hairs near the sum- 

 mit. Leaves ovate, crenate, obtuse at the base, glabrous on the upper sur- 

 face, hairy along the vines beneath. Flowers axillary, solitary. Petals about 

 twice as long as the sepals. Capsules hispid. Seeds compressed. 

 Yellow. <v). Virginia. 



Genus II. MALVA. 



Sepals 5 united, with 3 bracteoles at the base, both hairy. 

 Carpels generally more than 5, arranged circularly, indehis- 

 cent. 



