GO CAMELLIACEJE. (CAMELLIA FAMILY.) 



3. T. heterophylla, Vent. Leaves larger (6' -8' wide), deep green 

 above, white-tomentosc beneath. — Mountains of North Carolina. — June and 

 July. 



2. CORCHORUS, L. 



Sepals 5. Petals 5, convolute in the bud. Stamens mostly numerous, sep- 

 arate. Style slender. Stigma dilated, crenulate. Capsule mostly elongated, 

 siliquc-like, loeulicidally 2-valved, many-seeded. — Herbs or shrubby plants, 

 with alternate serrate petioled leaves, and small yellow flowers on short pedun- 

 cles opposite the leaves. Stipules deciduous. 



1. C. siliqilOSUS, L. Stem much branched, hairy in lines; leaves ovate 

 and lanceolate, smooth, peduncles 1 ~ 2- flowered ; stamens numerous; capsule 

 linear, compressed. 2-cclled, many-seeded. — Near Mobile, Alabama, and Key 

 West. — Steins 1° - 2° high. Capsule 2' long. 



Order 25. CAMELLIACEJE. (Camellia Family.) 



Trees or shrubs, with alternate cxstipulate leaves, and regular hypo- 

 gynous polvandrous showy flowers. — Sepals and petals 5-6, imbricated 

 in the bud. Stamens numerous, united at the base into a ring, or into 

 sets placed opposite the petals, and adnate to their bases : anthers 2-celled, 

 introrsc. Ovary 2-o-celled, 2-many-ovuled. Styles 2-5, distinct or 

 united. Capsule 2-5-celled, mostly loeulicidally dehiscent. Albumen 

 scarce or none. 



1. GORDONIA, Ellis. Loblolly Bay. 



Sepals 5, roundish, concave. Petals 5, thick, obovate, united at the base. 

 Stamens united into 5 sets. Ovary 5-eelled, with 4-8 pendulous ovules in each 

 cell. Styles united. Capsule loeulicidally 5-valved, woody. Seeds angular or 

 winged. Flowers axillary. 



§ 1. Gordonia proper. — Stamens short, inserted into the fleshy 5-lobedcup ichieh 

 adheres to the base of the petals; capsule ovoid, 5-valved. — Leaves coriaceous, peren- 

 nial. Flowers long-peduncled. 



1. G. Lasianthus, L. Sepals and petals silky; leaves obovate-oblong, 

 narrowed into a petiole, finely serrate. — Swamps in the lower districts, Florida 

 to North Carolina, and westward. July and August. — A tree 30°- 50° high. 

 Flowers 2' wide, white. 



§ 2. Fkanki.ima. — Stamens lona, distinct, inserted into the base of the petals: 

 capsule (//obosr, loeulicidally 5-ralvcd above the middle, and septicidally 5-valced below. 

 — Is an* deciduous. 



2. G. pubescens, I/Herit. Sepals and petals silky ; leaves obovate- 

 oblong, sharply serrate, white beneath; flowers short-pcduncled. — Georgia and 

 Florida, near the coast. — A small tree. Flowers 3' wide, white. 



