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The Filaments ZYemmQxous, filiform, lliorter than the coroifag, 

 joined in a cylinder below, and to the petals at the b.afe. 

 The Anthem are roundilla and incumbent. 



The Germen roundifli and hairy. The St^le nliform, the length 

 of the Stamina, The Stigma five cleft. 



The Seed-vejfel a juicelefs pome, five lobed, and five cell'd. 



The Seeds are folitary, ovate and comprelFed. 



The Species but one^ viz. 



Stewartia Malacodendron. Virginian Stewartia. 



This grows naturally in Virginia ; rifing with 

 ftrong ftems to the height of ten or twelve feet, and 

 covered with ^ brown bark. The leaves are oval 

 and fomewhat fpear-fhaped, moft flightly ferrated 

 and villofe un4erneath. The flowers are large and 

 white, produced fingly, and fitting clofe upon the 

 fmall branches, The feed-veffels are dry, fomewhat 

 conical, ligneous capfules, having five fliarp angles, 

 and five cells, each containing one oblong fmooth 

 feed. This niakes a beautifi>l appearance when well 

 filled w^ith its large white flowers. 



S T Y R A X. 



The S T O R A X - T R E E, 

 Clafs II. Order i. Dodecandria Monogynia, 



nPHE Empalement is of one leaf, cylindrical, ere6>, lliort and 

 five-toothed. 



The Corolla is of one petal, funnel-form. The tube is iliort, 

 cylindrical, and the length of the calyx. The border five- 

 parted, large and fpreading : the divifions lancc-lTiaped and 

 obtufe. 



The Filaments are erccl, placed in a circle, more than twelve, 

 fcarce joined at the bafe, awl-fhaped and inferted in the co- 

 rolla. The Anther(je are oblong and ftraight. 



The 



