Order VII. 
MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 
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9935 Leaves cordate 3-lobed : lobes oval oblong acuminate toothed with a very narrow base 
9936 Leaves of the flowering branches palmatifid ; of the sterile palmate 
9937 Leaves digitate. Filaments numerous forked united at base into a tube 
9938 Leaflets 5-8 ovate-lanceolate acuminate 
9939 Leaflets 7 elliptical-oblong acute at each end. Calyx truncate. Petals erect 
9940 Leaflets 5-7 obovate oblong. Calyx sinuated. Petals erect spreading at end 
9941 A tree with a very thick trunk with a diameter of 25 feet 
9942 Anthers rectilinear. Leaflets 7, Corolla large woolly outside, Trunk prickly 
9913 Anthers anfractuose, Leaflets entire, Trunk generally prickly 
9944 Stem prickly, leaves palmate. Leaflets 5, Fruit turbinate concave at end 
9945 Stem prickly. Leaves palmate, Leaflets 7 entire acuminate, Fruit oblong blunt 
9946 Leaves ovate-oblong. Calyxes turbinate. Column of stamens shorter than petals 
9947 Pedicels axillary half as short as leaves. Leaves oblong coriaceous smooth serrated 
9948 Fls. subsessile, Leaves obov. lane, downy beneath subserrate membranous. Petals and sepals silky outside 
9949 Flowers large white. Filaments purple, Anthers blue 
9950 Leaves ovate acute, Flowers sohtary subsessile 
9951 Leaves elliptical oblong subrugose twice as broad as long 
9952 Leaves lanceolate flat three times as broad as long 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
1493. Myrodia. From ftugav, myrrh, and otT/^vi, smell. A tree which emits an odor similar to myrrh. 
1494. Gordonia. In memory of James Gordon, an eminent nurseryman at Mile-End, near London, a 
correspondent of Linnseus and other eminent botanists, and the introducer and successful cultivator of many 
new plants. G. Lasianthus (woolly flower, from Xoca-iog and ctv^o?), the loblolly-bay, is said to grow naturally 
in water or very moist situation.s. Miller, on that account, was unsuccessful in keeping the plant. Gordon 
and Lee, who, as Ellis relates, {Corres. with Linnteus) were better cultivators than Miller, were pro- 
bably more successful. Sweet says, the species are hardy enough to bear our winters in the open air ; but the 
young shoots often get injured, and the summer is not long enough to flower them in perfection ; it is there- 
fore better to treat them as greenhouse plants. Peat soil suits them best, and a little loam mixed with it : 
they are readily propagated by layers, or ripened cuttings may be struck in sand under a hand-glass. {Bot 
Cult. 199.) 
1495. Stuartia. So named by Linna'us, in honor of the Marquis of Bute, in memory of whom there also 
exists another genus named Butea, by Roxburgh. The species are handsome shrubs, grow in peat soil, and 
are most readily increased by layers. 
1496. Camellia. In honor of George Joseph Kamel, (or Camellus) a Jesuit. His Syllabus Stirpium in 
Insula Luzone Philippinarum, forms the appendix to the third volume of Ray's History. This is a remark- 
able genus, as at once furnishing the domestic drug tea, in universal use, and flowering trees and shrubs as 
universally admired. The seeds of all the species are crushed for oil, which is used like that of hemp or poppy 
in cookery. 
C. Bohea and viridis are the species which chiefly furnish the tea ; but C. Sasanqua is also used, and 
sometimes the leaves of the other species are taken, though that practice is rather to be considered in the 
light of adulteration. The tea districts of China extend from the twenty-seventh to the thirty-flrst degree 
of north latitude. According to the missionaries, it thrives in the more northern provinces ; and from Kaampfer, 
it appears to be cultivated in Japan as far north as latitute 45'. It seems, according to Dr. Abel's 
observation, to succeed best on the sides of mountains, where there can be but little accumulation of 
vegetable mould. The soils from which he collected the best specimens consisted chiefly of sandstone, schistus, 
or granite. The plants are raised from seeds sown where they are to remain. Three or more are dropped 
into a hole four or five inches deep ; these come up without further trouble, and require little culture, except 
that of removing weeds, till the plants are three years old. The more careful stir the soil, and some manure 
it; but the latter practice is seldom adopted. The third year the leaves are gathered, at three successive 
gatherings, in February, April and June, and so on till the bushes become stinted or tardy in their growth, 
which generally happens in from six to ten years. They are then cut in to encourage the production of 
fresh roots. 
Tlie gathering of the leaves is performed with care and selection. The leaves are plucked off" one by one : 
at the tirst gathering only the unexpanded and tender are taken ; at the second those that are full grown ; 
and at the third the coarsest. The first forms what is called in Europe imperial tea ; but as to the other 
