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THE LADIES’ FLOWER-GARDEN 
GENUS I. 
GORDONIA Ellis. THE GORDONIA. 
Un. Syst. MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 
Generic Character. — Calyx of five rounded coriaceous sepals. valved ; cells two to four-seeded. Seeds ending in a leafy wing, fixed 
Petals five, somewhat adnate to the urceolus of the stamens. Style to the central column, filiform. {Q. Don.) 
crowned hy a peltate five-lohed stigma. Capsules five-celled, five- 
Desceiption, &c. — There are only two species of tliis genus in British greenhouses, but they are both very 
ornamental. They are both natives of the southern part of North America. 
1.— GORDONIA LASIANTHUS Lin. THE LOBLOLLY-BAY. 
Synonymes. — Hypericum lasianthus Cates.; Acea floridana Pluk. leaves. Leaves oblong, coriaceous, smooth, serrated. Calyx silky. 
Engraving — Bot. Mag., t. 668. Capsules conoid, acuminated. ((?. Don.) 
Specific Character. — Pedicels axillary, usually shorter than the 
Desckiption, &c. — The Loblolly Bay is a native of South Carolina, where it grows in wet swamps. In 
England it requh’es a conservatory, where, if the roots are kept properly moist, it will form a beautiful evergreen 
tree fourteen feet high. The flowers are extremely beautiful from the brilliant white of the petals, which are of 
a solid fleshy substance, and are covered externally with a silky down. The plant was introduced in 1769. 
2.— GORDONIA PUBESCENS PnrsJi. THE PUBESCENT GORDONIA. 
Synonymes. — G. Franklini L'Her.; Lacathea florida Sal.; Frank- 
linia Alatamaha Marsh. 
Specific Character. — Flowers almost sessile. Leaves obovate" 
lanceolate, pubescent beneath, somewhat serrated, membranaceous. 
Petals and sepals rather silky on the outside. Capsules spherical. 
{0. Don.) 
Description, &c. — Tliis is a most beautiful tree, which will grow to the height of twenty feet. The flowers, 
which are produced in August and September, are large and white, with golden yellow anthers, and are delightfully i 
fragrant. The species was introduced in 1774; and it is a native of the banks of the river Alatamaha in 
Georgia, North America. 
GENUS II. 
POLYSPORA Sweet. THE POLYSPORA. 
Un. Syst. MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 
Generic Character. — Calyx girded by accessory bracteas. Sepals celled, five-valved, many-seeded. Seeds imbricate, ending in a wing 
and petals five. Stamens numerous, monadelphous at the base. ((?. Don.) 
Style crowned by a four or five-lobed stigma. Capsule conical, five- 
Desceiption, &c. — There is only one species in this genus, which is divided from Camellia. The name of 
Polyspora is from two Greek words signifying many-seeded. 
1.— POLYSPORA AXILLARIS Sweet. THE AXILLARY-FLOWERED POLYSPORA. 
Synonymes. — Camellia axillaris Roxh.; Gordonia anomala Spreng. I Specific Character. — Leaves smooth, obovate, entire. Flowers 
Engravings. — Bot. Reg., t. 349 ; and Bot. Mag., t. 2047. 1 axillary, solitary, almost sessile. 
Description, &c. — A very beautiful plant, with flowers of a yellotvish white, and nearly the size of the common 
single red Camellia. The plant requires heat to throw it into flower ; the flowers appearing from November to 
March. It is a native of Pulo-Penang, and was introduced in 1816. It forms a shrub about three feet high. 
