the top of each cell: style elongated: stigmas obtuse. Fruit baccate, with
4-5 cells, or by abortion fewer. Seeds solitary in each cell, surrounded with
mucilage.— Shrubs or trees. Leaves simple, 3-foliolate, or pinnate. W. cf- Am.
1. L. acidissima? (Linn.): leaves pinnate; leaflets roundish-oval, cre-
nate ; spines gemmate. Nutt, in Sill. jour. 5. p. 295. L. ambigua,DC.
prodr. 1. p. 536. & ’
Florida, collected by Mr. Ware. Nutt.—The specimens collected by
Mr. Ware are very imperfect, and exhibit neither the flowers nor fruit. We
possess similar specimens of the same plant collected in Southern Florida by
Lr. Hassler and communicated to us by the Columbian Horticultural Society
The plant is probably not indigenous to Florida. Wight & Arnott
unite L. crenulata with L. acidissima.
Citrus.—W ra. Bartram (in his Travels through North and South Carolina,
Georgia, and Florida, I /91,) makes frequent mention of extensive groves of wild
Orange trees in East Florida, as far north as lat 28°. In a notice of the town of
"y ew Smyrna he observes: “ I was there about 10 years ago, when the surveyor run
the lines of the colony, where there was neither habitation nor cleared field. It was
then a famous Orange grove, the upper or south promontory ofa ridge nearly half a
mile wide, and stretching north about 40 miles, &c. &c. All this was one entire
Orange grove wah Live-Oaks, Magnolias, Palms, Red Bays, and others.” Bartr
l.c. note onp. 244. See also p. 253, &c. These groves seem to be well-known in
h londa at the present day, and are generally supposed to be indigenous. According
to the late Mr. Groom ‘they, are rarely found north of lat. 29° 30', although there
is a small grove near the Alligator Pond, which is somewhat north of lat. 30°.”
Croom, mss. 1 he fruit is known by the name of Bitter-sweet Orange.
Or d e r XXXVII. TERNSTRCEMIACEvE. M i r b .; K u n th .
Ternstrcemiacese & Theaceae, Mirb.
Sepals 3 -5 , concave, coriaceous, persistent, the innermost often
la rg e st: aestivation imbricated. Petals mostly 5, hypogynous, alternate
with the sepals, often united at the base. Stamens indefinite,
inserted with the petals: filaments filiform, usually monadelphous or
polyadelphous at the base, often adherent to the base o f the petals :
anthers adnate or versatile. Ovary 2-7-celIed, usually sessile on a
discoid torus : ovules 2 or more in each c e ll: placentm in the axis :
styles 2 -7 , distinct or combined. Fruit 2-7-celled, capsular, baccate",
or coriaceous and indehiscent. Seeds usually few and large, anatropous
or campulitropous, with or without albumen. Embryo straight or
curved : cotyledons often large and containing oil.—Trees or shrubs.
Leaves alternate, mostly coriaceous, exstipulate, now and then with
pellucid dots. Peduncles axillary and terminal. Flowers large and
showy.
T ribe GORDONIEJ3. DC.
' Capsule loculicidal. Seeds destitute o f albumen, winged or margined
: cotyledons foliaceous, wrinkled and plaited lengthwise__ Small
trees or shrubs, natives of the Southern Atlantic states. Leaves serrate
or nearly entire. Flowers large, axillary (or terminal), solitary.
1. GORDONIA. Ellis, inphil. trans. (60. t. 11) ; Cav. diss. 6. t. 161.
Sepals 5, roundish, coriaceous, strongly imbricated. Petals 5, somewhat
united at the base. Styles united into one, columnar. Capsule woody, ovoid
or globose, 5-valved. Se,eds 2 in each cell, with a short terminal or lateral
wing.—Trees. Flowers white.
§ 1. Tube o f the filaments short, 5-lobed, adnate to the base o f the petals
: style as long as the stamens : capsule ovoid. Leaves coriaceous,
perennial: flowers on slender peduncles.—L asianthus, DC.
1. G. Lasianthus (Linn.) : leaves lanceolate-oblong, narrowed at the base,
coriaceous, smooth and shining on both sides, finely and sharply serrate ; peduncles
somewhat shorter than the leaves; sepals densely silky, ciliate;
capsule conical, acuminate.—Linn, mant, 1. p. 570; Cav. 1. c. ; Bat. mag. t.
668; Michx. ! fl. 2. p. 42; Pursh ! fl. 2. p. 451; Michx.f. sylv. 1. p. 295, t.
58; Ell. sk. 2. p. 171; DC. prodr. 1. p. 528; Audubon, birds o f Amer.
t. 168. Hypericum Lasianthus, Linn. hort. Cliff, p. 380. Alcea Flori-
dana, &c., Catesb. Car. 1 .1. 44.
In shallow swamps, near the coast, Virginia to Florida! May-Aug.—
Tree 50-80 feet high (wood light, mahogany-color). Leaves subsessile.
Peduncles 3-4-bracteolate under the flower. Petals somewhat hairy outside.
Capsule rarely 6-celled, 6-valved.—Loblolly Bay.-—A second species, apparently
of this section, is G. Wallichii, DC. (G. Chilaunea, Don), a native of
Nepal.
§ 2. Filaments distinct, adnate to the base o f the pe ta ls: style shorter
than the stamens: capsule globose. Leaves deciduous: flowers subsessile.—
F ranklinia, Bartram.
2. G. pubescens (L’ Her.): leaves oblong-cuneiform, finely and sharply
serrate, shining above, canescent beneath, rather thin and membranaceous;
sepals and petals silky-pubescent beneath.—L ite r , stirp. p. 156; Vent.
Malm. t. 1; Cav. diss. 6. t. 162; Willd. sp. 3.p . 841; Michx. ! fl. 2. p. 42;
Pursh, fl. 2. p. 451; Michx.f. sylv. 1 .1. 59; Ell. sk. 2. p. 171; DC. prodr.
1. p. 528 ; Audubon, birds o f Amer. t. 185. G. Franklinii, LH e r . 1. c. p.
156 ; Willd. 1. c. Franklinia Americana & Altamaha, Marsh, arbust. p..
48. Lacathea florida, Salisb. parad. Lond. t. 56.
Near Fort Barrington, on the Altamaha, Georgia, Bartram! Florida,,
( herb. Schweintz! ). May-Aug.—Tree 30-50 feet high, with widely
spreading branches. Leaves nearly sessile, veiny. Flowers about 3 inches;
in diameter. Filaments yellow.
2. STUARTIA. Catesb. Car. t. 13 ; L in n ; LH er. stirp. t. 73 <f- 74.
Stewartia & Malachodendron, Car,. ; DC.
Sepals 5, more or less united at the base, 1- 2-bracteolate. Petals 5,
united at the base; the margins creriulate. Tube of the stamens adnate
to the base of the petals. Styles 5, filiform, distinct, or united into one..
Capsule somewhat woody, 5-celled, 5-valved. Seeds 2 in each cell, slightly
margined.—Shrubs with ovate membranaceous deciduous leaves, and large
(white or cream-colored) subsessile flowers.