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P L A T E CCCXCVIL
STEWARTIA MARILANDICA.
Maryland Síewariia.
C L A S S XVI. ORDER XIII.
MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. One Brotherhood. Many Chives.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX quinquepartitus. Pétala quinqué. Stamina
numerosa. Stylus 1. Stigma capitatum
subquinquelobum. Capsula lignosa
conica, calyci reflexo persistenti
insidens, quinquelocularis quinquevalvis,
valvis crassis ligneis medio septiferis ;
loculis I—2-spermis. Uster's Juss. Gen.
PI. 324.
EMPALEMENT five-parted. Petals five. Chives
numerous. Style one. Summit headed
somewhat five-lobed. Capsule woody
conical, sitting on the reflexed persistent
empalement, five-celled five-valved, with
tlie valves thick woody and with partitions
in the middle ; with cells one- or twoseeded.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
STEWARTIA, foliis alternis ellipticis acuminatis
obsolete at remote serrulatis, subtus villosis
; floribus solitariis albis.
STEWAKTIA, with alternate elliptic acuminated
obscurely and remotely serrulated leaves,
hairy beneath ; and solitary white flowers.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The calyx, seed-bud and pointal.
2. The chives spread open.
THE Stewartia, which we have here represented, is known and cultivated in His Majesty's, and m
various other collections of plants in the vicinity of the metropolis, under the name of Marilandica ;
under which title it likewise occurs in the third edition of Bonn's Hortus Cantabrigiensis : but we do
not find the name in any other book : neither can we, for want of sufficient specimens, ascertain whether
it is specifically distinct from Stewartia virginica, or a variety only of that species. From S. virginica,
however, as figured by Cavanilles in his Dissertationes, (tab. 159) it appears to differ, in having
larger and much less serrated leaves, and in their being villose beneath; and likewise in its larger
and entirely white petals. Cavanilles' plant has one of its petals of a yellow-green colour. From
Stewartia Malachodendron it is known, at first sight, by its entire, not lacerated petals; independent
of tlie other generical distinctions, according to Jussieu and Cavanilles, which exist between them.
The Maryland Stewartia is, as its name imports, a native of Maryland in America. It is a hardy
shrub, and is propagated by layers j but does not thrive unless in a moist situation, planted in a mixture
of peat earth and a little loam; and flowers in August and September.
The plant here figured was obligingly communicated to us, in bloom, by the Marquis of Blandford,
witli w horn it flowered in July last, we believe for the first time in this country.
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