. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. Sluartia pentagyna L'He 1784. Malachodendron ovatinn Cav. Diss. 5 : pi. isS. f. 2. 1787. A shrub resembling the preceding species. Leaves oval, or ovate, larger, 4'-6' long, 2'-^' wide, acuminate at the apex, obtuse or sometimes acute at the base, pubescent beneath, mucronate- serrulate or rarely entire; flowers axillary, soli- tary, 2-3' broad; peduncles 3"-/' l
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. Sluartia pentagyna L'He 1784. Malachodendron ovatinn Cav. Diss. 5 : pi. isS. f. 2. 1787. A shrub resembling the preceding species. Leaves oval, or ovate, larger, 4'-6' long, 2'-^' wide, acuminate at the apex, obtuse or sometimes acute at the base, pubescent beneath, mucronate- serrulate or rarely entire; flowers axillary, soli- tary, 2-3' broad; peduncles 3"-/' long; sepals lanceolate, acutish, hairy; petals 5 or 6, cream- color, crenulate; styles 5, distinct; capsule S-an- gled, ovoid, acute, 9" long, densely pubescent; seeds wing-margined. In woods, mountains of Kentucky and North Caro- lina to Georgia and .-Mabama. June. 2. GORDONIA Ellis, Phil. Trans. 60: 518. pi. 11. 1770. Trees or shrubs, with coriaceous evergreen leaves, and large white solitary axillary flowers, often clustered at the ends of branches. Sepals 5, imbricated, rounded, concave. Petals 5, imbricated, obovate. Stamens », 5-adelphous, each cluster cohering with the base of a petal. Ovary i, 3-5-cened; style i; stigma 5-rayed. Capsule woody, ovoid, 5-valved, the axis persistent. Seeds pendulous, compressed, with a short terminal or lateral wing; einbrj-o straight or oblique; cotyledons ovate, longitudinally plaited; radicle short, superior. [Named for James Gordon, a London nurseryman.] About 16 species, natives of eastern North .America. Mexico ar»d eastern Asia. The following is the type of the genus. I. Gordonia Lasianthus L. Loblolly Bay. Holly-Bay. Tan-Bay. Swamp or Black Laurel. Fig. 2878. Hypericum Lasiaiilltus L. Sp. PI. 783- i753- Gordonia Lasianlhus L. Mant. 2 : 570. 1771. A tree 45°-75° high. Leaves lanceolate or oblong, acute, attenuate and involute at the base, very nearly sessile, coriaceous, persistent, 3-5' long, 1-2' wide, serrulate, glabrous
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