. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 2438. Styloph (XM). 2437. Stuartia pentagyna (X K). ends, serrulate, light green, pubescent beneath, 2K-4 in. long: fls. 2K-3 in. across, with obovate spreading petals: seeds wingless, shining. May, June (July and BB.
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 2438. Styloph (XM). 2437. Stuartia pentagyna (X K). ends, serrulate, light green, pubescent beneath, 2K-4 in. long: fls. 2K-3 in. across, with obovate spreading petals: seeds wingless, shining. May, June (July and BB. Stamens with whitish filaments, incurved: cap- sule ovate, pointed. c. Bracts beneath the calyx large and leaf-like. monadelpha, Sieb. & Zucc. Shrub or small tree: lvs. oval to oval-oblong, acute at both ends, remotely serru- late, slightly pubescent beneath, light green, l%-2% in. long: fls. white, 1% in. across, with flat, spreading obo- vate petals; anthers violet. Japan. 1:96. —This is the least desirable species and probably as tender as the preceding; it is doubtful whether it is in cultivation. Specimens recently introduced seen by the writer proved to be the following species. CC. Bracts small, shorter than calyx. Pseudo-Camellia, Maxim. (S. grandifldra, Briot. S. Japdnica, var. grandifldra, Hort.). Shrub, with up- right branches, or tree attaining 50 ft. or more in Japan ; trunk with smooth red bark, peeling off in great thin flakes: lvs. elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, acute at both ends, or often acuminate at the apex, thickish, bright green, glabrous or nearly so beneath, l%-3 in. long: fls. hemispherical, 2-2% in. across; petals almost orbic- ular, concave, silky-pubescent outside; anthers orange- colored: seeds 2-4 in each cell, narrowly winged, dull. July, Aug. Japan. 7045. 1879:430. :187. Gn. 43:899. 9:35. 1900:480. AA. Styles 5, distinct: petals often 6. pentagyna, L'Herit. (Malachodendron ovatum, Cav.). Fig. 2437. S
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