PLATE CCCXCVII.
STEWARTIA MARILANDICA.
Maryland Stewartia.
CLASS XVI. ORDER XIII.
MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. One Brotherhood. Many Chives.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx quinquepartitus. Petala quinque. Stamina numerosa. Stylus 1. Stigma capitatum subquinquelobum. Capsula lignosa conica, calyci reflexo persistenti insidens, quinquelocularis quinquevalvis, valvis crassis ligneis medio septiferis; loculis 1-2-spermis. Uster’s Juss. Gen. Pl. 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 the valves thick woody and with partitions in the middle; with cells one-or two-seeded.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.