Sepals  5.  Petals  5,  imbricated  in  the  bud.  Stamens  numerous,  united  in  5
clusters,  with  a  petal-like  appendage  (sterile  stamen)  opposite  each  petal.  Ovary
5-celled,  with  2  ovules  in  each  cell.  Stigma  5-lobed.  Capsule  1-celled,  1-2-
seeded.  —  Trees,  with  cordate  leaves,  and  several-flowered  axillary  peduncles,
which  are  connate  below  with  a  large  ligulate  veiny  bract.    Flowers  cream-color.
1.  T.  Americana,  L.  Leaves  smooth  and  green  on  both  surfaces,  ob-
liquely cordate  or  truncate  at  the  base,  sharply  serrate.  —  Mountains  of  Georgia
and  northward.     June.  —  A  larpe  tree.     Leaves  4' -5'  wide.
2.  T.  pubescens,  Ait.  Leaves  hoary-tomentose  on  both  surfaces,  becom-
ing smoothish  above,  obliquely  truncate  at  the  base,  mucronate-serrate.  —  Rich
soil,  Florida  to  North  Carolina,  and  westward.    June.  —  Leaves  4' -5'  wide.
CO  CAMKI.LIACKJE.       (CAMELLIA    FAMILY.)

3.  T.  heterophylla,  Vent.  Leaves  larger  (6' -8'  wide),  deep  green
above,  white-tomontose  beneath.  —  Mountains  of  >«'orth  Carolina,  —  June  and
July.
2.    CORCHORUS,    L.
Sepals  5.  Petals  5,  convolute  in  the  bud.  Stamens  mostly  numerous,  sep-
arate. Style  slender.  Stigma  dilated,  erenulatc.  Capsule  mostly  elongated,
siliquc-like,  loculieidally  2-valvcd,  many-seeded.  —  Herbs  or  shrubby  plants,
with  alternate  serrate  petioled  leaves,  and  small  yellow  flowers  on  short  pedun-
cles opposite  the  leaves.     Stipules  deciduous.
I.  C.  siliqilOSUS,  L.  Stem  much  branched,  hairy  in  lines;  leaves  ovate
and  lanceolate,  smooth;  peduncles  1  - 2-flowered ;  stamens  numerous;  capsule
linear,  compressed,  2-cclled,  many-seeded.  —  Near  Mobile,  Alabama,  and  Key
West.  —  Stems  1°  -  2°  high.     Capsule  2'  long.
