This is a Stewartia pseudocamelia, my favorite tree. I am still deciding what species of tree I want my post-organ-donation remains to be buried under when my body fails me (should be a while) but Stewartia is right up at the top of the list! There is something so sensual about this tree. It's lean, angular, muscular, smooth...it looks like it should be warm, like a human limb, but when you touch it, it's cold and firm. This is my favorite tree in the entire arboretum....even the beech I climbed in the previous photo come second to this one. :-)