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CAMELLIA Sasanqua. 



Lady Banks s Camellia 





MONADELPHIA POLYASDRL1. 



CAAIELLIA. Cal. 5.-partitus coriaceus, squamis plurimis minori- 

 bus infra cinctus. Pet. 5 (plurave), magna basi coalita (circa cliscum 

 1 hypogynum). Fil. infra coalita in coronam cui petala adnascuntur ; anth. 



I subovatse. (Germ, polyspermum). Stylus 1 : stig. 3. Caps, (coriacea 



I 3-pulvinato-v. abortu globosa), 3-sulca, 3-cocca, 3-spenna. Frutex ; 



folia alterna, coriacea; gemma axillares imbricaCnn st/uamosa; Jfores 



axillares 8j terminate, subsessiles (v. pedunculitis in hortis pleni. 

 Jussieu. gen. 262. Hiic proculdubio Tjiea revocanda. 



C. Sasanqua, ramis virgatis capsulaque villosis ; foliis junioribus ellip- 



tico-lanceolatis, serratis ; petalis obovatis vel obcordatis. 

 Camellia Sasanqua. Thunb. japon. 273. t. 30. Stjst. veg. Murr. ed. 



14.632. Catan. diss. 6.' 306. t. 160. /. 2; (t Thunb. mutuata). 



Willd. sp. pi. 3. 842. Ilort. Kew. ed. 2. 2. 235. Foiret. suppL 



encyc. de Lamarck. 2. 48. 

 Cha-whaw. Chinensibus: ex Staunton in Macartneys Emb. 2. 467; 



turn Jcone. 



Sasanqua. Kccmpf. am. exot. 8.53. Ejusd. MSS. in thus. brit. fig. 2.5. 

 Thea oleosa. Loureiro cochin. 339 ? 



Frutex 8-pedalis. Hamuli alterni, laxi, mfescentes. Flores axillares Sf 

 terminates, solitarii?, albu Cal. 5-6 phyllvs ; foliola incrqualia, ovata, im- 

 bricata, corolla, midib breviora, decidua. Pet. 5-6, obovata emarginata v. 

 brevi acumine, uncialia. Fil. plurima basi connata. Caps, dense villosa. 

 (Thunb.) 



The separation of Camellia from Thea, although prior 

 to the present prevailing caprice for frittering down useful 

 genera into useless, appears to us too inexpedient, if not in- 

 convenient, to be continued, especially since it is known that 

 the filaments of the latter are at least partially connate. Were 

 both to be retained, the present plant might have been per- 

 haps more appropriately placed under Tula. It is of recent 

 introduction into Europe, having been first received from 

 China (to which it belongs as well as Japan) in 181 1, by 

 the Court of Directors of the E. I. C. in the Cuffnels, 

 Capt. Wellbank. We believe it first flowered in the con- 

 servatory of Sir Joseph Banks, after whose Lady it has 

 been named in the late edition of the Hortus Kcwensis. 

 Our drawing was made from a plant that flowered last au- 

 tumn in Mr. Griffin's collection at South Lambeth; but 



