



lux herb 



bricatc, with about 9 b 



deciduous leaflets ; petals 5-7, round, fl 



than the caly 



b 



flesh 



v 



grown 



together by 



at 



acted b&$e;Jilament3 very many, grown to each oth 

 base and to the concrete part of the corolla, con- 



into a hollow 

 anthers roundish, 3 



versing 



to 



of the stamens ; stigmas 3. 



der, shorter than the petals ; 

 tyle filiform, somewhat angular, 



We have enumerated the eleven varieties of this species, 

 as jnven in the last edition of the Hortus Kewensis, adding 

 a twelfth. The common red one was first cultivated by 

 Lord Petre in 1739. 



Th 



e single-flowered of this, now 



serves for little else than as the stock to ingraft or inarch 



the rare ones upon, most of which are of very recent intro- 



duction ; and by their number prove the industry of the 

 florist of the parts they come from. All will live in the. 

 open air in England, but the natural time of flowering 

 falling in a season too inclement in these parts for the ex- 

 pansion of the bloom, they can never be seen in perfection 

 in any place but the conservatory ; where they thrive best 



wh 



en planted in the ground ; 



and we are told the single 



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red one has there attained the height of fifteen feet, with a 



bead 



in proportion. 



single-flowered white 



We have never seen or heard of a 

 variety. Loureiro, in his Flora of 

 Cochinchina, has a Camellia drupifera, most probably not 

 specifically distinct from japonica; this he describes as hav- 

 ing white bloom. His description is however too vague to 

 ascertain their specific identity. 



The drawing was made in the nursery of Messrs. Lee and 



Kennedy, at Hammersmith, in February last. 















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