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CAMELLIA axillaris. 



Pulo'Pinang Camellia. 



MONAnELI'HlA POLYASnRIA. 



Nat. ord. Aubantia. Jussleii gen* 262. Dtv. III. Fructus poly- 



spermus capsularis. Folia non punctata. Genera An- 

 RANTiis et MELiid affiiva. 



Theace^. Mirbel in Nouv. Bulletin. 3. 382. 

 CAMELLIA. Suprdvol. l.fol. 12. 



C. axillaris, arboreus; foliis oblongis, acutis, serrulatis; pedunculifi asUIa- 

 ribus, solitariis, unifloris ; calyce penta-hexaphyllo sericeo. Roxburgh 

 MSS.in Mus. Banks, conservatix ; (exanglico). 



Caulis teres, superne ramosus, raam junioriOus virentilms. Fol. sparsa, 

 patentissima, coriaceo-incrassala, oblonga, cuneato-lanceolala, integra vd 

 superne acute serrata, glaberrima, superne versiis breviier attcnuala, itifemi 

 versus in petiolum brevissimum crassum prolLcius altenuata, longiora octuunci- 

 alia V. ultrh, ubi latiora diametro 2 unciarum cum dimidio alleriiis vel magit; 

 novellissima uti et squamae gemmarum sublus subtilissime sericea. Cal. 

 kexaphyllus, crassiusculus, subcartilagineus, } partes uncia transversus, cam- 

 panulato-rotatust extHs sericeus, squamis pluribus caducis cinctus; folioHs 

 tequalibus, suirotundis, convexis, superne scarioso-fu&cis, summo margine 

 Jtsso-emarginatis. Cor. alba, aliquH suffusa jlavedine, imbricato-rotata, sub- 

 aqaalis diametro subbiunciali, hexapetata, petalis lato-obcordatis, emarginatis, 

 superne recurvis, basi breviter nngustatis; 3 exterioribus tfrmionAttf, sub- 

 ynajoribus, vix undulatis, 3 interioribus tenerioribus, undulatii. Pedunculi 

 crassi, sericei, brevissimi, pluries breviores calyce, lapsamm squamarum 

 vestigiis cicatrizati. Anth. in nostra specimine poUtneJeri destitute. GermeB 

 now tnspeximus. Stylus erectus, strictus, cdumnarts, tubexsuperans ttammai 

 stiemata 3, virentia, subbifida? patentia. 



An unpublished species, lately received from the Bo- 

 tanic GarSen at Calcutta, where it was introduced by 

 Df. Roxburgh from Pulo-Pinang, or, as it is more commonly 

 called amongst us. Prince of Wales's Island. It makes 

 the third species by which this popular genus is known m 

 our collections. All thi-ee are natives of the Indian re- 

 ^ons of Asia. 



The drawing was taken from a plant at the nursery of 

 Messrs. Whitlef, Brames, and Mihie, F^^^am, where it was 

 cultivated in the hothouse and flowered m December for 

 the first time. 



According to Dr. Roxburgh an '"•l'0'<=f ''«•>* ^hrub; in 

 the plant we saw not exceeding three feet. Stem round. 



