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CAMELUA oleifera. 
Oilseed Camellia, 
MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 
CAMBJ±IA L.~-Supra vol l.fol 22. 
C. oleifera ; foliis cUipticis iiti inque acutis argute serratis subtiis subaveniis, 
petalis bilobis, sepalis deciduis. 
C. oleifera , foliis ellipticis acutis subtils aveniis punctatis, calycibus sericeis, 
germine lanato. AbeVs Jowmey t» CAtna, p.|i74. cieonthond; Appen- 
dix, p. 363. 
Frutex alius, v. arbor mediocris, ramosissimus. (Abel.) Ramuli teretes, 
brurmei, pube levissima ohsiti. Folia coriacea, glabra, plana, elliptufa, 
utrinque acuta, apicem versus acuth serrata, subtils pallidiora ferl ommiiit 
avenia, sub lente puncticulata^^dmculata : pedurjcaJtu jitbteretiims leviter 
cUiatis. Flores ctxillares, v. terminales, soUtarii, sessUeT, tiUfi, magnitudine 
C. SasanquiE. Caflyx imbricatus, polyphyllus, sericeus: foliolis itiferioribus 
deciduis, duobus superioribus vtajoribus petahideis persistentibtis. Petala 
5-6, biloba, plana, euneata, pattmtia. Stamina |>/timna, erecia, alti iUMSa-' 
delpha, in aimulum bctsipetahirum accretwn et cum its decidilMM cohetrehHa. 
Anthene «^ m Thea Bohea, sed hasi minus cordatcB. Pollen sphcerictan 
minutisskn^ corrugatum. Oyarium triloculare, loculis 5-6 jspervm; ovula 
mgulata, valdi incequalia. Styli 3 ad apicem feri conmti. Stigmata 
toHdem, simplicia, paulb capitata. 
This species of Camellia has been overlooked by De 
Cundolle in his arranoement of the genus in the first volume 
of his Prodromus. It was imported for the Horticultural 
Society, in 1820, by Captain Nesbitt, in the Honourable 
East India Company's Ship, the Essex, from which', and 
subsequent importations for the society, all the plants now 
in* this country have been derived. Our drawing was made 
at Mr^ ColidU's Nursery, last autumn. It requires the 
sioiie ms !Ss^ j 0mii^ ^ other CMQueUias. 
The Thea oleosa of Loureiro ieems to be very nearly the 
