574 
This genus comes near to Gorddnia, but differs in the structure 
of the calyx and capsule. 
1 S. Noro’nu# (Blum. |. c.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, acu- 
minated, entire ; peduncles axillary, solitary, 1-flowered at the 
extremity of the branches. h.S. Native of Java. 
Var. 3, undulata; leaves waved. h.S. Native of Java. 
Noronha’s Schima. Tree. 
Cult. This tree will thrive well in a mixture of loam and 
sand, and ripened cuttings taken off at a joint will root freely if 
planted in sand under a hand-glass, in heat. 
XXV. POLY’SPORA (zodve, polys, many, and eropa, spora, 
a seed ; many in capsule). Sweet, hort. brit. p. 61. 
Lin. syst. Monadélphia, Polydndria. Calyx girded by ac- 
cessory bracteas. Sepals and petals 5. Stamens numerous, 
monadelphous at the base. Style crowned by a 4-5-lobed stigma. 
Capsule conical, 5-celled, 5-valved, many-seeded. Seeds im- 
bricate, ending in a wing. A shrub with smooth, obovate, entire 
leaves, and axillary, solitary, almost sessile flowers. 
1 P. axttra‘ris (Sweet, l. c.). h. S. Native of Pulo- 
Pinang. Caméllia axillaris, Roxb. ex Ker. bot. reg. t. 349. 
Sims, bot. mag. t. 2047. Gordonia anómala, Spreng. syst. 3. 
p- 126. Leaves obovate-oblong, serrulated, upper ones quite 
entire. Flowers of a yellowish-white colour, about the size of 
those of Caméllia Sasdnqua, solitary, almost sessile, usually 
axillary. Styles 4, and hardly unconnected at the apex. 
Axillary-flowered Polyspora. Fl. Nov. to Mar. Clt. 1816. 
Shrub 3 feet. 
Cult. This shrub will thrive well in a mixture of loam and 
peat ; and cuttings not too much ripened will root in sand, under 
a hand-glass, in heat, or it may be grafted on the single red Ca- 
méllia Japonica. 
Tribe VII. 
CAMELLIE‘%. D.C. theor. elem. ed. 1. 1813. Feb. as 
an order. Theacea, Mirb. bull. phil. Dec. 1813. as an 
order. Calyx of 5-9 sepals, inner ones largest and concave, 
deciduous. Petals 5-7-9, alternating with the sepals when the 
same number, sometimes they are connected at the base. Sta- 
mens numerous, filiform, separated into many bundles at the 
base, but usually monadelphous. Anthers ellipsoid, roundish, 
versatile. Ovary ovate-roundish, crowned by 3-5 filiform 
styles, which are connected at the base. Capsule 3-5-celled, 
3-5-valved ; valves sometimes with dissepiments in the middle, 
sometimes so much bent in at the margins as to form disse- 
piments. Seeds large, few, fixed to the margins of the central 
placenta. Albumen wanting. Embryo with large, thick, oily 
cotyledons, and as if they were jointed at the base, and an 
obtuse, short, radicle, pointing to the hilum, and a hardly evident 
plumule. Smooth evergreen trees or shrubs, inhabitants of the 
colder parts of Asia, China, Japan, &c. Flowers axillary, very 
shewy, red, white, or striped. 
XXVI. CAME’'LLIA (in honour of George Joseph Ca- 
mellus or Kamel, a Moravian Jesuit and traveller in Asia. He 
wrote a history of the plants of the isle of Luzon, which is in- 
serted in the 3d vol. of John Ray’s Historia Plantarum). Lin. 
gen. no. 848. D.C. prod. 1. p. 529. 
Lin. syst. Monadélphia, Polydndria. 
rounded by accessory bracteas or sepals, Stamens monadelphous. 
Anthers elliptical, 2-celled, bursting lengthwise. Capsule fur- 
rowed, with a dissepiment in the middle of each valve, separating 
from the free triquetrous axis when ripe. Cells 1-2-seeded. 
Elegant evergreen trees or shrubs, with coriaceous, dark-green, 
shining leaves, and large flowers, resembling the rose, of va- 
rious hues. 
1 C. Japo’nica (Lin. spec. 982.) leaves ovate, acuminate, 
Calyx imbricate, sur- 
TERNSTRG:MIACEHX. XXIV. Scuma. XXV. Potyspora. XXVI. CAMELLIA. 
acutely serrated; flowers axillary, sessile, usually solitary ; 
ovary smooth. kh. G. Native of Japan and China. Cav. 
diss. 6. t. 160. Jacq. icon. rar. 3. t. 553. Duh. ed nov. t. 
71. Andr. bot. rep. t. 25. Lodd. bot. cab. t. 329. and 455. 
Lois. herb. amat. t. 43, 44, 45, and 46. Curt. bot. mag. t.42. 
This plant, in its native country, grows to a large tree. It is in 
high esteem among the Japanese and Chinese for the elegance 
of its large flowers, which exhibit a great variety of colours, 
but have no scent, and for its evergreen leaves. It is very com- 
mon everywhere in the groves and gardens, flowering from Octo- 
ber to April. It varies with white, red, yellowish, purple flowers, 
and variegated and blotched with the same colours, from single 
to semidouble and double. It is the greatest ornament of the 
greenhouses of Europe in spring, and is now cultivated by 
nurserymen to a vast extent. The plant was cultivated in England 
before 1742 by Robert James Lord Petre. 
The varieties at present cultivated in England are as follows: 
Varieties of Caméllia Japénica which have been introduced from 
China. 
a dlba-pléna. Double white Camellia. Clt. 1792. The 
flowers are pure white, from 3 to 4 inches in diameter, the petals 
being disposed in circles from the circumference to the centre, 
and lying particularly flat and even one above another. Andr. 
bot. rep. p. 25. Lodd. bot. cab. 269. 
B fimbriata. Fringed white Camellia. Clt. 1816. The 
flowers are double, white; the petals are fringed. Lodd. bot. 
cab. 1108. 
y variegdta. Double striped Camellia. Clt. 1792. The 
flowers of a fine dark rose of red-colour, irregularly blotched 
with white, whilst those which appear in the spring are generally 
plain red. They are 3 or 4 inches in expansion. ‘The outer 
petals are about 14 inch in diameter, roundish cordate, thick 
and fleshy at the base, and sometimes a little divided at the 
apex. When the flowers are fully expanded they become recurved. 
The centre petals are often small, narrow, and upright, con- 
fusedly arranged, many of them being disposed in tufts, with 
small parcels of stamina intermixed. Some flowers are parti- 
cularly handsome and as double asa rose. Andr. bot. rep. t- 
91. Lodd. bot. cab. 329. 
ò ribro-pléna. Double red Camellia. Old Red and Gre- 
villes Red. Clt. 1794. The flowers are 3 or 34 inches in 
diameter. They are of a crimson-red colour, and resemble the 
flowers of a double Hibiscus. The petals are numerous, of an 
irregular shape, comparatively long and narrow, pointed, and 
veined. They are curled ôn the margins, gradually diminishing 
in size towards the centre. Andr. bot. rep. t.199. Lodd. bot. 
cab. 397. ; 
e incarnata. Lady Hume’s Blush Camellia or Buff Camellia. 
Clt. 1806. The flowers open very regularly 3 or 3} inches m 
diameter, of a fine glowing blush-colour, becoming richer as 
they expand; the outer petals are a good deal recurved, they 
gradually diminish in size towards the centre, and are pointed. 
In general they are evenly arranged and laid over each other. 
Ker. bot. reg. 112. Andr. bot. rep. 660. f. 1. Lodd. bot. 
cab, 140, 
£ anemoneflora.. Waratah Camellia or Blush Waratah Ca- 
mellia or Anemone-flowered Camellia, Clt. 1739. The flowers 
are remarkably shewy, and resemble a double anemone. They 
are about 3 or 4 inches in diameter, of adeep-red colour. The 
outer petals expand quite flat, roundish-cordate, surrounding a 
great number of smaller ones, regularly disposed and rising 
upright in the centre, each of them are roundish-cordate, and 
slightly marked with veins of a deeper colour. Those in the 
centre of the flower are of a peculiar form, being small and 
fleshy at the base, and broad and thin towards the point, with 
