lour, excepting the edges, which are nearly white. 
TERNSTRŒMIACEÆ. XXVI. Cametria. 
a very minute white tip, they are compactly arranged in rows 
from the circumference to the centre, which is considerably 
elevated about the outer petals, and each incurved towards the 
styles, with their edges turned outwards. Sims, bot. mag. 1654. 
Lodd. bot. cab. 537. 
` n crassinérvis. Mr. Kents Camellia. Clt. 1820. This 
kind is very like the Waratah. The only difference appears to be 
that in the flowers of this the outer petals are paler and more 
cupped and the leaves are thinner and rounder. It was for- 
merly known under the name of Kent Hexangular. Lodd. bot. 
eab. 1475. 
0 myrtifòlia. Myrtle-leaved Camellia. Clt. 1808. The 
flowers are large in proportion to the plant, about 3 inches in 
diameter, and are freely produced. On their first opening they 
appear to be of a deep rose-colour, but when expanded be- 
come paler. The petals are numerous and regularly arranged 
over each other, forming a peculiar nice compact flower, faintly 
veined with red. The outer petals are of a roundish form, 
always darker in colour than the interior ones, an inch broad, 
at length becoming recurved. The inner petals are much smaller, 
and pointed, at first they are erect and closely set together, so 
that the centre of the flower is considerably elevated; they 
afterwards expand almost flat. Sims, bot. mag. 1670. Lodd. 
bot. cab. 354. 
t hexanguldris. Hexangular-flowered Camellia. This va- 
riety is no less remarkable for the regular disposition of its 
petals, than for the peculiar elegance of its flowers. This plant 
is only known by the Chinese drawings in the possession of the 
Horticultural Society. It has not yet been introduced. The 
preceding variety usually goes under that name in the gardens. 
x involita. Lady Long’s Camellia. Clt. 1820. It agrees 
precisely in character with the myrtle-leaved, but differs in being 
more erect and of stronger growth, and in having all the petals 
involute instead of spreading, but this is not permanent, as the 
petals are sometimes inflexed. Ker. bot. 633. 
A varidbilis. Various-flowered Camellia. Clt. 1816. This 
is remarkable for producing more than 4 different coloured 
flowers upon the same plant, red, white, and blush varieties of 
the peony-flowered and the Pompone. 
p Pomponia. The Kew Blush Camellia. Clt. 1810. The 
flowers of this variety are very delicate, and measure, when full 
expanded, 4 inches in diameter. They consist of 10 or 12 
roundish-cordate outer petals, arranged in 2 rows round a great 
number of smaller ones that rise in the centre, in an erect, ir- 
regular mass, the outer petals spread open and become almost 
flat, they are sometimes entire, but usually indented and undu- 
lated. Their colour is pure white, excepting for about a third 
of their length, nearest the base, which is deeply tinged with 
red, as well as a small stripe up the centre. Ker. bot. reg. 22. 
Lodd. bot. cab. 596. 
v peoniflora rosea. Red Peony-flowered Camellia. Clt. 1810. 
Andr. bot.. rep. 660. Lodd. bot. cab. 238. 
8 peoniflora pallida. Blush Peony-flowered Camellia. Clt. 
0. 
isi. pæoniflòra álba. White Pæony-flowered Camellia. Clt. 
0. 
These three last varieties are in every respect the same as the 
Pompone. The only difference appears to be in the colour of 
the flowers. That of the first is of a bright rose or red-colour, 
marked with darker veins. The second is intermediate in the 
colour between the last-mentioned and the Pompone, being darker 
than the- Pompone, yet not so dark as the Red Pæony-flowered. 
The whole of the petals are veined and of a deep blush-co- 
The third 
variety is generally cultivated under the name of White Waratah 
or White Anemone-flowered and White Pompone. The flowers 
575 
are exactly the same as the Pompone, excepting that they are 
pure white, and have not the blush tinge at the base of the 
petals. 
p semidiiplex. Semi-double Red Camellia. Clt. 1808. The 
plant is not easily distinguished from Middlemist’s Red Camellia, 
unless when in flower. The flowers consist of from 6-12 
large roundish petals in a single or double series, round the 
column of stamina, and expanding to 24 inches in diameter ; 
they are generally concave, and all marked with veins that are 
darker than the uniform rich rose-colour of the flowers. The 
stamens rise erect, they are transformed into small, roundish, 
ligulated petals, slightly divided at the apex, and striped with 
white in the same manner as Middlemist’s Red, but not so large 
nor are the petals so numerous. It has been impregnated with 
the pollen of the single white, and some excellent varieties have 
been raised from the seed by Mr. Press, the gardener to Edward 
Gray, Esq. at Harringay House, Hornsey. Andr. bot. rep. 
559. 
c atrorùbens. Loddiges’s Red Camellia. Clt. 1809. The 
flowers are generally middle-sized, and seldom exceed 3 inches 
in diameter. They are very striking at a distance, appearing 
scarlet. The outer petals are of a thick substance, roundish, 
oblong, with the edges sometimes notched and slightly undulated. 
The whole are ranged in a double or triple series, and are 
faintly marked with darker veins. The centre of the flower is 
filled with small petals, confusedly mixed together, varying a 
good deal both in size and form, each are incurved and have a 
white tip, sometimes elongated, ligulate petals rise out from 
amongst them, -intermediate in shape between the outer and 
inner petals, of a paler colour, arranged in a cluster overtopping 
the others, The flower is usually neat and shewy. Lodd. bot. 
cab. 170. 
r Welbánkii. Welbank’s White Camellia. Clt. 1820. This 
variety is called luteo-albicans in bot. reg. 708. also flavéscens 
and White Moutan Camellia. The flowers are of a yellowish- 
white colour, and do not open freely, about 34 inches in dia- 
meter. The petals are not arranged in any sort of order, so 
that the flower has a confused appearance, the outer ones are of 
a roundish form, much undulated, and but very little recurved 
or divided at the extremity. The centre petals are of an irre- 
gular shape, sometimes they approach to those of the Pompone, 
but are often twisted and arranged in tufts with several parcels 
of imperfect stamens intermixed among them. ‘The flower is 
upon the whole rather delicate, and has been compared to those 
of Gardénia florida. 
v rosea. Le Blanc’s Red Camellia. Clt. 1821. This, 
though not so shewy as many other varieties, is nevertheless 
desirable, from producing its flowers both early and abundantly. 
The flowers, when expanded, measure about 24 inches in dia- 
meter, of a pale-rosé colour approaching that of the Myrtle- 
leaved. The flower has sometimes the appearance of a small 
moss rose, but generally the outer petals expand nearly flat, 
they are roundish-cordate, and sometimes have a faint green 
stripe down the centre. The whole of the petals are nearly of 
the same form, being evenly arranged, diminishing gradually in 
size to the centre, but not so full of petals as some other va- 
rieties. 
x specidsa. Rawes’s Variegated Waratah. Clt. 1824. The 
flowers of this variety are extremely handsome, and of a deeper 
red than either the atrordbens or Waratah. They open very 
regularly, and when expanded are usually 4 inches in diameter. 
The outer petals 10-12 or more, alittle cordate, but generally 
rounded, a little recurved and faintly veined, disposed in 2 or 3 
series, with a few unequal blotches of white appearing on some 
of them near the edges, above these there is another row of 
small incurved thick petals, which rise upright, and become 
