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larger the nearer they approach the centre; from these proceed 
8 or 10 petals, nearly as large as those at the extremity, and sur- 
round another set of small incurved petals, thus having the 
appearance of two flowers, one formed in the centre of the other ; 
nearly the whole of the petals have a little white stripe at their 
base, and some will even be variegated; all are tipped with 
white in the same manner as those of the Waratah. 
w carnea, Middlemist’s Red Camellia. Clt. 1808. This 
variety is also known under the name of Rose-coloured Ca- 
mellia. The flowers are similar in colour to the semi-double 
red but larger. The outer petals are roundish-cordate, arranged 
in circles over each other, they are not numerous, although the 
flowers may be said to be more than semi-double. The centre 
petals are short, and vary in form, generally they are roundish 
and a little twisted, as well as marked with dark-coloured veins, 
and all of them have more or less a small white-coloured stripe 
down their centre. The stamens are at times perfect, but usually 
changed into petals, and the whole altogether resemble a full- 
blown rose. Ker. bot. reg. 22. Andr. bot. rep. 660. f. 1. 
a a imbricata. Crimson Shell Camellia. Clt. 1827. This 
is without doubt the best variety that has been brought from 
China. The flowers are upwards of 34 inches in diameter, and 
very regular in form, the petals being arranged one above ano- 
ther, and gradually diminishing in size towards the centre, 
exactly in the manner of the Double White. The colour is of 
a fine crimson-red and remarkably shewy. When the flowers 
first begin to open they are concave, but as they expand they 
become quite flat. The outer petals are nearly round. The 
centre petals are rather pointed and rise upright.- 
BB Parksti. Park’s Striped Rose Camellia. Clt. 1824. 
This differs from the common striped. The flowers open well, 
and measure 4 inches in diameter. They are of a bright rose- 
colour, irregularly striped or blotched with white. The outer 
petals are very large, slightly cordate, occasionally having a 
fringed edze. Those towards the centre are irregular in their 
form, partly twisted and disposed in a similar manner to those 
of the Common Striped, giving the whole flower the same con- 
fused appearance, and shewing a few imperfect stamens in the 
hollows formed by the twists of the petals. It is upon the 
whole a very handsome variety. It possesses a slight but plea- 
sant scent, which has also been remarked in the Myrtle-leaved. 
yy Sabiniana.. Sabine’s White Camellia. Clt. 1824. The 
flowers are pure white, 3 inches in expansion, and resemble in 
their form those of the Pompone. The outer petals are dis- 
posed in 2 series and spread nearly flat, about 20 in number; 
they are round, and but a very little cordate. Those towards 
the centre of the flower are small and narrow, confusedly ar- 
ranged, like the centre petals of Walbank’s White, and rise nearly 
upright, a few of them are small and incurved, with their sides 
compressed so as almost to have a tubular appearance. In the 
centre of the flower several small parcels of stamina sometimes 
appear, but they are not always discernible, unless closely ex- 
amined. 
To these 24 varieties may be added the Semi-double White 
and Rose-coloured Waratah, which have been ascertained to be 
different from any of those described above. The first was 
purchased on the Continent in 1822 by Mr. Palmer. The 
second was introduced from China by the Horticultural Society 
in 1824, neither of which has yet produced perfect flowers in 
the gardens, 
N.B. There are numerous other names for varieties known 
by gardeners, but they appear to be all synonymous with those 
described above unless they are seedling varieties. 
** Names of seedling varieties which have been raised in the 
gardens of Britain. 
TERNSTRG:MIACEA. XXVI. CAMELLIA. 
1 Colvillit (Sweet, fl. gard. n. s. with a figure). Colvill’s 
Striped Camellia. An elegant hybrid, with the petals regu- 
larly disposed, blotched with white on a red ground. 
2 Ròsa Sinénsis (Lodd. bot. cab. 1455.). China Rose Ca- 
mellia. Flowers red. l 
3 Aitòni (Chandl. cam. 3.). Aiton’s Large Single Red. 
4 althæiflòra(Chandl. cam.4.). Hollyhock-flowered. Flowers 
red. 
5 corállina (Chandl. cam. 5.). Coral-flowered. 
6 insîgnis (Chandl. cam. 6.). Splendid Red. 
6 flórida (Chandl. cam. 7.). Florid Red. 
8 anemonęflòra-álba (Chandl. cam. 8.). 
flowered Camellia. 
9 Chandlèri(Chandl. cam. 1-2.). Chandler’s Striped Waratah. 
10 punctàta. Gray’s spotted. Flowers pink spotted with white. 
11 Ròsa mindi. The Rose of the World. Flowers white and 
crimson. 
12 Préssii. Presse’s Single Red. 
13 eclipsis. Presse’s Eclipse. White and red. 
14 ribro-punctata. Single Red Spotted. Flowers white 
spotted with red. 
Common or Japan 
Tree 20 feet. 
2 C. RETICULA`TA (Lindl. bot. reg. t. 1078. Hook, bot. mag. t. 
2784.) leaves oblong, acuminated, serrated, flat, reticulated ; 
flowers axillary, solitary; calyx 5-leaved, coloured ; ovary 
silky. h.G. Native of China. A splendid species, distin- 
guished from C. Japénica in the strongly reticulated leaves, 
and in the silky ovarium. The flowers are large and elegant, 
containing from 17-18 petals, which are loosely arrayed, wavy, 
and generally entire, they are of a clear bright purple, darker 
towards the base and paler towards the edges; stamens irre- 
gularly monadelphous, in several bundles; ovary 2-4-celled ; 
style 2-4-cleft. 
Reticulated-leaved or Captain Rawes’s Camellia. 
May. Clt. 1824. Shrub 10 feet. 
3 C. MALIFLÒRA (Lindl. bot. reg. 1078. in a note) leaves 
obovate, convex, bluntly serrated ; flowers terminal and axillary, 
usually solitary ; branches and petioles pubescent ; ovary smooth. 
h . G.. Native of China. C. Sas4nqua fldre-pléno, Ker. bot. reg. 
vol. 7. t. 549. Sims, bot. mag. 2080. An elegant species with 
small semidouble red flowers. 
Apple-flowered Camellia. Fl. Jan. May. Clt. 1816. Sh. 8 ft. 
4 C. Sasa’nqua (Thunb. fl. jap. p. 273. t. 30.) leaves ovate- 
oblong, serrated ; flowers terminal and axillary solitary ; branches 
and ovary villous. h.G. Native of Japan and China. Sasanqua, 
Kzempf. ameen. 853. Staunt. icon. chin. 2. p. 466, with a figure. 
This is a tree of middling size, with much smaller leaves and 
flowers than C. Japénica. The leaves dried in the shade have a 
sweet smell ; a decoction of them is used by the women in Japan 
to wash their hair with, and they are mixed with tea to give 1t 4 
grateful odour ; indeed they are hardly to be distinguished from 
the leaves of that plant. The flowers vary from single to semi- 
double and double, white. This plant is also cultivated to 3 
great extent by nurserymen on account of the fragrance an 
elegance of its flowers. 
Var. a; semidouble white. 
Var. B; double white. Ker, bot. reg. t. 1091. 
Sasanqua or Lady Bank’s Camellia. Fl. Jan. May. Clt. 1811. 
Tree 10 feet. al 
5 C. Krssı (Wall. asiat. res. 13. p. 429.) leaves elliptica 
serrulated, bluntly acuminate; flowers sessile, generally so E 
tary, axillary, and somewhat terminal, usually 4-petalled, an 
with 3 distinct, furrowed, woolly styles, which are about equal in 
length to the stamens. h.G. Native of Nipaul at Naram 
hetty, where it flowers in September, and where it 15 calle 
White Anemone- 
Camellia. Fl. Feb. May. Clt. 1739. 
Fl. Feb. 
Ker, bot. reg. t. 12. 
