GENERA CAMELLIA AND THEA. 341 
their species. I have considerably reduced the number of species, and only describe a single 
new one; but I trust the smallness of the number of species that remain will be regretted 
the less, as we may anticipate ere long a considerable increase from China and Japan, 
since both these countries are now open to å more unrestricted intercourse with Europe. 
I must also beg to apologize for the many imperfections to be found in my enumeration ; 
but it must be borne in mind that, although the great herbaria of London, Paris, Berlin, 
and Vienna contain treasures which were carefully examined, yet these materials are in 
many cases not so complete as could have been wished ; and, as all the species are not repre- 
sented in our gardens, much is left for future investigation. Nor must it be forgotten that 
the plants under consideration have a tendeney to form double or semi-double flowers, and 
that their normal type is traced out only after a great deal of close study and observation. 
CAMELLIA, Linn. 
CHAR. Gen, EMEND.—Calyx polyphyllus, foliolis imbricatis, interioribus sensim majoribus, deciduis. 
Corollæ petala 5 (vel in floribus semiplenis et plenis 6-plurima), hypogyna, imbricata, interiora 
majora. Stamina hypogyna biserialia, exteriora numerosa petalis adhærentia in tubo concreta, inte- 
riora petalorum numero dupla, libera; filamenta subulata, anthere incumbentes, biloculares, ob- 
long, connectivo crassiusculo, loculis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Pollen sphæricum vel ovato- 
oblongum. Ovarium liberum, 5- (vel abortu 4- vel 3-) loculare. Ovula in loculis 4-5, angulo centrali 
alternatim inserta, pendula. Styli 5, abortu 4 vel 3, liberi vel plus minusve connati ; stigmata 
capitellata. Capsula 5- (abortu 4- vel 3-) locularis, dehiscens, loculicide 5-, vel in abnormis 3-4- 
valvis, valvis medio septiferis, axi centrali persistente, faciebus seminifero. Semina in loculis abortu 
solitaria, rarius gemina, inversa, festa nucamentacea, umbilico apicali impresso. Zmöryonis ex- 
albuminosz cotyledones crassz, inzequales, radicula brevissima, supera. ; 
Arbores vel frutices sempervirentes, Indiæ orientalis, Cochinchinæ, Chinæ et Japoniæ ; foliis. alternis, 
petiolatis, coriaceis, nitidis, serratis, gemmis magnis, perulis distiche imbricatis, floribus solitariis vel 
aggregatis, axillaribus, erectis, sæpe speciosissimis, albis, roseis vel purpureis. 
Camellia, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 848; Endl. Gen. n. 5425 (excl. sp.); DeCand. Prodr. i. p. 529 (excl. sp.). 
Sasanqua, Nees in Sieb. Nipp. ii. p. 13 (excl. sp.). - 
Calpandria, Blum. Bijdr. bl. 178; Endl. Gen. n. 5546. | 
Obs. Nees von Esenbeck has proposed to divide Camellia into two genera (Camellia 
and Sasangua), adopted as subgenera (Kissi and Sasanqua) by Endlicher ; to the one is 
assigned a dehiscent, to the other an indehiscent fruit; but as all Camellias have a 
dehiscent fruit, though in Camellia Sasangua the dehiscence takes place rather late, they 
fall to the ground. 
foliis ovatis vel ovato-oblongis 
petalis (rubris, albis, flavidis 
staminibus, 
l. ©. Japonica; arborea; ramulis petiolisque glabris, 
acutis vel acuminatis, subtus subaveniis, floribus inodoris, ox 
variegatisve) rotundatis emarginatis (vel in var. hortens. fimbriatis), 
ovariis, stylis connatis capsulisque glabris. (v.s. sp. et V- e.) 
Camellia Japonica, Linn. Sp. Plant. p. 698 (1753), non Champ. ; Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 272 (1784) å De 
Cand. Prodr, i. p. 529 (1824); Booth in Hort. Soc. Trans. vii. p. 529. t. 14 (1830) ; — så = 
F L Jap. p. 155. t. 82 (1835-44) ; Chois. in Mém. Soc. Gen. xiv. p. 147 (1855) ; Seem. in Bonplandia, 
Vi. p.278 (1858). 
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Chinensis pimente Jamaicensis folio, flore roseo, Petiver, Gazophylacium, t. 33. f. 4 (1702 
