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(albis) obovatis emarginatis, staminibus glabris, ovario lanato, stylis subliberis: cap- 
sula pubescente. (v.s. sp. et v. c.) 
Camellia drupifera, Lour. Fl. Cochinchinen. p. 411 (1790) ; DeCand. Prodr. i. p. 529 (1824). 
Camellia Kissi, Wall. in Asiat. Res. xiii. p. 429 (1820) ; DeCand. Prodr. i. p. 529 (1824); Wall. Cat. 
n.977 (1828); Booth in Trans. Hort. Soc. vii. p. 525 (1830) ; Wall. Plant. Asiat. Rar. iii. p. 36. 
t. 256 (1832); Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1815 (1832); Chois. in Mém. Soc. Genève, xiv. i. p. 147 (1855) ; 
Seem. in Bonplandia, vi. p. 278 (1858). 
Camellia Chamgota, Ham. MSS. (1814), teste Wall. in Asiat. Res. xiii. p. 429 (1820) ; Chois. in Mém. 
Soc. Genéve, xiv. i. p. 147 (1855). 
Camellia Keinia, Hamilt. MSS. in Don Fl. Nepal. p. 224 (1825). 
Camellia? oleifera, Wall. Cat. n. 976 (1828). — 
Camellia symplocifolia, Griff. Itin. Notes, p. 40, n. 652 (1848), et Notule ad Plant. Asiat. iv. p. 560. 
t. 604. f. 2 (1854). 
Camellia (Thea) Mastersiana, Griff. Notulae ad Plant. Asiat. iv. p. 559 (1854). 
Mesua bracteata, Sprengl. Syst. Veg. iii. p. 127 (1826). 
Nomina vernacula. In Cochinchina, teste Loureiro, * Cay Deau so ;” in Sylhetia, teste Hamilton, * Cham- 
gota ;” in Nepalia, teste Wallich, * Kissi” seu * Kissi- Soah," et, teste Don, * Keng-na" vocatur. 
Geogr. Distr. Nepal (Wallich! E. Gardner!) ; Khasia Mountains, 3-5000 feet (Hooker and Thomson |, 
Griffith), Th.Lobb!); Bootan (E. Ind. Comp. Herb.!); Sikkim (Hooker and Thomson !); Assam 
(Griffith!, Jenkins!); Cochinchina (teste Loureiro). Cultivated at the Botanic Garden, Ham- 
burgh. 
This species was discovered by Loureiro in Cochinchina, and has since been found in 
different parts of the East Indies; as it has an extensive geographical range, and grows 
both in the high and low lands, it looks so different in different localities, that we can 
scarcely be surprised if one and the same author has not recognized it again when he met 
with it in a new place. Its nearest ally is Camellia Sasanqua, Thunb., and, like that 
species, it yields an oil. There are no original specimens of Camellia drupifera, Lour., 
either in London or Paris,—a misfortune the more to be regretted, as, owing to the very 
imperfect description given by Loureiro, this species has always been regarded as a doubt- 
ful one. I endeavoured to show (Bonplandia, vii. p. 48) that the characters furnished 
might be reconciled with those of Pyrenaria serrata, Blum.; but I am now convinced 
that the balance of evidence inclines more to Camellia Kissi, Wall. ; Pyrenaria serrata, 
Blum., possessing no oleiferous properties, as I have since learned. That Camellia dru- 
pifera, Lour., has nothing whatever to do with Mesua, to which it has been referred by 
Sprengel, it is hardly necessary to demonstrate. 
6. C. LANCEOLATA ; arborescens; ramulis petiolisque puberulis, foliis lanceolatis vel ovato- 
lanceolatis acuminatis, subtus discoloribus, venis obscuris, floribus inodoris, petalis 
(albis) obovatis obtusis, staminibus glabris, ovario stylisque connatis lanato-pubes- 
_centibus, capsula . . ... (v. s. sp.) 
Camellia lanceolata, Seem. MSS. 
Calpandria lanceolata, Blum. Bijdr. 178; Korth. Verhandel. p. 148. t. 31. | 
Geogr. Distr. Borneo (teste Korth.) ; Sumatra (Marsden, in Herb. Bth. et Hook. !). 
, foliis oblongo-ovatis acutis, 
7. C. QUINOSAURA ; arborescens; ramulis petiolisque . . . - - = 
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