62 NAT. ORDER. — COLUMNIFERJE. 



country, arc more or less flavored with the leaves of this plant, which 

 renders it much more agreeable to the taste. 



The varieties at present cultivated in Europe and in this country, 

 are as follows : — 



Camdia alba-plcna. Double white Camelia. The flowers are 

 pure white, from three to four mches in diameter, the petals being 

 disposed in circles from the circumference to the centre, and lying 

 particularly flat, and even one above another. 



Camdia variegate. Double striped Camelia. The flowers of a 

 fine dark rose of red-color, irregularly blotched with white, whilst 

 those which appear in the spring, are generally plain red. They are 

 three or four inches in expansion. The outer petals are about one 

 and a half inches in diameter, roundish, cordate, thick and fleshy at 

 the base, and sometimes divided at the apex. When the flowers 

 axe fully expanded, they become rcciurved. The centre petals are 

 often small, narrow, and upright, confusedly arranged, many of 

 them being disposed in tufts, with small parcels of stamina inter- 

 mixed. Some flowers are particularly handsome, and as double as 

 a rose. 



Camelia anemomjlora. Anemone-flowered Camelia. The flow- 

 ers are remarkable showy, and resemble a double anemone. They 

 are about three or four inches in diameter, and of a deep red color ; 

 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 color. Those m the centre of the flower are 

 of a peculiar form, being small and fleshy at the base, and broad and 

 tliin towards the point, with a very mmute tip, which is white ; 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 out- 

 wards. 



