CHAP. XIX. TERNSTROMI4A CEA. CAME!LLIA. 391 
Spec. Char., Sc. Leaves elliptical, serrulated, bluntly 
acuminate. Flowers sessile, axillary, generally soli- 
tary, and somewhat terminal, usually 4-petaled, and 
with 3 distinct, furrowed, woolly styles, which are 
about equal in length to the stamens. Native of t 
Nepal, at Narainhetty; where it flowers in Sep- 23897 
tember, and where it is called kengua by the in- ¥ 4% 
habitants. This species is very like C. Sasénqua, ~“=~% 
The flowers are white and fragrant. It is called 
in the Newar language, hissi, or kissi-swa. The 
leaves have a very strong, but transient, smell of tea; but an infusion pos- 
sesses only a very slight degree of flavour, owing, perhaps, as Mr. Gardner 
justly observes, to the defective manner of gathering and drying them. It 
has also been. ascertained by Mr. Gardner that the Nepalese extract an 
oil from the seed of the Kissi by pressure, which is much valued by 
them as a medicine. (Don’s Mill., i. p. 676., adapted.) Introduced into 
the garden of the Horticultural Society in 1823; but, not being a very showy, 
species, it has not been extensively propagated. There are stools of it 
in a cold-pit in the Vauxhall Nursery. Plants, in London, cost 10s. 6d. 
each, and at Bollwyller, 30 francs. 
# 6. C. overFERA Abel. The oil-bearing Camellia. 
Identification. _Abel’s Chin., p. 174.; Don’s Mill., 1. p. 577. 
Engravings. Lodd. Bot. Cab., 1065.; Ker. Bot. Reg., 492. ; Chandl. lll, t. 3.; and our fig. 100. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves elliptic-oblong, acute, 
serrated, coriaceous, shining. Flowers solitary. 
Calyxes silky, deciduous. Petals 5—6, 2-lobed. 
(Don’s Miill.,i. p. 577.) A native of Cochin-China, 
where it is cultivated, and forms a small tree 10 ft. 
high. This bears a close resemblance to the two 
preceding species: the flowers are very numerous, Sa Oe: 
white, and fragrant. The Chinese call it “ the ie a 
oil-bearing tea plant,” as it very closely resembles SS 
tea. Dr. Abel sometimes found it of the magni- \ 
tude of a moderately sized cherry tree, and never KA Jy 
less than the size of a shrub 6 ft. or 8ft. high. At PT 
a distance, these plants looked as if they had been lightly clothed with 
snow ; but nearer they exhibited one immense garden of white roses. This 
species is said to have been originally brought to the country by Lord Ma- 
cartney; but it was afterwards lost till 1820, when it was reintroduced by 
Captain Nisbett. It is readily distinguished from C. Sasdnqua, as it is of a 
much more robust habit, and larger in every respect, with thicker leaves, 
having moderately large serratures, and being sharp at the point. (Gard. 
Mag., vol. vi.p. 290.) The Chinese extract an oil from the seed, which is 
in very general use in the domestic economy of China. The seeds are 
white, and are reduced to a coarse powder, which is afterwards chewed or 
boiled in bags, and then pressed, when the oil is produced. The seeds 
of all the different species of camellia are said to be used in China for the 
same purpose. ( Abel.) 
# 7. C. EuryOI'pEs Lind/.. The Eurya-like Camellia. 
Identification. " Lindi. Bot. Reg., t. 983. ; Don’s Mill. 1. p. 577. 
Synonyme. Théa eurybides Booth, in Hort. Trans. 
Engravings. Lodd. Bot. Cab., 1493. ; Lindl. Bot. Reg., t. 983. ; and our jig. 101. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, serrated, sulcate beneath. 
Branches hairy.. Peduncles lateral, 1-flowered, scaly. (Don’s Mill. i. p. 
557.) Native of China, whence it was introduced, in 1824, in rather a sin- 
gular manner. The grafted part of a camellia, brought from China, in 1822, 
by Mr. John Potts, having perished, the stock sent up young shoots, and 
