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Camellias; when expanded eng measure two inches in diameter; Mr. Whitfield states that when 
— g they assume a bluish tint, which og SEN led to De Beauvois’ error in representing 
as almost wholly blue in their perfect s 
ya e calyx is a thick leathery cup, divided ah e ovate segments, having a perfectly valvate 
æstivation. » 
« Withia this is placed the corolla, which consists of three distinct rings, each of which is 
monopetalous. The first ring is apricot colour, divided into five lobes, of which has seven stiff 
ribs, between which the texture is membraneous; the lobes bave seven ess: teeth, corresponding 
with the points of the ribs, and much curled ege mpled; by means of the ribs ve intervening 
membrane, this part of the corolla is strongly site: both befo ore em after expansion; when fu 
blown it ees quite back over the calyx, so has to hide it completely. The second ring is very 
small and thin; it is in fact a narrow membrane, stationed at the Pe of the first ring, and = 
into an indefinite number of fine narrow ER dd this ring was overlooked. b 
Beauvois. The third ring is rich crimson, according to Whitfield, membraneous, but erect, = 
assuming the form of a cup, whose edge is cut into ime Ke segments , (ees d downwa udi; so asnot to 
be at all conspicuous. De Beauvois makes this a flat star of many points, which is altogether an error. » 
« The sfamens are in number 20, standing erect in the form of another cup, of a 
colour, and unequally united at their base; they have linear-lanceolate filaments, which are much 
thinner next the anthers, and are there ات‎ inwards; the anther itself is oblong, 2-celled, and 
erect ; 3 is difficult to conceive how- De Beauvois could haye made out of this five petal-like fila- 
ments, each of which bears two anthers 
«Next the stamens comes a deep aS or disk, standing as high as the stigma, and having ten 
sides, of which the narrowest are alternate ak the lobes of the stigma , and two-ribbeb in the inside. » 
The ovary is buried beneath the mass formed by the base of the corolla, — and disk 
80 Sei unless you cut into the very base of the ovary the cells may be overlooked; it has five 
cells, in each of which two ovules hang from the top of an axile placenta, which is so attached 
to the — that there is a clear opening from the hollow centre of the style, over the ovules, 
into the cells of the ovary; the ovules are oblong, with a depresrion in the middle on each side, 
and a ence next the base, ge nucleus being curved like a horse-shoe, so that its base and 
apex are both nearly in contact; the style is 5-angled, or rather 5-winged, and terminated by a 
table-shaped stigma, with five sides, five rays, and a small elevation at each angle, which elevations 
are mr the true stigmatic he > 
ruit, according to De ee is a soft spherical berry, surmounted by the calyx, one- 
Deeg E " seeds lying in a fleshy matter; this is evidently incorrect. Mr. Whitfield 
found it to as large as a Pomegranate, and very like one, et a — pulp which 
is eatable , an a rind so » fol of tannin, that the natives make ink from it. 
« The seeds (of which I have seen one, dead and without its Fee Te lero وج سود‎ er 
kidney-shaped, SC as much as 1 1 inch Jes ng, with the taste (in that state) of a Span 
t with a bitter aftertaste; at their contraction the plano-convex cotyl pm hold together ben an 
axis whose radicle and pb are both immersed in the substance of the cotyledon 
«, Such being the true structure of this plant, its generic character may = ER gen , 
NAPOLEONA. 
(Palissot de Beauvois, Fl. d'Oware et de Benin, vol. 2. p. 29. t. 78.) 
Calyx adhærens, coriaceus, 5-fidus, — valvatus. Corolla e ben apt tribus plicatis — 
talis constans, quorum ezferior m us, 5-lobus reflexus, laciniis 7-costatis de ee totidem 
cris pis mercies secu es annuliform rmis, alte tue: laciniis linearib us, acu- 
minatis Crispis ; erectus با‎ plicatus, margine multifido inflexo. Stamina 20, 
corolle interioris Wie? inser ta, s simplici, basi irregulariter monadelpha; filamentis lineari- 
lanceolatis, membranaceis, apice re ore incurvis; is deflexis, oblongis, ug bs 
pisa Discus er altus, کرد‎ a pie ames pre = 
loculis 5, a basi pedunculo proxima sepultus; ovulis 20, - وص‎ zën ositis, 
eg paria apici fefe axilis ginem affixis. Stylus ran mi anguli suba latis; stigma 
ciforme, pentagonum, 5-radiatum, intra angulos à ciformem (an verum stigm SCH 
gerens. Fructus (Mali punici وسوس‎ pulpa mu sa farct tus, © ortice وزاب‎ Dom mr. 
