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TERNSTRCEMIACE&. XXIV. SCHIMA. XXV. POLYSPORA. XXVI. CAMELLIA. 



This genus comes near to Gordonia, but differs in the structure 

 of the calyx and capsule. 



1 S. NORO'NH* (Blum. 1. c.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, acu- 

 minated, entire ; peduncles axillary, solitary, 1 -flowered at the 

 extremity of the branches. J? . S. Native of Java. 



Var. p, undulata ; leaves waved. J? . S. Native of Java. 



Noronha's Schiroa. Tree. 



Cult. This tree will thrive well in a mixture of loam and 

 sand, and ripened cuttings taken off at a joint will root freely if 

 planted in sand under a hand-glass, in heat. 



XXV. POLY'SPORA (TroXuc, polys, many, and airopa, spora, 

 a seed ; many in capsule). Sweet, hort. brit. p. 61. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Polyandria. Calyx girded by ac- 

 cessory bracteas. Sepals and petals 5. Stamens numerous, 

 monadelphous at the base. Style crowned by a 4-5-lobed stigma. 

 Capsule conical, 5-celled, 5-valved, many-seeded. Seeds im- 

 bricate, ending in a wing. A shrub with smooth, obovate, entire 

 leaves, and axillary, solitary, almost sessile flowers. 



1 P. AXILLA'RIS (Sweet, 1. c.). J? . S. Native of Pulo- 

 Pinang. Camellia axillaris, Roxb. ex Ker. bot. reg. t. 349. 

 Sims, bot. mag. t. 2047. Gordonia anomala, Spreng. syst. 3. 

 p. 126. Leaves obovate-oblong, serrulated, upper ones quite 

 entire. Flowers of a yellowish-white colour, about the size of 

 those of Camellia Sasanqua, solitary, almost sessile, usually 

 axillary. Styles 4, and hardly unconnected at the apex. 



/4;n Wary-flowered Polyspora. Fl. Nov. to Mar. Clt. 1816. 

 Shrub 3 feet. 



Cult. This shrub will thrive well in a mixture of loam and 

 peat ; and cuttings not too much ripened will root in sand, under 

 a hand-glass, in heat, or it may be grafted on the single red Ca- 

 mellia Japonica. 



Tribe VII. 



CAMELLIE'jE. D. C. theor. elem. ed. 1. 1813. Feb. as 

 an order. Theacea, Mirb. bull. phil. Dec. 1813. as an 

 order. Calyx of 5-9 sepals, inner ones largest and concave, 

 deciduous. Petals 5-7-9, alternating with the sepals when the 

 same number, sometimes they are connected at the base. Sta- 

 mens numerous, filiform, separated into many bundles at the 

 base, but usually monadelphous. Anthers ellipsoid, roundish, 

 versatile. Ovary ovate-roundish, crowned by 3-5 filiform 

 styles, which are connected at the base. Capsule 3-5 -celled, 

 3-5-valved ; valves sometimes with dissepiments in the middle, 

 sometimes so much bent in at the margins as to form disse- 

 piments. Seeds large, few, fixed to the margins of the central 

 placenta. Albumen wanting. Embryo with large, thick, oily 

 cotyledons, and as if they were jointed at the base, and an 

 obtuse, short, radicle, pointing to the hilum, and a hardly evident 

 plumule. Smooth evergreen trees or shrubs, inhabitants of the 

 colder parts of Asia, China, Japan, &c. Flowers axillary, very 

 shewy, red, white, or striped. 



XXVI. CAME'LLIA (in honour of George Joseph Ca- 

 mellus or Kamel, a Moravian Jesuit and traveller in Asia. He 

 wrote a history of the plants of the isle of Luzon, which is in- 

 serted in the 3d vol. of John Ray's Historia Plantarum). Lin. 

 gen. no. 848. D. C. prod. 1. p. 529. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Polyandria. Calyx imbricate, sur- 

 rounded by accessory bracteas or sepals. Stamens monadelphous. 

 Anthers elliptical, 2-celled, bursting lengthwise. Capsule fur- 

 rowed, with a dissepiment in the middle of each valve, separating 

 from the free triquetrous axis when ripe. Cells 1-2-seeded. 

 Elegant evergreen trees or shrubs, with coriaceous, dark-green, 

 shining leaves, and large flowers, resembling the rose, of va- 

 rious hues. 



1 C. JAPO'NICA (Lin. spec. 982.) leaves ovate, acuminate, 



acutely serrated ; flowers axillary, sessile, usually solitary ; 

 ovary smooth. Tj . G. Native of Japan and China. Cav. 

 diss. 6. t. 160. Jacq. icon. rar. 3. t. 553. Duh. ed nov. t. 

 71. Andr. bot. rep. t. 25. Lodd. bot. cab. t. 329. and 455. 

 Lois. herb. amat. t. 43, 44, 45, and 46. Curt. bot. mag. t. 42. 

 This plant, in its native country, grows to a large tree. It is in 

 high esteem among the Japanese and Chinese for the elegance 

 of its large flowers, which exhibit a great variety of colours, 

 but have no scent, and for its evergreen leaves. It is very com- 

 mon everywhere in the groves and gardens, flowering from Octo- 

 ber to April. It varies with white, red, yellowish, purple flowers, 

 and variegated and blotched with the same colours, from single 

 to semidouble and double. It is the greatest ornament of the 

 greenhouses of Europe in spring, and is now cultivated by 

 nurserymen to a vast extent. The plant was cultivated in England 

 before 1 742 by Robert James Lord Petre. 



The varieties at present cultivated in England are as follows : 



Varieties of Camellia Japonica rvhich have been introduced from 

 China. 



a. alba-plena. Double white Camellia. Clt. 1792. The 

 flowers are pure white, from 3 to 4 inches in diameter, the petals 

 being disposed in circles from the circumference to the centre, 

 and lying particularly flat and even one above another. Andr. 

 bot. rep. p. 25. Lodd. bot. cab. 269. 



13 fimbriata. Fringed white Camellia. Clt. 1816. The 

 flowers are double, white ; the petals are fringed. Lodd. bot. 

 cab. 1103. 



y variegata. Double striped Camellia. Clt. 1792. The 

 flowers of a fine dark rose of red-colour, irregularly blotched 

 with white, whilst those which appear in the spring are generally 

 plain red. They are 3 or 4 inches in expansion. The outer 

 petals are about 1-J- inch in diameter, roundish cordate, thick 

 and fleshy at the base, and sometimes a little divided at the 

 apex. When the flowers are fully expanded they become recurved. 

 The centre petals are often small, narrow, and upright, con- 

 fusedly arranged, many of them being disposed in tufts, with 

 small parcels of stamina intermixed. Some flowers are parti- 

 cularly handsome .and as double as a rose. Andr. bot. rep. t. 

 91. Lodd. bot. cab. 329. 



S rubro-plena. Double red Camellia. Old Red and Gre- 

 ville's Red. Clt. 1794. The flowers are 3 or 3| inches in 

 diameter. They are of a crimson-red colour, and resemble the 

 flowers of a double Hibiscus. The petals are numerous, of an 

 irregular shape, comparatively long and narrow, pointed, and 

 veined. They are curled on the margins, gradually diminishing 

 in size towards the centre. Andr. bot. rep. 1. 199. Lodd. bot. 

 cab. 397. 



incarnata. Lady Hume's Blush Camellia or BufF Camellia. 

 Clt. 1806. The flowers open very regularly 3 or 3^ inches in 

 diameter, of a fine glowing blush-colour, becoming richer as 

 they expand ; the outer petals are a good deal recurved, they 



fradually diminish in size towards the centre, and are pointed, 

 n general they are evenly arranged and laid over each other. 

 Ker. bot. reg. 112. Andr. bot. rep. 660. f. 1. Lodd. bot. 

 cab. 140. 



anemonefldra. Waratah Camellia or Blush Waratah Ca- 

 mellia or Anemone-flowered Camellia. Clt. 1739. The flowers 

 are remarkably shewy, and resemble a double anemone. They 

 are about 3 or 4 inches in diameter, of a deep-red colour. 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 colour. Those in the 

 centre of the flower are of a peculiar form, being small and 

 fleshy at the base, and broad and thin towards the point, with 



