TERNSTR(EMIACE,E. XXVI. CAMELLIA. 



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a very minute white tip, 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 outwards. Sims, bot. mag. 1654. 

 Lodd. bot. cab. 537. 



TJ crassinervis. Mr. Kent's Camellia. Clt. 1820. This 

 kind is very like the Waratah. The only difference appears to be 

 that in the flowers of this the outer petals are paler and more 

 cupped and the leaves are thinner and rounder. It was for- 

 merly known under the name of Kent Hexangular. Lodd. bot. 

 cab. 1475. 



6 myrtlfblia. Myrtle-leaved Camellia. Clt. 1808. The 

 flowers are large in proportion to the plant, about 3 inches in 

 diameter, and are freely produced. On their first opening they 

 appear to be of a deep rose-colour, but when expanded be- 

 come paler. The petals are numerous and regularly arranged 

 over each other, forming a peculiar nice compact flower, faintly 

 veined with red. The outer petals are of a roundish form, 

 always darker in colour than the interior ones, an inch broad, 

 at length becoming recurved. The inner petals are much smaller, 

 and pointed, at first they are erect and closely set together, so 

 that the centre of the flower is considerably elevated ; they 

 afterwards expand almost flat. Sims, bot. mag. 1670. Lodd. 

 bot. cab. 354. 



i hexangularis. Hexangular-flowered Camellia. This va- 

 riety is no less remarkable for the regular disposition of its 

 petals, than for the peculiar elegance of its flowers. This plant 

 is only known by the Chinese drawings in the possession of the 

 Horticultural Society. It has not yet been introduced. The 

 preceding variety usually goes under that name in the gardens. 



K involuta. Lady Long's Camellia. Clt. 1820. It agrees 

 precisely in character with the myrtle-leaved, but differs in being 

 more erect and of stronger growth, and in having all the petals 

 involute instead of spreading, but this is not permanent, as the 

 petals are sometimes inflexed. Ker. bot. 633. 



X varidbilis. Various-flowered Camellia. Clt. 1816. This 

 is remarkable for producing more than 4 different coloured 

 flowers upon the same plant, red, white, and blush varieties of 

 the pceony-jlomered and the Pompom. 



H Pomponia. The Kew Blush Camellia. Clt. 1810. The 

 flowers of this variety are very delicate, and measure, when full 

 expanded, 4 inches in diameter. They consist of 10 or 12 

 roundish-cordate outer petals, arranged in 2 rows round a great 

 number of smaller ones that rise in the centre, in an erect, ir- 

 regular mass, the outer petals spread open and become almost 

 flat, they are sometimes entire, but usually indented and undu- 

 lated. Their colour is pure white, excepting for about a third 

 of their length, nearest the base, which is deeply tinged with 

 red, as well as a small stripe up the centre. Ker. bot. reg. 22. 

 Lodd. bot. cab. 596. 



v pceoniflbra rbsea. Red Pseony-flowered Camellia. Clt. 1810. 

 Andr. bot. rep. 660. Lodd. bot. cab. 238. 



o pceoniflbra pallida. Blush Paeony-flowered Camellia. Clt. 

 1820. 



JT pceoniflbra Alba. White Paeony-flowered Camellia. Clt. 

 1810. 



These three last varieties are in every respect the same as the 

 Pompone. The only difference appears to be in the colour of 

 the flowers. That of the first is of a bright rose or red-colour, 

 marked with darker veins. The second is intermediate in the 

 colour between the last-mentioned and the Pompune, being darker 

 than the Pompone, yet not so dark as the Red Pceony-jlomered. 

 The whole of the petals are veined and of a deep blush-co- 

 lour, excepting the edges, which are nearly white. The third 

 variety is generally cultivated under the name of White Waratah 

 or White Anemone-florvered and White Pompone. The flowers 



are exactly the same as the Pompone, excepting that they are 

 pure white, and have not the blush tinge at the base of the 

 petals. 



p semiduplex. Semi-double Red Camellia. Clt. 1808. The 

 plant is not easily distinguished from Middlemist's Red Camellia, 

 unless when in flower. The flowers consist of from 6-12 

 large roundish petals in a single or double series, round the 

 column of stamina, and expanding to 2^ inches in diameter ; 

 they are generally concave, and all marked with veins that are 

 darker than the uniform rich rose-colour of the flowers. The 

 stamens rise erect, they are transformed into small, roundish, 

 ligulated petals, slightly divided at the apex, and striped with 

 white in the same manner as Middlemist's Red, but not so large 

 nor are the petals so numerous. It has been impregnated with 

 the pollen of the single white, and some excellent varieties have 

 been raised from the seed by Mr. Press, the gardener to Edward 

 Gray, Esq. at Harringay House, Hornsey. Andr. bot. rep. 

 559. 



atrorubens. Loddiges's Red Camellia. Clt. 1809. The 

 flowers are generally middle-sized, and seldom exceed 3 inches 

 in diameter. They are very striking at a distance, appearing 

 scarlet. The outer petals are of a thick substance, roundish, 

 oblong, with the edges sometimes notched and slightly undulated. 

 The whole are ranged in a double or triple series, and are 

 faintly marked with darker veins. The centre of the flower is 

 filled with small petals, confusedly mixed together, varying a 

 good deal both in size and form, each are incurved and have a 

 white tip, sometimes elongated, ligulate petals rise out from 

 amongst them, intermediate in shape between the outer and 

 inner petals, of a paler colour, arranged in a cluster overtopping 

 the others. The flower is usually neat and shewy. Lodd. bot. 

 cab. 170. 



T Welbdnkii. Welbank's White Camellia. Clt. 1820. This 

 variety is called luteo-albicans in bot. reg. 708. also Jlavescens 

 and White Moutan Camellia. The flowers are of a yellowish- 

 white colour, and do not open freely, about S-J- inches in dia- 

 meter. The petals are not arranged in any sort of order, so 

 that the flower has a confused appearance, the outer ones are of 

 a roundish form, much undulated, and but very little recurved 

 or divided at the extremity. The centre petals are of an irre- 

 gular shape, sometimes they approach to those of the Pompone, 

 but are often twisted and arranged in tufts with several parcels 

 of imperfect stamens intermixed among them. The flower is 

 upon the whole rather delicate, and has been compared to those 

 of Gardenia florida. 



v rosea. Le Blanc's Red Camellia. Clt. 1821. This, 

 though not so shewy as many other varieties, is nevertheless 

 desirable, from producing its flowers both early and abundantly. 

 The flowers, when expanded, measure about 2-J- inches in dia- 

 meter, of a pale-rose colour approaching that of the Myrtle- 

 leaved. The flower has sometimes the appearance of a small 

 moss rose, but generally the outer petals expand nearly flat, 

 they are roundish-cordate, and sometimes have a faint green 

 stripe down the centre. The whole of the petals are nearly of 

 the same form, being evenly arranged, diminishing gradually in 

 size to the centre, but not so full of petals as some other va- 

 rieties. 



X specibsa. Rawes's Variegated Waratah. Clt. 1824. The 

 flowers of this variety are extremely handsome, and of a deeper 

 red than either the atrorubens or Waratah. They open very 

 regularly, and when expanded are usually 4 inches in diameter. 

 The outer petals 10-12 or more, a little cordate, but generally 

 rounded, a little recurved and faintly veined, disposed in 2 or 3 

 series, with a few unequal blotches of white appearing on some 

 of them near the edges, above these there is another row of 

 small incurved thick petals, which rise upright, and become 



