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8mm.; 5th 1-8 cm.; 6th 1-8 cm.; 7th 7 mm.; 8th 8 mm.; 9th 

 4 mm. ; 10th 3 mm. ; llth 4 mm. 



Leaves simple, cauline, alternate, exstipulate, petiolate, cori- 

 aceous, evergreen, glabrous except on the midrib. 



Nos. 1 and 2. Oblanceolate, obtuse, 7 mm. long, 8 mm. broad. 



Nos. 3 and 4. Spathulate, emarginate, obtuse ; largest one 8 mm. 

 long, 5 mm. broad. 



No. 5. Obovate, emarginate, 1'6 cm. long, 1 cm. broad, obscurely 

 serrate. 



No. 6. Elliptic, obtuse, emarginate, obtusely serrate, with api- 

 culate serratures, 5'5 cm. long, 3'7 cm. broad. 



Nos. 7 and 8. Elliptic, subacuminate, emarginate, bullate, 

 serrate, with apiculate serratures ; petioles 1*5 mm. long ; lamina 

 of No. 7, 7'7 cm. long, 4 - o cm. broad ; lamina of No. 8, 8*8 cm. 

 long, o'l cm. broad. 



Camellia reticulata, Lindl. 



Capsule large, but short, woody, three- to five-celled, with one 

 or more seeds in each cell, dehiscing loculicidally when mature. 



Seeds very variable in outline, and variously angled by mutual 

 pressure, somewhat flattened on one side and convex on the other, 

 or flattened on two sides, more or less falcate in outline and drawn 

 out to an obtuse, three- to four-angled point at the opposite end from 

 the hilum, oblong or oblate, with the broadest end always next the 

 placenta ; hilum forming a large scar, linear or oblong, or variously 

 angled in outline, pale coloured ; micropyle contiguous to or on the 

 basal scar ; seed-coat double ; outer (testa) woody or bony, thick, 

 brown, and shining externally ; inner (tegmen) thinner, paler, mem- 

 branous. 



Endosperm said to be absent in mature seeds, but in the speci- 

 mens examined there was an evident though thin layer of fleshy, 

 white endosperm, lining the inner coat of the testa. 



Embryo very large, straight, colourless, lying in the longer axis 

 of the seed whether that is transverse or at right angles to the 

 receptacle ; cotyledons oblong, obtuse, somewhat auricled at the 

 base, otherwise entire, much plaited longitudinally, lying in the 

 broader and longer axis of the seed, and consequently in the oblate 

 seeds with their edges to the placenta or hilum, and in the long 

 narrow seeds with the radicle next the hilum ; radicle short, oblong, 

 stout, obtuse, projecting slightly beyond the auricles of the coty- 

 ledons, pointing to the micropyle at the hilum or transversely to it 

 in the oblate seeds. 



