48 MONOGRAPHY OF THE GENUS CAMELLIA. 



a very pure white: those of the circumference emarginate, slightly sinuous; 

 those of the centre irregular and a little tortuous. — Su-perb. 



*10. C. Eury aides. — Branches slender; stock pyramidal; leaves small, 

 ovate-lanceolate, concave, dentated pretty deeply; flower small, single, 

 white, a little fragrant. 



11. C. Excelsa. — Leaves eighteen lines broad and three inches long, 

 oval, acute, form and disposition like those of the C. Coju-pactUy and of a 

 deep green; bud of a medium size, scales green; flower white, double, three 

 inches in diameter; exterior petals large, rather numerous, regularly ar- 

 ranged; those of the centre small, cordiform; a few short stamens, with 

 pale, yellow anthers. — Very beautiful. 



12. C. Fimbriata. — The leaves exactly like those of the C. Alba; but a 

 less vigorous shrub; bud large, rounded, scales of a dark yellow; flower 

 three and a half inches in diameter, full, depressed; petals gracefully imbri- 

 cated, dentated, or mucranated at their superior limb. — Su-perb. 



13. C. GalUca alba. — A very vigorous shrub, the young shoots green; 

 leaves ovate-oblong, finely dentated and considerably acuminated; bud oval, 

 pointed, scales green; flower large, three inches and three lines in diameter, 

 semi-double, of a milk white; the petals of the circumference broad, 

 rounded, and cordiform; those of the middle much smaller, elongate, 

 crenated in the heart, and intermixed with stamens. — Very beautiful. 



1 4. C. Granelli. — Leaves of a medium size, oval, acute, of a deep green, 

 glossy; bud pointed, scales green; flower irregular, pretty large, three inches 

 in diameter, double white. — Pretty. 



15. C. Kissy. — Leaves lanceolate, not very firm, of a dirty green, and 

 resemble a little those of the C. Sassanqua simfle^ but less, and more acumi- 

 nated; flower small, white, single, a little fragrant. 



16. C. Lacteola. — Leaves two inches broad and three long, well ar- 

 ranged, roundish-oval, a little obtuse, very finely dentated, of an obscure 

 green; a well formed shrub; bud large, oblong, scales yellowish, with a 

 black border; flower large, three inches in diameter, semi-double, of a pure 

 white; exterior petal revolute; those of the centre erect, a little rumpled, 

 and intermixed with sterile stamens. — Superb. 



17. C. Nivea. — Branches short and slim; leaves small, oval, recurved; 



