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nerves quite distinct j flower irregular, semi-double, large, white. — Very 

 beautiful. 



18. C. Nobilissima. — Leaves two and a half inches wide and three inches 

 and eight lines long, roundish-oval, a little acute, much dentated, and of a 

 beautiful green, bud oval, obtuse, scales yellowish j flowers large, three 

 inches in diameter, full white j exterior petals large, numerous and recurved; 

 those of the interior smaller, crowded, rumpled; in appearance like the 

 Pomponia. — Superb. 



*19. C. Oleifera. — A very tall shrub, pyramidal; leaves ovate-oblong, 

 slightly crenate, flat; flowers biternatej white, single, rather large. From the 

 fruit of this shrub, the Chinese extract an oil of a sweet odor, with which 

 they perfume their apartments. 



*20. C. Ole^folia latijoUa. — Leaves oblong almost sessile, a little in- 

 flexed, unequally dentated; bud small, oval, a little downy, scales yellowish; 

 flower single, white, of a medium size; the centre is a little yellow and 

 open. 



21. C. Palmerii albuy or C. Pomponia semi-plena. — A very vigorous 

 shrub; grows to the height of from fifteen to twenty feet, and of a very 

 elegant appearance; leaves ovate-lanceolate, a little acuminated, often re- 

 curved at both extremities; nerves a little salient, smooth, finely dentated, 

 form, color, and size of those of Pomponia plena; buds large, rounded, scales 

 of a light green; flower very large, very nearly four inches in diameter, 

 semi-double, regular, of a brilliant white, often having a portion of its petals 

 considerably striped with rose, beginning at the claw, and expanding and 

 becoming more faint towards the summit; stamens numerous, disposed in 

 a fascicle, at the centre of the flower. — Magnificent. 



22. Pojjtponia plena. — Leaves oval, elongate, very acute, smooth near 

 extremities, recurved downwards, finely dentated, of a dull green, two 

 inches broad and three long; some of them of larger size; a vigorous shrub, 

 branches diffuse, and disposed to shoot out in all directions, without order, 

 if they are not regulated by pruning; buds large, rounded, scales green; 

 flower very large, four and a half inches in diameter, full and of a pure 

 white. The petals of the circumference are flat or undulating, those of the 

 centre are concave, white, at the claw red, with sometimes shades of light 

 yellow. This beautiful variety, is not uniform in the color of its flowers, for 



