56 MONOGRAPHY OF THE GENUS CAMELLIA. 



four and one half long, ovate, oblong, very acuminate, and very conspicuous 

 nerves, of a deep green and striped, or spotted with yellow, like the Aucuha 

 Japonica; bud oblong, scales calycinal, greenish j flower three inches in di- 

 ameter, double, well displayed, color cherry-red. No. 1 j and very near the 

 form of that of C. Coccinea. — Very beautiful. 



55. C. Amerstia. — Leaves one inch and ten lines broad and three inches 

 long, elongated, oval, acuminate, finely dentatedj bud of medium size, 

 scales yellowish, flower of medium size, double, of a carmine rose, or cherry- 

 red. No. 1. — Pretty. 



56. C. Amaena. — Stock erect, branches straight, leaves ovate, oblong, 

 slightly dentatedj flower a little double, color, cherry-red. No. 2; petals 

 of the circumference regularly arranged, those of the centre irregular and 

 shorter. The flowers assume very much the form of a shuttle-cock. — Hand- 

 some. 



57. C. Augusta. — Leaves rather large, a little curled, finely dentated, 

 multi-nerved, of an obscure green; bud oblong, acute, scales calycinal and 

 green J flower of a medium size, irregular, double, of a beautiful cherry red, 

 No. 3j petals elongate, erect, and slightly crenate at the summit; those of 

 the centre entire, acuminate and irregularly disposed. — Pretty. 



58. C. Aluntii superba^ or Almets superba. — A shrub of an agreeable 

 port; leaves two and a half inches wide and three and a half long, roundish, 

 oval, reclined and rolled downwards, nerves strongly marked; but quite 

 plump, oblong, scales yellowish, flower about three inches in diameter, 

 double, of a cherry-red. No. 2; petals quite regular, not numerous, and 

 much imbricated, forming a pretty rosette. — Very handsome. 



59. C. BuckUana. — Leaves two and a half inches wide and three inches 

 two lines long, roundish, oval, a little acuminate, the borders rather deeply 

 dentated, and of a deep green; flower full, two and a half inches in di- 

 ameter; petals of the circumference in three rows, broad, of a cherry-red. 

 No. 1 ; those of the centre, numerous, smaller, unequal compact, well ar- 

 ranged, of a delicate rose, sometimes striped with white, and occasionally 

 pure rose. — Very beautiful, 



60. C. Belle Rosalie. — Leaves curled, slightly acuminate, nerves very 

 opponent; bud large, oval, scales yellowish; flower large, three and a half 

 inches in diameter, semi-double, of a carmine red. No. 2; petals broad, in 



