58 MONOGRAPHY OF THE GENUS CAMELLIA. 



medium size, very double, irregular, cherry-red, No. 3, sometimes of a 

 clear red, slightly marked with white j petals generally roundish, and cre- 

 nated at the summit j those of the centre rumpled, and deformed; stamens 

 sometimes apparent, and at others demi-transformed. — Beautiful. 



61. C. Cliviana. — Leaves two inches two lines wide and three and a half 

 long, ovate-oblong, acuminate, near, numerous, much dentated, erect and of 

 a muddy green; bud very large, oval, obtuse, scales green; sepals brown at 

 the base and yellowish at the summit; flower very large, four and a half 

 inches in diameter, double, cupform, sometimes rose, No. 4, and often of a 

 cherry-red. No. 2, more or less brilliant, according to the season. The 

 petals of the first row, are six in number, eighteen lines broad and twenty- 

 four long, concave or channelled, forming a star and crenated at the summit; 

 those of the next rows, long, oval, acute, and affecting the same disposition; 

 those of the centre, swollen and tufted as in the Anemonxflora, and form- 

 ing an elevated and irregular heart, about one inch and a half in diameter; 

 some of these last are striped with white. — Magnificent. 



68. C. Chamlerii. — Leaves two and a half inches wide and three and a 

 half long, oval, a little acute, oblong, acuminate, finely dentate; bud round- 

 ish — oval, scales green; flower large, double, regular, of a cherry-red. No. 

 3; petals imbricated and rounded at the summit; stamens in part demi- 

 transformed. — Very handsome. 



69. C. Conchifiora. — Leaves two inches wide and three and a half long, 

 oval, and little acute, reclined, numerous, of a pale green; bud small, scales 

 green; flower two and a half inches in diameter, of a cherry red. No. 3, 

 regular; petals sometimes marked with white, like those of C. Coccinea, and 

 spirally arranged. — Beautiful. 



70. C. Conchifiora nova. — Leaves roundish — oval, of a medium size and 

 pale green; nerves stout and prominent; flower of a medium size, semi- 

 double; fifteen to twenty petals of a cherry red. No. 4; petals almost entire, 

 unequal, irregular and elongate. — Pretty. 



7 1 . C. Cramoisina Pamentieri. — Leaves two and a half inches wide and 

 about four long, a little acuminated, inclined towards the stock, reflex very 

 like those of the C. Althece fiora, finely dentated, almost flat: bud of medium 

 size, oblong, scales green; flower large, double, cherry-red. No. 2; exterior 

 petals six, broad, crenate at the summit; the others tufted, numerous, ar- 



