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ranged in fascicles, leaning upon each other, striped with white at their 

 summit and form a regular ball j corolla very near the form and size of the 

 Anemones flora. — Very beautiful. 



72. C. Celsisana. — ^Leaves large, lanceolate 3 dispersed, curled inward j 

 bud large, oblong, acute j flower single, red, large. There is in Paris, under 

 this name, another Camellia^ which is double, of a rose color, and very 

 beautiful. The English have sent it to us under the name of s-pectabilis. — 

 See this name. 



73. C. Charles Auguste. — Leaves two inches wide and three long, round- 

 ish oval, nerves very apparent, of a muddy green j bud elongated, scales 

 green J flower three inches in diameter, semi-double, of a beautiful cherry- 

 red. No. 3, well formed; petals broad, rounded, warbled, or rather spotted 

 with white; those of the first row of the circumference, are reflexed upon 

 the calyx with regularity; the others elevated and curled; a few stamens in 

 the centre. — Superb. 



74. C. Conchata. — Leaves two inches wide and three and a half long, 

 reflected at the summit, strongly nerved, of a deep green; bud elongate; 

 flower rather large, double, of a delicate rose, sometimes of a vivid red. — 

 Passable. 



75. C. Colla. — Quite a vigorous shrub; branches slim; leaves medium, 

 resembling a little those of Camellia Rubra simplex; flower double, medium, 

 well formed, of a handsome cherry-red. — Pretty. 



16. C. Carolus. — Leaves two inches and three lines wide and three 

 inches long, roundish-oval, much veined, nerves conspicuous; bud oval, de- 

 pressed at the summit, scales green; flower small, almost double, of a 

 cherry-red. No. 1 , of a pretty form. — Distinguished. 



11 . C. Camftoniana. — Leaves small, one inch and a half wide and two 

 inches seven lines long, roundish-oval, a little acute, numerous, near, ele- 

 vated, of an obscure green, bud oval, scales yellowish ; flower medium, semi- 

 double, regular, at first, rose, No. 4, and then clear cherry-red; corolla well 

 formed; some stamens in the centre. — Very Pretty. 



78. C. Decora. — Leaves two and a half inches wide and three and a half 

 long, obtuse-oval, almost round, dentated, a little veined, of an obscure 

 green, very glossy; bud very large, scales whitish at the summit and dark 

 yellow at the base of the calyx; flower four and a half inches in diameter. 



