60 MONOGRAPHY OF THE GENUS CAMELLIA. 



double, cherry-red, No. 3 j petals of the exterior in three rows, almost two 

 inches broad, reflex, festooned, crenated rather deeply at the summit j those 

 of the interior small, rumpled, short, forming a large centre and contain- 

 ing some concealed stamens j flower depressed, like that of C. Elegans 

 Chandlerii. — Magnificent. 



79. C. Dorseni or Parthoniana. — Leaves large, ovate, lanceolate, very 

 acuminate, flat, near together, of a handsome shining green j sometimes 

 spotted with yellow; bud very large, rounded j scales of a yellowish green, 

 flower very large, nearly five inches in diameter, very full, of a pale cherry- 

 red. No. 1 ; mixed with several shades of rose, or white; petals large, close, 

 imbricated, irregular, numerous; those of the centre smaller, arranged with- 

 out order, marked with red and white spots. This flower, which is of a 

 rosette form, blooms with difficulty. — Magnificent. 



80. C. Dionthifioray Cario-phy lice florae Knightiiy or Carnation warrata; 

 it is the same as the C. Knightii. 



8 1. C. Excelsiana. — Leaves two and a half inches wide and three and a 

 half long, oval, acuminate, a little carmined, nerves very salient, of a deep 

 green; bud oval, acute, scales green; flower from two and a half to three 

 inches in diameter, double, of a cherry-red, No. 3 ; petals reflex, not numer- 

 ous; those of the circumference rather broad, those of the centre small, 

 rumpled, confused, and intermingled with stamens. — Passable. 



82. C. Exoniensis. — Branches short, leaves of a medium size, roundish, 

 oval, acuminate, a little carmined, thick, deeply dentated, almost all curled, 

 or undulating and reflexed, nerves small, of a deep green; bud elongated 

 like that of C. Variegata plena; scales calycinal, at first green, and then black- 

 ish ; flower in the form of a rose, very large, four inches in diameter, double, 

 of a pretty cherry-red, No. 2, which changes gradually from the delicate to 

 the vivid; petals well arranged, broad, erect, and distorted; those of the 

 centre a little rumpled, and striped with white; a few stamens which are 

 nearly all abortive and in the petaloid state. — Superb. 



83. C. Elegans Chandlerii. — Leaves large, two inches broad and four 

 long, ovate, lanceolate, nerves not very apparent, much dentated, and of a 

 dirty green; bud large, rounded, scales greenish; flower very large, very 

 double, of a cherry-red. No. 2 ; three inches and ten lines in diameter, and 

 sometimes more; petals of the exterior, to the number of twenty, large. 



