62 MONOGRAPHY OF THE GENUS CAMELLIA. 



ranged in three rows, and a little recurved j some of them marked with a 

 white spot J stamens abortive or petaloid, united in a fascicle around the 

 styles, which sometimes appear in that form. — Pretty. 



89. C. Flaccida. — Leaves rather large, handsomely arranged, of a beau- 

 tiful green, shrub gracefully formed j flower single, red, not remarkable. 



90. C. Fordii. — Shrub vigorous; gracefully branched; leaves two and a 

 quarter inches broad and three long, ovate-acuminate, near, shining, of a 

 deep green; flower broad, very double, regular, clear cherry. No. 3, three 

 inches in diameter; petals imbricated; large, crenated at the summit, and 

 arranged near each other with admirable symmetry. — Stiferb. 



91. C. Fulgentissima. — Leaves two inches broad and three long, hori- 

 zontal, very acuminated, and of a delicate green; somewhat large, rounded; 

 flower double, very large, three and a half inches in diameter, of a cherry- 

 red. No. 3; exterior petals in three rows, broad; those of the middle long, 

 narrow, near, slit into narrow strips, crowded, arranged in a curved line, 

 striped with white and intermixed with stamens; this flower resembles that 

 of C. CUuiana. — Su-perb. 



92. C. Fonnosa. — Leaves two inches broad and three and a half long, 

 with very conspicuous nerves, ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, of a shining 

 green; bud ovate-oblong, with greenish scales; flower very large, double, of 

 a beautiful clear cherry-red, No. 1 ; form elegant. — Superb. 



93. C. Formosissima. — Leaves two and a half inches wide and three 

 long, ovate-oblong, some obtuse, others lanceolate, horizontal, thick, multi- 

 nerved, of a dark green; bud obtuse, with greenish scales; flower full, three 

 inches in diameter, of a clear rose-lake color at first, and afterward cherry- 

 red. No, 3, petals of the circumference in three rows, broad, much crenated, 

 reflexed upon the calyx; the others smaller, narrow, erect, numerous, irregu- 

 larly arranged. — Superb. 



94. C. Fraseri. — Leaves oval, a little acuminate, recurved, nerves promi- 

 nent, deeply dentated, of a dull green; flower large, full, of a brilliant red. 

 — Magnificent. 



95. C. Gigantea. — Shrub vigorous, of a magnificent appearance; leaves 

 large, three and a half wide and four and a half long, ovate, lanceolate, slight- 

 ly acuminate, firm, thick, deeply dentated, of a dull green, bud oval, obtuse, 

 as large as a pigeon's tggy before it blooms, scales green; flower four and a 



