64 MONOGRAPHY OF THE GENUS CAMELLIA. 



very late j flower of medium size, semidouble, of a cherry-red, No. 1 ; petals 

 large, mixed with many stamens. — Passable. 



102. C. Herbertn. — Foliage beautiful, and port very vigorous j bud 

 elongate, scales greenish} flower rather large, semi-double, of a cherry-red, 

 No. 2; petals broad, numerous and crowded; some stamens in the centre. — 

 Passable. 



103. C. Heterofhylla. — A robust shrub, bushy, slim, leaves elongate, 

 recurved, of medium size, deformed, irregularly dentatedj bud long, point- 

 ed, scales greenish} flower small, semi-double, cherry-red. No. 3} petals of 

 the circumference in two rows, cordiformj those of the interior small, elon- 

 gated, curved inwards and outwards, sometimes spotted with white; many 

 fertile stamens in the centre. — Passable. 



104. C. Humboldtjana. — Leaves oval, acuminated, very like those of 

 C. Emperor of Austria; but of medium size, scales green; flower large, 

 double, of a cherry-red. No. 2; which changes immediately to a delicate 

 rose; blooms abundantly for a long time. — Very beautiful. 



105. C. Hybrida Colorata. — Port rather graceful; wood of the branches 

 blackish, leaves two inches wide and two inches eight lines long, oval, a little 

 rolled up, point reversed, nerves salient; those of the middle, especially, 

 very distinct; bud large, scales green; flower of minimum size, of a cherry- 

 red. No. 2; often spotted with white, semi-double, petals erect, rounded, 

 mixed with stamens. — Passable. 



106. C. Imbrkata. — Leaves two inches wide and four long, ovate, 

 leaves lanceolate, curled, undulating, finely dentated, and of a dull green ; 

 bud, spherical, rather large, scales greenish; flower large, perfectly round, 

 of a cherry-red, No. 2; shaded with carmine-lake; petals from 70 to 75, 

 regularly imbricated, oval, broad, terminating in a point at the summit; 

 those of the centre a little striped, or marked with white; is a long time in 

 bloom. — Magnificent. 



107. C. Insignis alba. — Leaves oval, a little lanceolate, one inch and 

 ten lines wide, and four long; smooth, reclined, rolled up on the sides, and 

 of a yellowish green; flower large, three and a half inches in diameter, sin- 

 gle, of a cherry-red, No. 3; six petals in the circumference, sometimes 

 spotted with white; petaloid stamens, whitish, slightly striped, with a pale 

 red. — Passable. 



