68 MONOGRAPHY OF THE GENUS CAMELLIA. 



Punctata plena j now and then of a pure cherry-red, No. 4, as in the Camellia 

 Pseonisefloraj exterior petals, not numerous, large, recurved j those of the 

 interior narrow, erect, slashed, striped, spiral, and form a depressed sphere. 

 — Swperb. 



127. C. Pamdoxa. — Leaves two inches wide and three and a half long, 

 roundish-oval, nerves conspicuous j flower large, single, regular, of a clear 

 cherry-red. No. 5^ petals slightly undulate, crenated at the summit j fila- 

 ments of the stamens united for half their length. — Passable. 



128. C. Pulchella. — Leaves small, of a pale green 5 bud with blackish 

 scales J flower small, semi-double, of a cherry-red. No. 1 j petals straight. — 

 Passable. 



129. C. P^eonicefiora rubra. — A vigorous shrub, has a tendency to grow 

 tall, and requires to be pruned to give it a handsome formj leaves two inches 

 wide, and two and eleven lines long, a little dentated, oval, acuminated, 

 shining, of rather a deep green 5 bud large, rounded, scales green 5 flower 

 four and a half inches in diameter, and sometimes larger, of a vivid rose. 

 No. 4, often of a cherry-red. No. 2, fullj petals flat in the circumference j in 

 the centre large, and in form of a cornet, numerous, narrow, close, forming 

 an elevated centre. — Suferb. 



130. C. Parcksii striped. — Leaves small, an inch and a half wide and two 

 long, reflex, recurved at the summit, nerves apparent, but small, of an ob- 

 scure green, surface uneven; bud with green scales j flower large, double, of 

 a cherry-red. No. 2, at first, and afterwards rose; petals of the circumfer- 

 ence broad, finely crenated at the summit; some stamens in the centre; this 

 flower resembles, a little, that of C. Rosa sinensis. — Handsome. 



131. C. Palmerii rubra. — Leaves of a medium size, of the kind of those 

 of C. Lucida; flower rather small, double, of a cherry-red. No. 3. — Passable. 



132. C. Plumonia. — Leaves two inches wide and three and a half long, 

 roundish-oval, a little mucronate, thick, regularly dentated at the summit, 

 and irregularly at the base, of a sombre green; bud elongate, scales green; 

 of a medium size; flower of a medium size, single, cherry-red. No. 2; petals 

 to the number of from five to seven, broad, stamens single, mixed with 

 others half transformed into petals. — Rather insignificant. 



133. C. Reine des Pays-Bas. — Leaves near, shining like those of C. 



