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Rubra simplex; bud with calycinal scales, greenish j flower three inches in 

 diameter, double, clear cherry-red, No. 2j petals of the circumference re- 

 curved and rumpled; those of the centre erect and distorted. — Passable. 



134. C. Radiata. — Leaves of a medium size, ovate-lanceolate, of a faded 

 green, nearly nerveless j bud rounded, depressed, scales blackish at the base, 

 and whitish at the summit; flower two inches and ten lines in diameter, full, 

 regular, of a delicate cherry-red, No. 1 ; petals handsomely imbricated, 

 forming a cup, as in C. Florida. — Passable. 



135. C. Rosa sinensis. — A shrub with greyish branches; leaves large, 

 near, strongly nerved, oval, acuminate, regularly dentate, recurved towards 

 the stalk, of a deep green; bud rather large, in form and color like those of 

 the C. Variegata 'plena; flower three inches and three lines, and sometimes 

 more, in diameter, full, regular, of a cherry-red. No. 2, sometimes rose; 

 exterior petals recurved, and a little irregular in the limb; those of the cen- 

 tre narrower, and a little rumpled; some of them striped with white and 

 clear rose. — Superb. 



136. *C. Reticulata. — This Camellia came from China. It is considered 

 by all botanists as a distinct species. It differs, in all respects, from C. 

 Japonica, by its rounded, flat, and strongly reticulated leaves, as well as by 

 its silken ovary, which is not to be found in the other species; bud very large, 

 conical, two inches long before it opens; calyx pentaphyllous, of a yellowish 

 green; leaves oblong, acuminate, reticulate, dentate, of a deep green; flower 

 very large, five inches in diameter, semi-double; petals, in number from 

 twenty to twentythree, undulated and inserted in a loose and irregular man- 

 ner, of a bright cherry-red, No. 2, shaded with rose; stamens numerous and 

 irregularly placed, some erect and others curved; anthers broad, of a dull 

 brownish yellow, which but illy comports with the splendor of the petals. 

 This flower much resembles that of P^onia arborea rosea, when this is only 

 semi-double, which is often the case; of the same color and the same form. — 

 Magnificent. 



137. C. Rubricaulis. — A vigorous shrub, and of a handsome port; leaves 

 two and a half inches wide and three and a half long, roundish-oval, near, 

 thick, broad teeth and conspicuous nerves, of a deep green; bud ovate- 

 oblong, scales yellowish; flower semi-double, two and a half inches in di- 



