70 MONOGRAPHY OF THE GENUS CAMELLIA. 



ameter, of a regular form, cherry-red, No. 3^ petals rounded, broad, dis- 

 persed j corolla in the form of a vasej many stamens in the centre. It is 

 known in the commerce of flowers, by the name of C. Rubricaulis Variegata; 

 but this is the same as the common C. Rubricaulis, which has marbled flowers 

 when it is forced to bloom early in a very warm green-house. This peculi- 

 arity of producing variegated flowers, has been remarked in several varie- 

 ties of the red flowered Camellias, whenever they are submitted to an ele- 

 vated temperature, to make them bloom before their natural epoch. The 

 C. Chandleniy SfectabiliSy Coccinea^ Rex BatavuBy Afl^ Rosa sinensis, Cor- 

 ollina, Belesiana, Wiltonia, Rubra flena, and others, experience this change. 

 The Variegata -plena is more marbled, or variegated in winter, than in the 

 spring. 



138. C. Rosa punctata. — Leaves two inches wide and two and a half long, 

 roundish-oval, acuminate, near, horizontal, regularly dentated, of rather a 

 deep green j flower three inches in diameter, double, well formed, of a 

 cherry-red. No. 2, with some white spots. — Very handsome. 



139. C. Rosi^fiora. — Leaves two inches wide and three and two lines 

 long, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, some of them rolled back, conspicuously 

 nerved, and of a handsome green j bud rather large, oblong, elongate, scales 

 green i flower regular, double, two and a half inches in diameter, cherry-red. 

 No. 2 J petals rather numerous, ovate-oblong, well imbricated, in a rose- 

 form j a few stamens. — Handsome. 



140. C. Scintillous. — Leaves two inches wide and two and ten lines 

 long, oval, a little acuminated; nerves apparent, of an ordinary green; bud 

 rather large, a little pointed, scales yellowish; flower three and a half inches 

 in diameter, double, cherry-red. No. 1 ; petals shaded with red and rose, 

 long, narrow, handsomely imbricated. — Very handsome. 



141. C. Senicea. — There exist in commerce three different varieties un- 

 der this name; the foliage of the first resembles that of C. Florida; bud 

 large, roundish, depressed, scales yellowish ; flower large, full, of a cherry- 

 red. No. 2, opening gradually in the form of a cup; petals of the circum- 

 ference, arranged in several rows, broad, rounded, imbricated; those of the 

 other rows are much smaller, but of the form of the preceding, a little 



