72 MONOGRAPHY OF THE GENUS CAMELLIA. 



146. C. Sfatulatce. — Leaves rather large 5 buds with dark yellow scales j 

 flower large, single, cherry-red, No. 3j petals elongate, bifid, spatulate, 

 hollowed into gutters having the summit a little recurved j bears seed. — 

 Beaut'tjul. 



147. C. Trimnphans- — Leaves two and a half inches wide and three 

 long, roundish-oval, slightly acuminated, nerves very distinct, a little un- 

 dulated towards the middle, thick, very like those of the Colvillii; bud 

 spherical, depressed at the summit, and as large as a small walnut, before 

 it expands into blossom j scales calycinal, large, thick, rounded, of a yellow- 

 ish color J flower three and a half inches in diameter, very full, regular, 

 cherry-red. No. 1, gradually shaded with a pure rose, whose intenseness di- 

 minishes from the circumference to the centre j petals large, a little recurved 

 at the exterior extremity, imbricated gracefully, slightly veined with red and 

 rose 3 sometimes the petals of the centre, which are small, are striped with 

 white. — MagnificenL 



148. C. Warraia striata. — Leaves lanceolate, two inches wide and four 

 long, acuminated, the borders turned up and forming a kind of spoon, of a 

 glossy greeny bud very large, oblong, scales clear green 3 flower broad, ir- 

 regular, of a cherry-red. No. 1, often pale or dark, and spotted with white; 

 petals six, broad, deeply crenated at the summit, folded back on the calyx, 

 and separated from those of the centre, which are all composed of petaloid 

 stamens, red, regular, forming a bowl. — Very handsome. 



149. C. Venus tissama. — Leaves roundish-oval, like those of C. Masterii, 

 two inches and eight lines wide and three long; flower of the Anemone, 

 large, semi-double, cherry-red. No. 2, sometimes striped with white lines. — 

 Charming. 



150. C. Woodtiana. — Leaves two inches wide and three long, lanceolate, 

 acuminate, regularly and finely dentatedj bud small, scales green; flower 

 medium, double, of a cherry-red. No. 2. — Passable. 



151. C. Woodsii. — Leaves twenty lines wide and three inches and ten 

 lines long; lanceolate, acuminated, a little dentated, of a deep green; hand- 

 some port; bud very large, oblong, scales blackish; flower very large, three 

 inches in diameter, petals unequal. 



This flower resembles a Provence rose; blooms with difficulty. — Superb. 



