MONOGRAPHY OF THE GENUS CAMELLIA. 73 



FIRST GAMUT. 



UNICOLORS. 



DEEP CHERRY-RED, 



Dominant color. — Carmine mixed with more or less Vermilion, as in 

 Nos. 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the colored table. 



152. Camellia Alexandriana. — Leaves two inches and eight lines wide 

 and three and a half long, ovate, oblong, lanceolate, canaliculate j reflex, 

 teeth very distant, of a deep green 3 flower large, three inches in diameter, 

 double, deep cherry-red, No. 6j a little of a violet tint, form like that of C. 

 Althecs-flora. — Very beautiful. 



153. C. Altheceflora. — Leaves two inches six lines wide and four inches 

 three lines long, near, reflex, lanceolate, of a clear and grossy green j bud 

 obtuse, large, with reddish calycinal scales j flower broad, depressed, double, 

 three and a half inches in diameter, cherry-red. No. 63 petals of the circum- 

 ference in two rows, large, recurved, separated from those of the centre, 

 which are broad, short, erect, irregularly veined, notched or slit at the sum- 

 mit and intermixed with stamens, which are not very apparent. — Superb. 



154. C. Atroviolacea. — Flower large, regular, well formed, clear red, 

 and afterwards deep 3 petals of the exterior rounded and acuminated j those 

 of the centre narrower, elongate, distorted and acute. — Passable. 



155. C. Anemora mutabilUs. — Leaves two inches and three lines wide 

 and three inches and two lines long, flat, ovate, lanceolate, nerves not very 

 apparent, of a deep green j bud rather large, oblong, scales greenish; flower 

 three and a half inches in diameter, full, of a deep red. No. 6; inclining to 

 purple, darker than C. Corollinaj petals in eight rows, handsomely imbri- 

 cated, the exteriors broad, the others diminish in width in proportion as they 

 approximate to the centre, all crenated at the summit, some of them verging 

 towards white. — Magnificent. 



156. C. Anemona Warrata rosea. — Leaves four inches long and three 

 wide, oval, elliptical, acute, imperfectly nerved, glossy and coriaceous, point 

 short; flower more than three inches in diameter, spherical, of a cherry-red. 

 No. 4; shaded with a purplish-rose; exterior petals large, an inch broad, not 

 very near, entire, a little sinuous. — Su-perb. 



157. C. Blackburniana. — Leaves two inches wide and four long, oblong. 



