76 MONOGRAPHY OF THE GENUS CAMELLIA. 



168. C. Flammea. — Leaves narrow, elongate j flower small, deep 

 cherry-red, No. 5j petals a little pointed. — Insignificant. 



1 69. C. Fulgida. — Leaves two inches and one line wide and three inches 

 three lines long, roundish-oval, a little acuminate, reflex, nerves profound, 

 of a very deep green j bud large, a little elongated, scales green j flower 

 three and a half inches in diameter, single, deep cherry No. 6j petals 6, 

 broad, slightly curled, resembling those of C. Sfatulata. 



170. C. Fulgens. — Leaves and port of the single C. Elegans; flower 

 cherry-red. No. 4^ single j stamens as in C. Aitonia; bears seed. There is a 

 variety which bears the same name, the flower of which is double, large and 

 very beautiful. 



171. C. Gloria belgica. — Leaves handsome, shining, finely dentatedj 

 flower large, single, cherry-red. No. 4j like that of C. Pafaveracea. 



172. C, Heugmaniana. — Leaves somewhat large, smooth, two inches 

 and two lines wide, and three inches one line long, oblong, very acuminate, 

 strongly nerved, very dentate, reflex, undulated, of a dull green; bud of a 

 medium size, obtuse, scales green j flower three inches in diameter, double, 

 cherry-red. No. 4 3 spherical, well formed j petals imbricated, regularly ele- 

 vated, pretty large; those of the centre small, a little distorted, a few sta- 

 mens. — Very handsome. 



173. C. Hexangularis Monstruosa. — Leaves of a medium size, roundish- 

 oval, slightly acuminate, obscurely dentate, of an ordinary green; flower 

 three inches in diameter, well formed, double, of a cherry-red. No. 4. — 

 Suferb. 



There exists an old Hexangularis^ whose leaf is small, as well as the 

 flower, which is of a delicate rose color, with numerous petals, visibly divided 

 into several angular undulations and curved inward. — Passable. 



1 74. C. Ins'igms fur-purea. — Leaves large, ovate, lanceolate, reflex, of a 

 blackish green; bud elongate, large, scales blackish; flower large, very deep 

 cherry-red, No. 7 ; single, with a few abortive stamens, or transformed into 

 rudimental petals in the centre. 



175. C. Johnsonii. — Shrub vigorous, but not much branched; leaves 

 broad, of a deep green and often spotted with yellow dots; bud large, thick, 

 scales greenish; flower semi-double, large, of a dark cherry-red. No. 4; 

 crimsoned more or less deeply; some of the exterior petals broad and others 



