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well placed; many short stamens, compact, style very longj bears seed. — 

 Swperb. 



187. C. Parksn vera. — Leaves two and one half inches wide and three 

 inches 4 lines long, almost flat, roundish-oval, slightly acuminate, delicately 

 dentatedj smooth, of a clear green, resembling a little those of C. Sfeciosa 

 vera; bud large, oblong, depressed at the summit, scales blackish, full, a 

 cherry red. No. 6; petals of the circumference in two rows, broad, chan- 

 nelled, some recurved, compact, others erect and mixed with those of the 

 interior, which are small, thick, forming an irregular sphere, as in C. Milleri, 

 or the Speciosa vera, of which this variety has the form and dimensions. — 

 Magnificent. 



188. C. Pr^cellentissima. — Leaves two inches wide and two inches and 

 two lines long, elliptical, slightly acuminate, nerves very apparent, almost 

 invisibly dentate, the summit reflex, as in the C. Reeswesii; bud oblong, 

 scales of a yellowish green, flower three and a half inches in diameter and 

 often more, double, cherry-red. No. 5, having a little of the tint of that of 

 C. Rivinii; petals of the circumference six, oblong, turned back on the calyx 

 distant from each other, in the form of a star and crenated at the summit; 

 those of the interior numerous, short, equally arranged and forming a bowl, 

 as in the ordinary Warrata; in the middle are seen the styles which are 

 very long. — Very beautiful. 



189. C. Pictorum coccinea. — Leaves large, horizontal, and hollowed into 

 a gutter, of a deep green, but very little dentated; bud large, scales green- 

 ish; flower more than three inches in diameter and often even four, full, 

 regular, of a cherry color. No. 4; petals broad, handsomely detached, and 

 gracefully imbricated. — Suferb. 



190. C. Platipetola. — We possess two Camellias under this name; the 

 first is very much like C. Imperialis, both in foliage and flower; the second 

 has leaves like those of C. Speciosa vera, or of C. Rawsiana. The flower 

 which is not so dark as that of the two last varieties, has the same form and 

 size; but the bud before it opens, has a white point at the summit. — Superb. 



191. C. Rubra simplex, or japonica. — The type, from which nearly all 

 our varieties were derived. See its description at the commencement of the 

 monography. 



192. C. Rubra plena. — This shrub requires pruning, to give it a grace- 



