80 MONOGRAPHY OF THE GENUS CAMELLIA. 



ful port and cause it to flower abundantly j branches greyish, numerous, hav- 

 ing a tendency to extend themselves far, leaves ovate-lanceolate, or rounded, 

 curled, reclined, and are often undulated in various directions, of a deep 

 green 5 bud large, oblong, obtuse, scales blackish; flower three inches in 

 diameter, full, of a cherry-red. No. 5; petals of the circumference broad, 

 recurved; those of the interior, swollen, narrow, elongate, numerous, rum- 

 pled, and irregularly arranged; bears seed. 



There exists a sub-variety of this Camellia known in the commerce of 

 flowers under the name of Rubra maxima; it is a more rustic shrub, its flower 

 longer and its port more regular; but both of these varieties, retain their 

 buds with difficulty. Still if they are kept in a continued temperate atmos- 

 phere, from the last of autumn to the moment of florescence, they flower 

 very well in December. — Swperb. 



193. C. Rex Batavice. — Leaves two inches wide and three inches two 

 lines long, a little recurved at the extremity, nerves very distinct, often 

 spotted with pale yellow; bud large, scales greenish; flower three inches and 

 3 lines in diameter, double, regular, cherry color. No. 6, becoming darker in 

 proportion as the flower develops; petals not numerous, broad, rounded at 

 the summit, hollowed into gutters and slightly recurved backwards; some of 

 those in the centre rumpled and dislocated; a few stamens in the centre, with 

 very brilliant yellow anthers. — Very beautiful. 



194. C. Rossi. — Leaves large, ovate-lanceolate, curled, recurved to- 

 wards the stock, very dentate, of a dull green; bud with green scales; flower 

 double, three inches in diameter, of a fine cherry-red. No. 4, sometimes 

 spotted. — Very beautiful. 



195. C. Rossiana swperba. — Branches vigorous and elongated; leaves 

 ample, rather deeply dentated, nerves very apparent; flower of a medium 

 size, of a deep cherry-red. No. 4, semi-double. — Handsome. 



196. C. Roscii or Rawsiana. — See the next. 



197. C. Rawsiana or Roscii. — Leaves two and a half inches wide and 

 three and a half long, oblong, horizontal, a little rolled, recurved at the 

 summit, very finely dentated of a clear green; bud large, scales blackish; 

 flower three inches in diameter, full, deep cherry-red. No. 4, form convex 

 and rumpled ; petals of the circumference not numerous, but broad, distorted 

 and thick; those of the interior very numerous, pretty large, compact, un- 



