MONOGRAPHY OF THE GENUS CAMELLIA. 85 



elongate, folded a little in a cornet form, sometimes spotted with white. — 

 Magnificent. 



217. C. Cactijiora. — Leaves 2 inches and 2 lines wide, and 3 inches 5 

 lines long, oval, oblong, lanceolate, very acuminate, distant from each other, 

 deeply dentated, strongly nerved j bud oblong, with yellowish scales j flower 

 double of an orange red. No. 8 j petals handsomely imbricated, not numer- 

 ous, broad and regularly arranged j those of the centre, swollen, distorted 

 and intermixed with stamens. — Very handsome. 



218. Derbiana Vera. — Leaves 2 inches 3 lines wide and 3^ inches long, 

 roundish-oval, very acuminate, nerves very distinct, horizontal, finely den- 

 tated, surface often spotted with yellow, of a very beautiful green j bud very 

 large, oblong, pointed with apple-green scales j flower 4 inches in diameter, 

 and often more, double, deep orange-red, No. 7, of a brightness difficult to 

 designate, and producing a magnificent effect j the petals of the circumfer- 

 ence arranged in several rows, broad, a little spoon-shaped, and crenated at 

 the summit; those of the interior, narrow, rumpled, of a rose tintj a few 

 sterile stamens in the centre. — Magnificent. There is another Derbianay 

 known in the flower market which is not in the least distinguished. 



219. C. Eximia Vera. — Leaves ovate, lanceolate, large, acuminate, very 

 dentate, horizontal, of an ordinary green; bud large, flattened at the sum- 

 mit, scales calycinal, yellowish; flower 3>4 inches in diameter, very full, of 

 a deep orange color. No. 8 ; sometimes the petals are worked with a white 

 line; they are arranged in six or seven rows, regularly imbricated, rounded, 

 crenated at the summit, forming a beautiful rose, as in the C. Blanc Double. 

 [Double white.] — Magnificent. There is known in the flower market an- 

 other Camellia under this name, produced by Mr. Knight; its flower is 

 semi-double and but little esteemed. 



220. Incofnparabilis. — Leaves 2 inches 9 lines wide and 4 inches long, 

 roundish-oval, some of them lanceolate, acuminate, with conspicuous nerves, 

 of a very brilliant green; bud oblong, large, pointed, with blackish scales; 

 flower large, 4>^ inches in diameter, single, deep orange-red. No. 7 ; eight 

 broad petals, crenated at the summit, many erect and compact stamens. 

 There exist, another Camellia under this name, whose flower is large, full, 

 and like that of C. Conspicua. — Superb. 



221. C. Ignescens. — Shrub vigorous; leaves rather large with small 



