86 MONOGRAPHY OF THE GENUS CAMELLIA. 



nerves, but well delineated, sprinkled with spots of clear green, upon a more 

 sombre ground j flower of medium size, semi-double, deep orange-red. No. 

 6, petals flat, imbricated in three rowsj many stamens. — Passable. 



222. C. Lauchmani. — A vigorous shrub and of a graceful portj foliage 

 of a shining green j flower large, single, of a deep orange-red. No. 6, vel- 

 vety; petals ample, erect, bilobed and elongate; stamens short, some of 

 them petaloids ; styles very long. — Passable. 



223. C. Magniflora plena. — Leaves large, some rounded and others 

 oval, subcordiform, thick, stiff, glossy, reflex, numerous, of an obscure 

 green; bud oblong, rather large, with greenish scales; flowers very double, 

 regular, 33^ inches in diameter, of a deep cherry-red. No. 5, approaching a 

 poppy color; exterior petals imbricated in three rows, very broad, crenated 

 at the summit, those of the centre swollen, roundish, regularly arranged; 

 flowers easily and for a long time. — Superb. 



224. C. Punlccejiora. — Handsome foliage; flower 3 inches in diameter, 

 semi-double, irregular deep orange-red. No. 4, inclined to a pomegranate 

 color. — Handsome. 



225. C. Parviflora. — Leaves near, lanceolate, oblong, very acuminate, 

 2 inches broad and 3 inches 4 lines long, almost flat, finely and irregularly 

 dentated, and of an obscure green ; bud large, oblong with blackish scales at 

 the base, and yellowish at the summit; flower 3 inches in diameter, full, 

 regular, deep orange-red. No. 7; petals handsomely imbricated, very nu- 

 merous, with a depressed heart, containing 2 or 3 sterile stamens. — Superb. 



226. C. Palmern purple Warrata. — Branches short; leaves flat, round- 

 ed, very finely dentated, nerves not very apparent; flower large, full, deep 

 orange-red. No. 8. — Superb. 



227. C. Reewesii vera. — Port not very graceful; leaves few and dis- 

 persed, 2 inches 2 lines wide and 4 long, curled, ovate, lanceolate, the point 

 recurved, of a deep green; bud large, pyramidal, with greenish scales; 

 flower 33^ inches in diameter, double, deep orange-red. No. 7; petals of the 

 circumference in two rows, an inch broad and 1 j^ long, hollowed in the form 

 of a gutter, very much crenated at the summit; those of the centre elongate, 

 narrow, slit into narrow strips and folded at the summit in the form of a 

 dome and leaving a void in the interior, where appear a few stamens. — 

 Superb. 



