88 MONOGRAPHY OF THE GENUS CAMELLIA. 



large, being 2 inches 5 lines in diameter, petals curled, sinuous, irregular, 

 those of the periphery, larger, being an inch and more broad, entire or sinu- 

 ous, all white, striped with rose, stripes both large and small, and pretty 

 numerous. — Suferb. 



233. C, Elegantissima. — Leaves large, ovate-lanceolate, strongly 

 nerved, of a deep green j flower double, 3 inches in diameter, ground white, 

 striped with rose. — Swperb. 



234. C. Gloria Mundi. — There are, under this name, two different 

 Camellias; the first has leaves 2 inches 9 lines broad, and 4 inches long; 

 form, color, and dimensions of C. hn-perialisy when this is very vigorous; 

 bud large, obtuse, with greenish scales; flower of a white ground, striped 

 with rose, as in the Camellia above named, from which it differs but very 

 little; only the heart is slightly yellowish. The second has leaves very near- 

 ly like those of C. Grandiflora simplex; its flower is double, cherry-red. 

 No. 2, and very regular. 



235. C. Imperialis. — Leaves 2^ inches wide and 3^ long, roundish- 

 oval, very acuminate, rolled backward at the summit, horizontal, very much 

 dentated, with strong nerves, of a clear green; bud egg-shaped, large, with 

 greenish scales; flower three and a half inches in diameter, full, irregular, 

 wtih a white ground slightly tinted or striped with rose; petals of the cir- 

 cumference broad, flat, recurved, crenate at the summit; those of the interior 

 narrow, distorted, erect, united and forming an arched centre almost hemi- 

 spherical, rumpled, resembling a Flemish pink, with a white ground striped 

 with red. Petals entirely rose-colored are sometimes seen in this flower. — 

 Magnificent. 



236. C. Imbricata alba. — Leaves three inches wide and from four to 

 five long, dispersed, oval, elliptical, attenuated, at the two extremities, hand- 

 somely nerved, point recurved downward; flower three and a half inches in 

 diameter, spheroidal, very full and forming a regular rose, the petals of 

 which gradually diminish in size towards the centre, and are mutually im- 

 bricated from the centre to the circumference, each has a free border, a little 

 sinuous, entire, two lines broad in the centre and augmenting to twentyfive 

 lines in the periphery; they are white with distinct red or white stripes. — 

 Magnificent. 



