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237. C. Punctata simplex , or 



238. C. Single striped. — Leaves two and a half inches wide and three 

 longj form, color and dimensions of C. simplex alba; — flower of medium 

 size, single, white, striped or dotted with rose. — Insignificant. 



239. C. Pictanata. — Leaves three and a half inches wide and four long, 

 near, acuminated at the summit and rounded at the base, oval, elliptical, the 

 point bent downward, shining ^ flower three and a half inches in diameter, 

 spherical, very double j petals of the centre and also those of the circum- 

 ference curled, sinuous, irregular, folded j those of the periphery entire, of 

 a pure white, and occasionally some of them striped with red; a few sta- 

 mens. — Superb. 



240. C. Regina Galliarum, or 



241. C. Eclipse. — Leaves and bud like those of C. Imperialis; flower 

 three and a half inches in diameter, full, a little arched in the centre, ground 

 white slightly spotted with rose; petals of the exterior recurved symmetri- 

 cally, twisted and striped, as in the flower of C. Imperialis; this has hereto- 

 fore been called the Eclipse; but the Messrs. Bowman have named it C. 

 Regina Galliarum. — Superb. 



242. C. Sabina. — Leaves of a medium size, roundish-oval, slightly acu- 

 minated, bud pyramidal, with green scales; flower large, full, and of a very 

 pale or whitish carnation color. — Superb. 



243. C, Stryphosa. (Rap.) Leaves of a medium size, ovate-lanceolate, 

 slightly acuminated, much dentated, of a beautiful green; flower double, 

 large, ground white, striped or more properly dotted with rose and red; 

 handsomely formed. — Superb. 



244. C. Spojfortiana. — A vigorous shrub and of an elegant port; leaves 

 oval, horizontal, nerves salient, of a deep green, teeth distant and very acute; 

 buds very large, with greenish scales; flower three inches in diameter, full, of 

 a milk-white with a few red stripes. — Superb. 



245. C. Victoria antwerpiensis . — Leaves two inches three lines wide and 

 four long, some roundish-oval, others lanceolate, acuminate, of a dull green; 

 flower very double, three inches in diameter, exhibiting some rose stripes 

 on a white ground. — Superb. 



