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PLATE DLIX 



CAMELLIA 



JAPONIC A, semi-duplex. 



Semidouble-jlowered Camellia. 





CLASS XVI 



ORDER VI 



MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 



Threads united 



Many Chives, 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calyx imbricatus, polyphyllus: interioribus 



majoribus. 



Empa emrnt tiled, many-leaved: the 

 ones the largest. 



inner 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Camellia floribus semi-duplicibus, staminibus 

 divergentibus in petalos. 



Camellia with semi-double flowers, the sta- 

 mens growing into petals* 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE 



The 



2. The stamens growing into petals. 



3. Seed-bud and pointals. 



4. A transverse section of the seed-bud 





florist in the King's Road, Chelsea; who informs 



Mr 



it was a cutting from a plant brought by a gentle- 



Z *T t C0 T r China ' and ,t ' ii "*" - dis,inot in lts *"~ ft ™ a " ** » — 



genus is particularly admired and sought after this one w k:„k « 



enth-o .in ^ M u • ' P ° SSeSses parts of its bot ™ ic charactCT 



entire, will doubtless be com, dered by the amateur, «f «w • 



oy amateurs of plants in general as a variety equally interesting.. 



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