PLATE DCLXII. 



CAMELLIA JAPONICA. Var. petalis pUcatis. 

 PUcate-petalled or Warratta Camellia. 



CLASS XVI. ORDER VI. 



MONADELPHIA MONOGYNIA. Threads united. Many Chives. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calyx inibricatus, polyphyllus : interioribus ma- 

 joribus. 



Empalement tiled, many-leaved } the inner ones 

 the largest. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Camellia foliis lato-lanceolatis aplce reflexis, niti- 

 dissimis : coroUis rubris, fulgentibus : petalis 

 quinque exterioribus magnis, patentibus : in- 

 terioribus numerosis, parvis, plicatis, erectis. 



Camellia with broadly lance-shaped leaves re- 

 flexed at the end, very shining : blossoms red 

 and brilliant: the five outer petals are large and 

 spreading ; the inner ones are numerous, small, 

 folded together, and upright. 



The flowers of this Camellia very much resemble those of the genus Anemone, and it is certainly the 

 most distinct variety at present known. By cultivators it is denominated the Warratta Camellia, from 

 the brilliance of its flowers resembling the Embothrium speciosura, or Warratta. Our drawing was 

 made from a plant in the conservatory of Mr. Alnutt of Clapham Common, where it flowered in Fe- 

 bruary 1813 in great perfection. It also blossomed again last winter, but, from the severity of the 

 season, inferior in colour, and much reduced in size. 



