Camellia Sect. Eu-Camellio, C. Stuart in Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. 

 3 ser. I. p. 241 (1919), pro parte-Melchior in Engler, Pflanzenfam. 2 

 Aufl. XXI. p. 129 (1925), pro parte. 



Arbores vel arborescens. Folia biennia alterna petiolata serrata sim- 

 plicia. Flores terminates solitarii sessiles; sepala oo sensim in petala 

 transeunt decidua stamina monadelpha oo, antherse versatiles, ovarium 

 glabrum vel pubescens 3-5 loculare; ovula in loculis 3-6; styli 3-5 ssepe 

 usque ad apicem coaliti. Capsula lignosa, loculicide dehiscens. Semina 

 magna exalbuminosa; cotjdedones crassa; radicula supera. 



Species 15 in Asia orientali adsunt, quarum 1 in Korea spontanea. 



3. Camellia japonica Linnaeus var. spontanea Nakai. 

 (Tab. nostra XVIII) 



Camellia japonica Linnaeus var. spontanea Nakai, comb. nov. 



Syn. Thea chinensis pimentos jamaicensis folio, flore roseo Petiver, 

 Gazopbyl. Nat. I. t. 33 fig. 4 (1703). 



Tsubakki montanus s. silvestris, flore roseo simplici Kaempfer, Amce- 

 nit. Exot. p. 850 t. S51 (1712). 



Camellia japonica Linnseus, Sp. PL p. 69S (1753); ed. 2. p. 9S2 (1762) 

 -Burmann, Fl. Ind. p. 153 (1768)-Linna?us, Syst. Nat. ed. 13. p. 465 

 (1770)-Houttuyn, Nat. Hist, III. p. 157 (1774)-Murray, Syst. Veg. ed. 

 13. p. 525 (1774); ed. 14. p. 632 (17S4)-Thunberg, Fl. Jap. p. 272 (1784) 

 -Cavanilles, Dissert. VI. p. 305. t. 160 fig. 1. (1788) -Curtis, Bot. Mag. 

 II. t. 42 (1788)-Lamarck, Encyclop. I. p. 57 (1789)-Vitman, Sumrna 

 PL IV. p. 153 (1790)-Willdenow, Sp. PL III. p. 842(1800)-J. St. Hilaire, 

 Exposit. II. p. 38 (I805)-Persoon, Syn. PL II. p. 260 (1807)-Link, 

 Enum. PL Hort. Berol. II. p. 73 (1822)-A. P. de Candolle, Prodr. I. 

 p. 529 (1824)-Sprengel, Syst. Veg. III. p. 126 (1826)-Noisette, Man, 

 Jard. IV. p. 288 (1826)-Vaugeel, Sert. Bot. II. XVICL (1829)-G. Don, 

 Gen. Syst. I. p. 574 (1831)-Spach, Hist. Veg. IV. p. 86 (1834)-Loudon, 

 Arb. & Frutic. Brit. I. p. 382 (1838)-Siebold & Zuccanni, Fl. Jap. p. 

 155. t. 82 (1841)-A. Gray in Narratives Capt. Perry's Exped. II. append, 

 p. 309 (lS57)-Miquel in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. II. p. 16 (1866); 

 Prol. FL Jap. p. 204 (1867)-Franchet & Savatier, Enum. PL Jap. I. 



