OF CAMELLIA. 42£)- 



of the Northern Hindooflan, as may appea^r bed calculated to their 

 fuccefsful cultivation. The tree which is the fubje^l of the pre- 

 lent enquiry was difcovered by Mr. Gardner dn the mountains 

 of Shcoporc and Chandra-Ghiri, which form the boundaries of 

 the Valley of Katmandu to the North and South, and have been 

 noticed in Kirkpatrick's account of JVTi/^A It grovvs to a confi- 

 derable fize throwing out numerous leafy branches, and produc- 

 ing bloffoms during the rainy feafon, that is from July to Odoberj 

 fuccceded'by abundance of fruit which ripen in the courfe^of tbree 

 months. Notwithflanding the confpicuous oilinefs of its feeds, 

 the tree does not feem to be uTed by the natives for any pur«> 

 pofc but that of fuel, Mr. Gardner remarks with great jufiice, 

 that it is fo like the genuine Tea both in its leaves and bloflbms^ 

 as to be eafily miHaken for it ; the very fame obfervation has 

 been made by Chevalier Thunberg in his Jlora japon'ca^ in fpeak- 

 ing of his Camellia Safanqua^ a circumftance which corrobarates 

 the affinity which exifls between thefe two fpecies. I confider them 

 however as fufficiently diftinfl from each other, and fhall con- 

 clude my defcription of the Napal tree, which I propofe call- 

 ing CaTTtelliaKiJfi, the Newar name being K[ffi or Kiffi-Soak 

 by enumerating the points on which their fpecific difference ap- 

 pears to me to reft. Mr. Gardner Informs me that, like thofe of 

 the Safanqua, its leaves acquire on being dried the peculiar fra- 

 grance of Tea; and that he intends trying them as an improver 

 of and fubftitute for the latter, in the manner in vi hich Profcffor 

 Thunberg informs us that his tree is ufed in Japan, 



Camelh'a Kiffi, TFalL 



p£//iV^"Ovato-o!)longis attenuato-acuniimtis, a.-:u'e ferrulatis ball integ'er- 

 rimis, petiolis ramuHque novellis villofuhs; fioribus axillaribus 

 terminalilL!fc|ac fubternis, ilyio breviflTimo Aigmatibus clongatis. 



