OF Cx'^MELLIA, 431. 



cruflaceum, fragile ; ioterius tenue, fufcum, kmelloro-mem* 

 branaceum, venulo^um. — ihceptaculum centrale, triquetram, 

 spice fcmina affigiens, demum liberum. ■■ — Albumen nullum. — 

 Embryo ft mini coriformis, hinc gibbofes. — Cotykdones amyg- 

 dalino carnorse, valde inaequales, una fupra alteram, olei- 

 Dse. — Radkuliz parva conica intra cotyledooum. bales- ex€a- 

 vatas latens, centripeta*: 

 ervatiom I hive already h'nted above at the great afHnity which 

 exi{ls^ bet ween this fpecies and Thanhiirg's Safar^qua, Flora, Japom 

 272. t. 305, the ktter differs fpecificall^r m having blunt and 

 fmaller leaves, folitary terminal flowers, a io'n| ftyle and villous 

 capfaies ; its fize is alfo much larger th^n that of our plant, which 

 never grows beyond the height of a fmall tree. The figure of that 

 fpecies in Lord Ma'Cartney's EmbafTy to China, vol I!, p, 457 

 , agrees better with our plant, but its leaves flill want the decided 

 acumen, befides being more deeply f^rrated .«The common Jix^flTs 

 rofe has more firm and fhining leaves with ftronger ferratures, 

 its flowers are much larger and the petals of a kaihery thick tex- 

 ture. 



On referring to the drawings of the Botanic Garden which v^tx^ 

 executed in the latter part of 18 14, during the Su])erintendence of 

 my elteemed friend and predeceiforDrv Francis Hamilton (Ute 

 Buchanan) I find, he has figured a fpecies oF Cdmellia under the 

 name of 6^/w^^o^^, fo called by the natives inhabiting the moun» 

 itainous countries bordering on-. Sylhet, from whence it was fent 

 by my indefatigable affiiiantj Mr. M. R. Smith, who cbferves 

 m his letter accocnpanying the fpecimen, that it grows to the 

 beight of about 7 feet, and is covered in December with v/hite 

 fragrant bioffoms. I am unable to difcover the leafl difference 

 between that and the Nopal plant, and hefjtate not confidering 

 them as one and the fame fpeciesa 



