548 Description of the Species of Camellia and Thea. 



14. Camellia Japonica P^eoniflora alba. 

 White Pczony-flowered Camellia. 



These three varieties are in every respect the same as the 

 Pompone. The only difference appears to be in the colour 

 of their flowers, which I shall here briefly notice. That of 

 the first is a bright rose or red colour, marked with darker 

 coloured veins. It is tolerably well represented in the Bota- 

 nist's Repository, f. 660, and in Loddiges's Botanical Ca- 

 binet, t. 238. Plants of it were presented to the Society by 

 W. Cattley, Esq. Messrs. Loddiges, and other Nursery- 

 men. It is believed to have been first imported for Charles 

 H. Turner, Esq. about the year 1810. 



The second variety is intermediate in the colour of its 

 flowers, between the last mentioned and the Pompone, being 

 darker than the Pompone, yet not so dark as the Red 

 Pa3ony-flowered. The whole of the petals are veined, and 

 of a deep blush colour excepting the edges, which are nearly 

 white. It was first imported for the Society in 1820, by 

 whom plants of it have been distributed, but it is not so much 

 known as it really deserves to be. 



The third variety is generally cultivated under the name of 

 the White Waratah, or White Anemone-flowered. It was 

 presented to the Society by Messrs. Loddiges as White 

 Pompone. A plant of it was brought home by Mr. Potts 

 in 1822, but it is supposed to have been first introduced to 

 the Kew Garden, with the other Pseony-flowered varieties 

 about the year 1810. The flowers are exactly the same as 



