CHAP. XIX. 



TE RN STKOM/^^ CEM. CAME 'lAJA. 



begin to appear when the tree is only 3 ft. or 4 ft. high. In the neighbourhood 

 of London the tree seldom comes 'nto flower before September ; and it con- 

 tinues flow^ering till its flower buds are destroyed b}' frost. It is rather hardier 

 than the preceding species. 



Geography, History, ^c. This species is found only on the banks of the 

 Alatamaha river in Georgia; where it was discovered, in 1770, by John Bar- 

 tram, who gave it the name of Franklinfa, in honour of the celebrated Dr. 

 Franklin. Its native soil is sandy wastes, where there is peat, and where there 

 is abundance of moisture great part of the year. This tree was introduced 

 into England, in 1774, by Mr. William Malcolm. It is considered somewhat 

 hardier than the preceding species, and has been more generally cultivated. 

 The soil, situation, &c., may be considered, in all respects, the same as for 

 Gordonia Lasianthus. There are plants from 6 ft. to 8 ft. high in the Mile 

 End Nursery, and of a larger size at Purser's Cross and at Syon ; there are, 

 also, some very fine bushes, or low trees, of it at White Knights, which 

 flower freely every year. In the NoiiveauDu Hamel it is stated to be cultivated 

 in the " J ardhi Imperial des Plantes," in those of Mahnaison, and of the 

 Trianon, and in Cels's Nursery. There is, or was a few years ago, a tree 

 of considerable size in the garden at Trianon ; and there is one in Bartram's 

 Botanic Garden, Philadelphia (now Carr's Nursery), 50 ft. high. (See Gai^d. 

 J-iag., vol. viii. p. 272.) Price, in the London nurseries, 3.s. Qd. a plant; at 

 Bollwyller, 4 francs; and at New York, 40 cents, and the seeds 2 dollars a 

 quart. 



Sect. II. Hardy and half-hardy ligneous Plants helonging to the 

 Tribe Camellxedd. 



Common Character. Calyx of 5 — 9 sepals. Petals 5 — 7 — 9, alternating with the 

 sepals when they are the same in number: sometimes they are connected 

 at the base. Stamens numerous, usually monadeiphous, but, in some, 

 separated into many bundles at the base. Capsule 3 — 5-celled, 3 — 5-valved, 

 valves sometimes with disseinments in the middle, and sometimes so much 

 bent in at the margins as to form dissepiments. Seeds large, few, fixed to 

 the margins of the central placenta. Smooth evergreen trees or shrubs, in- 

 habitants of the colder parts of Asia, China, .Japan, &c. Flowers axillary, 

 very showy, red, white, or striped. (Don's Mitt., i. p. 574.) The haff- 

 hardy genera are two, Camelha and Thea ; which are thus contradis- 

 tinguished : — 



Came'll/^. Stamens polyadelphous or monadeiphous at the base. Valve of 

 • capsule bearing a dissepiment in the middle of each. 



The^'a. Stamens almost unconnected to the very base. Dissepiments of 

 capsule formed from the inflexed margins of the valves. 



Genus I. 



CAME'LLfJ L. The Camellia. Lin. Syst. Monadelphia Polyandria. 



Identification. Lin. Gen., No. 848. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 529. ; Don's Mill., 1. )>. 574. 

 Syrwnymes. The Japan Rose ; Camellier, Rose du Japon, et de la Chine, Fr. ; CameUie, Ger. 

 Derivation. Named in honour of George Joseph Camel/us, or Kamel, a Moravian Jesuit, and traveller 

 in Asia. 



Gen. Char.,Sfc. GaJya; imbricate, surrounded by accessory bracteas or sepals. 

 Stamens monadeiphous. Antliers elliptical, 2-celled, bursting lengthwise ; 

 capsule furrowed, with a dissepiment in the middle of each valve, separating 

 from the free triquetrous axis when ripe. Cells 1 — 2-seeded. Elegant 

 evergreen trees or shrubs, with coriaceous, dark green, shining leaves 

 and large flowers, resembling the rose, of various hues. (Don's Mill., i. 

 p. 574.) — The species are evergreen low trees or shrubs, from China, 

 all of which will bear the open air in the neighbourhood of London, 



