JAPAN ROSE. 
The genus Camellia, of which this fine tree 
is a species, was so named by Linnaeus, in 
honour of George Joseph Kamel, a Jesuit, 
whose name is usually written Camellus. The 
Syllabus Stirpium in Insula Luzone Philip - 
pinarum of Kamel, forms the Appendix to the. 
third volume of Ray's History. 
This genus is of the Monadelphia Polyan- 
'dria class, and in thematural order of Colum- 
niferae. 
There are three loiown species of the Ca- 
mellia : 1. The Camellia J aponica, or Japan 
Rose, of Linnaeus, represented in the figure 
I annexed.; the Thea Chinensis, of Petiver ; 
and the Tsubaki Montanus, of Kaempfer— -. 
2. The Camellia Sasanqua, of Linnaeus, an$ 
of Thimberg; and the Sasanqua, of Kaemp- 
fer — and, 3. The Camellia Drupifera, of Lo- 
jeiro's Cochin-China. 
Of the first species, there is a variety which 
Xaempfer distinguishes by the appellation of 
the Tsubaki Mortens is ; and it is figured by 
| Edwards, under the name of Rosa Chinensis, 
it the Chinese Rose. 
The 
