



OF ORNAMENTAL EXOTIC PLANTS. 45 
che resemblance of one to the other, and because its petals, as well as the entire flowers of the Arabian Jasmine, 
are sometimes mixed among the teas, in order to increase their fragrance. This plant, the Cha-whaw, is the 
Camellia Sasanqua of the botanists, and yields a nut, from whence is expressed an esculent oil, equal to the best 
which comes from Florence. It is cultivated, on this account, in vast abundance; and is particularly valuable 
from the facility of its culture, in situations fit for little else.” The species was introduced in 1811; but the 
double-flowered variety (Bot. Reg., t. 1091), which is much more ornamental, was not introduced till 1828. 
5.—CAMELLIA KISSI Wall. THE NEPAL CAMELLIA. 
Synonymrs.—C. Keina Hamil.; Kengua in Nepal; Kissi-swain | minate. Flowers sessile, generally solitary, axillary, but somewhat 
the Newar language. terminal, usually four-petaled, with three distinct, furrowed, woolly 
Eneravinc.—Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 1815. styles, which are about equal in length to the stamens. (@. Don.) 
Spreciric Cuaracter.—Leaves elliptical, serrulated, bluntly acu- 
Description, &c.—A very distinct species, a native of Nepal, whence it was introduced in 1825. Its growth 
is rather lax, with many long branches; and its leaves have a very strong, but transient, smell of tea. The 
Nepalese extract an oil from the seed, which is much valued by them as a medicine. The blossoms of this plant 
very closely resemble those of the black Tea. 
6.—CAMELLIA OLEIFERA Abel. THE OIL-BEARING CAMELLIA. 
Eneravines.—Bot. Reg., t. 942 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 1065; and | aceous,shining. Flowers solitary. Calyces silky, deciduous, Petals 
our fig. 2, in Pl. 13. five or six, two-lobed. (G. Don.) 
Speciric Cuaracter.—Leaves elliptic-oblong, acute, serrated, cori- 
Description, &c.—The flowers of this plant are very numerous ; they are of a pure white, and fragrant. The 
Chinese extract an oil from the seed by pressure. The seeds are white, and are reduced to a coarse powder, when 
it is said to be boiled in bags before it is pressed for extracting the oil. ‘The species was introduced about 1820. 
Dr. Abel, speaking of this plant as he found it in the South of China, observes, that it was generally as large as a 
moderate-sized cherry tree, and that even when it took the character of a shrub, it was seldom less than seven or 
eight feet high, presenting a beautiful appearance, from the great abundance of its large white blossoms. 
7.—CAMELLIA EURYOIDES Lindl. THE EURYA-LIKE CAMELLIA. 
Synonyme.—Thea eurydides Booth, silky beneath. Branches hairy. _ Peduncles lateral, one-flowered, 
Encravincs.—Bot. Reg., t. 983; and Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 1493. scaly, 
Speciric CaaractTrR.—Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, serrated, 
Description, &c.—This plant possesses none of the beauty of the other species, as its flowers are small, 
resembling those of an Orange more than those of a Camellia. But the plant is interesting from the singular 
circumstances which attended its introduction. In the year 1822, a very fine variety of C. japonica, which had 
been imported by the Horticultural Society from China, died down to the ground; and when, in the following 
spring, a fresh shoot sprang up, it was found to be this plant. Another Camellia sent home from China in 1824 
having died in the same manner, this plant sprang up the following season from its roots also. It therefore 
appears evident, that the Chinese use this species as a stock for grafting their finer kinds of Camellia; and it will 
probably prove much hardier than any of the species of Camellia previously introduced. 




