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 ., CAMELLIA’ Sasanqua, oi, .; 
| Lady Banks's Camellia, 0) + 
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‘MONADELPHIA | POLYANDRIAM 0 0 Seo 
CAMELLIA. Cal.5.partitus coriaceus, squamis plurimis minori- 
Us infrd ‘cinetus..°Pet. ‘5 (plurave),' magna basi coalita' (circa discum. 
Ypogynum), _J%/. infra coalita in coronam cui petala adnascuntur ; ath, 
Subovate. (Germ. polyspermum): Stylus: 1: stig.| 3. Caps. (coriacea 
‘S-pulvinato-y. abortu. globosa), 3-sulca, ;3-cocca, | 3-sperma. . -L’ruter ; 
ee alterna, coriacea; gemme axillares imbricatim, squamose ; flores 
dvilares §° terminales, subsessiles ( v. pedunculati), am hortis. pleni. 
: ussieu. gen. 262. Hae proculdubid THEA revocanda, — . 
Tics = 6849 
A 
. Sasanqua,, ramis virgatis: capsuldque ‘villosis:; .foliis junioribus: ellip- 
Hco-lanceolatis, serratis ;petalis obovatis vel obcordatis..._ 
amellia Sasanqua., Thunb. japon. 273. t. 30... Syst. veg. Murr. eds 
_ 14. 632. Cavan, diss. 6. 306. t. 160. f. 23 ( © Thunb. mutuata). 
: Willd, sp. pl. 3. 842. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 2. 235.  Poiret. suppl. 
"encyc. de Lamarck. 2.48.5 9 ee 
ha-whaw. Chinensibus: ex Staunton in Macartney’s’ Emb: 2. 467 ; 
eee bebe cj Hh opener =: } 
anqua. Kampf. am. exot..853. Tijusd. MSS. in mus. brit. fig. 25. 
Thea oleosa. pel am cochin. B308F . ea ' UG $ 
Tutex 8-pedalis, Ramuli alterni, laxi, rufescentes. Flores asillares § 
“-terminales, solitarii?, albi. Cal. 5-6 phyllus ; foliola inequalia, ovata, im- 
Meee corolla multd breviora, decidua. Pet: 5-6, obovata emarginata v. 
revi acumine, uncialia. Fil. plurima: bast connata, \Caps. dense villosa. 
_ (Thunb.) 
_ The separation of Camenua from Tues, although prior 
to the present prevailing caprice for frittering down useful 
Senera into useless, appears to us too inexpedient, if hot in- 
Convenient, to be continued, especially since it is known that 
the filaments of the latter are at least partially connate. Were 
Oth to be ietained, the present plant might have been per- 
aps more appropriately placed under THEa. It is of recent . 
Antroduction into Europe, having been first received from 
hina’ (to which it belongs as well as Japan) in 1811, by 
the Court of Directors of the E. I. C. in the Cuffnels, 
Capt. Wellbank. We believe it first flowered in the con- 
Servatory of Sir Joseph Banks, after whose Lady it has 
€en named in the late edition of the Hortus Kewensis. 
ur drawing was made from a plant that flowered last au- 
tunm in Mr, Griffin’s collection at South Lambeth; hut 
