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CAMELLIA japonica. p,  <2eu 042, 
The Pompone Camellia or Japan-rose. 
MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 
CAMELLIA. Supra fol. 12. 
C. japonica, ramis glabris, flexuosis; foliis elliptico-lanceolatis; corolla, 
coriaceo-crassa, campanulata; staminibus cylindraceo-conniventibus ; 
stigmatibus profundé discretis. 
Camellia japonica. Linn. sp. pl. 2.982. Thunb. jap. 272. Jacq. coll. 
1.117. Hort. Kew. 2. 460. ed. 2. 4. 235. Willd. sp. pl. 8. 842. 
' («) Single red Camellia. Curt. mag. 42. Cav. diss. 6.305. t. 160. f. 
1. Jacq. ic. rar. 3.553. Schneevoogt ic. 7. Duham. ed. N. 243. 
tstiils 
Thea chinensis, pimente jamaic. fol. fl ros. Pet. gaz. t. 33. f. 4. 
Tsubakki montanus s, sylvestris, fl. ros. simplici. Kampf. am. 350. t. 
851. 
(8) Semidouble red Camellia. Andrews’s reposit. 559. 
Rosa chinensis. Edwards's Birds. 2. t. 67. 
(y) Double red Camellia. Andrews’s reposit. 199. 
(8) Middlemist’s red Camellia. 
(;) Myrtle-leaved red Camellia. Curt. mag. 1670. 
(2) Anemone-flowered, or Warrata’h Camellia. Curt. mag. 1664. 
(;) Peony-flowered Camellia. Andrews's reposit. 660. f. 1. 
(9) Double-striped Camellia. Andrews’s reposit, 91. 
() Blush-Camellia. Andrews’s reposit. 660. f. 2. 
(x) Buff-Camellia. : 
(4) Double-white Camellia. Andrews’s reposit. 25. 
(y) Pompone Camellia. Supra. 
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Our variety (strictly a full one) having all the stamens 
grown out into petals, and the corolla filled by them some- 
thing in the same way as that of the Pompone variety of 
the Provins-rose, which it approaches in colour, has been 
called by the gardeners the Pompone-Camellia; and is, we 
believe, the last imported. 
This fine evergreen shrub, in all its varieties, is the pro- 
duce of China and Japan, where it forms a chief feature of 
every garden and grove. It is said to attain the size of a 
considerable tree, with a short trunk, dividing into nume- 
rous spreading branches ; /eaves substantial, alternate, shortly 
petioled, elliptically ovate, acuminate, serrate, shining ; pe- 
duncles 1-flowered, terminal, generally solitary, sometimes 
