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CAMELLIA oleifera. 
Oil-seed Camellia. 
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MONADELPHIA POLY. ANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Cametuirn. _ Decand. prodr. 1.529. Theacese Mirb. 
CAMELLIA 1,,—Supré vol. 1. fol. 22. 
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C. oleifera ; foliis ellipticis utrinque acutis arguté serratis subtis subayeniis, 
petalis bilobis, sepalis deciduis. 
C. oleifera; foliis ellipticis acutis subtis aveniis punctatis, calycibus sericeis, 
germine lanato. Abel’s Journey in China, p. 174. c. icone bond ; Appen- 
dix, p. 363. 
Frutex altus, v. arbor mediocris, ramosissimus. (Abel.) Ramuli teretes, 
brunnei, pube levissimd obsiti. Folia coriacea, glabra, plana, elliptica, 
utringue acuta, apicem versis acute serrata, subtis pallidiora fer omnind 
avenia, sub lente puncticulata, pedunculata: pedunculis subteretibus leviter 
ciliatis. Flores azillares, v. terminales, solitarii, sessiles, albi, magnitudine 
C. Sasangue. Calyx imbricatus, polyphyllus, sericeus: foliolis inferioribus 
deciduis, duobus superioribus majoribus petaloideis persistentibus. Petala 
5-6, biloba, plana, cuneata, patentia. Stamina plurima, erecta, alté mona- 
delpha, in annulum basi petalorum accretum et cum tis deciduum coherentia. 
Antheree ut in Thea Bohea, sed basi minis cordate. Pollen sphericum 
minutissime corrugatum. Ovarium triloculare, loculis 5-6 spermis; ovula 
angulata, valde inequalia. Styli 3 ad apicem fere connati. Stigmata 
totidem, simplicia, pauld cupitata. 
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This species of Camellia has been overlooked by M. De 
Candolle in his arrangement of the genus in the first volume 
of his Prodromus. It was imported for the Horticultural 
Society, in 1820, by Captain Nesbitt, in the Honourable 
East India Company’s Ship, the Essex, from whicli, and 
subsequent importations for the society, all the plants now 
in this country have been derived, Our drawing was made 
at Mr. Colvill’s Nursery, last autumn. It requires the 
same management as other Camellias. 
The Thea dleosa of Loureiro seems to be very nearly the 
