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C AM È L L I A japónica var. Colvillii.
Colvill’s Carnation-flowered Camellia.
Linnean ClassSf Order. M O N A D E L P H IA P O L Y A N D IU A .
Natural Orda-. CAMELLIEA3. D C . p r o d r .\. p . tSW.
C AM E L L IA . Ca/yximbricatus, nempèbracteissepalisve nonnullis
accessoriis cinctus. Stamina basi polyadelphia aut monadelpha. An-
thcrce ellipsoide®. Capsula valvis medio septiferis, axim triquetrum
liberum post dehiscentiam relinquentibus. D C . prodr. 1. p . 529.
C. japónica, foliis ovatis acuminatis acute serratis, floribus terminali-
bus subsolitariis. D C . loc. c it.p . 529.
Camellia japónica. Linn. sp. Willden. sp. p l. S. p . B4.2. Dotan,
magaz. 42. Andr. reposit. 559.
Colvillii, foliis magnis atroviridibus; floribus plenis; petahs carnes-
centibus punctatis rubro-vittatis.
A handsome upright, branching, evergreen Shrub.
Leaves large, dark green, smooth, oval, and in general
tapering to a slender point, rarely rounded at the point,
sharply serrated, the point entire, strongly nerved, the
nerves and veins much branched. Petioles a little hollowed
on the upper side, and rounded underneath,
thickened at the base. Plower large, very double, and
handsomely formed, not unlike a very large Carnation.
imbricate : iepaA roundly ovate, deciduous. Petals
numerous, outer ones broadest, becoming gradually
narrower inwards, those in the centre more or less
curled or crumpled, of a handsome blush, spotted with
innumerable small red spots, and elegantly striped
with various crimson stripes.
Our drawing of this beautiful new variety of Ca-
méllia, was made from a plant in the collection of
Mr. Colvill, at his Nursery in the King’s-road, the
beginning of April last, where it was then in flower for
the first time ; it was raised from seed in the year 1824 ;
the seed was procured from a plant of the Pompone
variety, that we had fertilized with the pollen of the
double-striped ; the present production is far more
beautiful than either of its parents, between which it
is nearly intermediate, but the lively stripes on the
blush ground give it a very pleasing and neat appearance
; it is certainly the finest and most beautiful variety
that we have ever yet seen, and will doubtless be
procured as soon as possible by all the cultivators of
this genus.
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