terioi- ones are seldom an inch in breadth when spread out, and do not
lie flat over one another, b u t are much undulated, aud unequal in length,
which causes the flower to have a starry appearance. The interior petals
arc also undulated, and pointed, with th e ir edges compressed, so as
almost to meet. They are nearly upright, and diminish in size towards
the centre of the flower, which is not elevated, although it is more filled
with petals th an in those flowers where it is p itted . Sometimes the flower
has a different appearance, and is then mistaken for another variety,
the petals being smaller th an those we have described, similar in colour
and formation, b u t fewer in number, and more regularly arranged, with
several parcels o f stamina in th e centre.
I t was fii-st imported in 1794, by Sir Robert Preston, Bart, of Val-
leyfield, who then lived at Woodford in Essex, where he possessed a
choice collection of plants, which he cultivated most successfully. I t has
been figured in three of the works above quoted, b u t in neither of them
is it mentioned as being like Greville's R ed Camellia, or th a t a variety
similar to it was cultivated under th a t name.