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PLATE DLIX.
CAMELLIA JAPONICA, semi-duplex!
Semidouhle-^owered Camellia. ,
CLASS XVL ORDER VL
MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. Threads united. Many Chives.-
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX imbricatusj polyphyllus : interioribus
majoribus.
EMPA EMENT tiled,, many-leaved R the inner
ones the largest.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
CAMELLIA floribus semi-dupllcibus^ stamiuibus
divergentibiis in petalos.
CAMELLIA with semi-double flowers, tlie stamens
growing into petals^
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement.
2. The stamens growing into petals.
3 . Seed-bud and pointais.
4 . A transverse section of the seed-bud.
THIS Camellia with semi-double flowers wag communicated to us by Mr. Davey, nurseryman and
florist in the King's Road, Chelsea; who informs us it was a cutting from a plant brought by a gentleman
from the coast of China, and regarded as distinct in its flowers from all those in cultivation
with us. It certainly has a very different appearance ; and as every variety in this short but splendid
genus is particularly admired and sought after^ this one, which possesses parts of its botanic character
entire^ will doubtless be considered by the amateurs of plants in general as a variety equally interesting.
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