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CAMELLIA JAPONICA.
T H E JAPAN ROSE.
CLASS AND OUDER.
C L A S S XVL MONADELPJJIA. OKDER VIII. POLYANDRIA.
T H E NATURAL ORDER.
Columnifera, LINN.EUS. Anrant/a, JUSSIEU. Ebenacea, VENTENAT.
T H E GENEIIIC CHAJl.VOTERS AND SPECIES.
.Yx. Perianth ii).iny-lea;-cd, roun<iisli: ycry blunt, imbricated;
scales roundisli, tiie inner ones graduallj larger.
en, oliovate, coalescing
STA.\IIN'A. Tilanicnts numerous, ercet, coalcsciiig liclow into
a Crown, larger than tlic Slvle, uneoniiectcil aboro,
shorter than tiie Corolla ; about (iflr. Aiitliei-s sim))lv.
VisTiL. Gcrmcii roiimiisli; Style awl-sliaped, the length of
the Stamens; SIigmas from three to five, acute, reflex.
Capsule top-shaped, woodv, lurrowctl, with as
s as I'lUTows, separated by very slender partitions.
. JAPONICA, Japan Kose.
/.inn. Spec. Planlarmn, 982. Syst. Vegel. 632.
Thuubcrg Ft. Japan, t. 273. Curlis Sing, pi, 42.
TSUDAKI, Kcmpfir Aman. t. 850, S51.
TIIEA CiiiNENSis, flore roseo, Pel. Gaz. t. 33, fig. 4.
ROSA CIUNLNSIS, EilxuariU's Birds. 2. p, 67.
Leaves pointed, teeth pointed. A Tree.
N. SES
Thunkrg Fl. Japan, t. 273. Kempfei- Am^,. 853.
Leaves obtusely serrated, emarginate. A Tree of a midr
dling size ; trunk much smaller and uiorc slender than
the preceding species. Lea\'es thinner and narrower.
Flowers many times smaller, solilary, terminating the
branches. Ciilyx of t¡^e or six leaves. Petals from
live to seven, deciduous,
n r . DntTtFEKA.
Lour. Cochin. 411-
Lcavcs oblong cgg-sliapcd, slightly scollope<l. Flowcra hvo
or three together, terminating. Drupes four ccllc<l.
roundish, size of ^Valn^lt5, containing roundish kernels,
not esculent. This Tree is of a middle size, with
spreading branches, grows both «¡Id and is cultivated
in Cochin-China for its Nuts, from which the natives
express an Oil to anoint their Hair, and for various
medical purposes.
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