Volume 10 — PLATE DCLXII. CAMELLIA JAPONICA. Var. petalis plicatis. Plicate-petalled or Warratta Camellia.

CLASS XVI. ORDER VI.

MONADELPHIA MONOGYNIA. Threads united. Many Chives.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyx imbricatus, polyphyllus: interioribus majoribus.

Empalement tiled, many-leaved; the inner ones the largest.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Camellia foliis lato-lanceolatis apice reflexis, nitidissimis: corollis rubris, fulgentibus: petalis quinque exterioribus magnis, patentibus: interioribus numerosis, parvis, plicatis, erectis.

Camellia with broadly lance-shaped leaves reflexed at the end, very shining: blossoms red and brilliant: the five outer petals are large and spreading; the inner ones are numerous, small, folded together, and upright.

The flowers of this Camellia very much resemble those of the genus Anemone, and it is certainly the most distinct variety at present known. By cultivators it is denominated the Warratta Camellia, from the brilliance of its flowers resembling the Embothrium speciosum, or Warratta. Our drawing was made from a plant in the conservatory of Mr. Alnutt of Clapham Common, where it flowered in February 1813 in great perfection. It also blossomed again last winter, but, from the severity of the season, inferior in colour, and much reduced in size.