Flower-stalks filiform, one-flowered,
smooth, whitish, a
finger nail in length.
Perianthium, one-leaved, very
minute, faintly four-toothed,
whitish and smooth.
Corolla of one petal, wheel-shaped,
of a yellowish-white
colour; Tube scarce any; Limb
spreading, quadrifid, segments
ovate, obtuse, concave, thickish.
Filaments two, inserted into
the mouth of the tube, white,
very short.
Antheræ ovate, somewhat
large, double, yellowish.
Germen above, oblong, and
smooth.
Style filiform.
Stigmata, simple and pointed.
Sir George Staunton, in his Embassy to China, Vol. II. p. 467, describes another Plant, whose flowers are used for the purpose of scenting Tea. The flower resembles the dog-rose, and the leaves those of Tea; hence the Chinese call it Cha-whaw, or flower of Tea. A Plate of this Plant is annexed, with the following description, which this very accurate and learned traveller has obligingly permitted me to introduce here.
