Camellia Japonica. Rose Camellia.
Class and Order.
Monadelphia Polyandria.
Generic Character.
Calyx imbricatus, polyphyllus: foliolis interioribus majoribus.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
CAMELLIA japonica foliis acute serratis acuminatis. Lin. Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14. p. 632. Thunberg Fl. Japon. t. 273.
TSUBAKI Kempfer Amœn. 850. t. 851.
ROSA chinensis. Ed. av. 2. p. 67. t. 67.
THEA chinensis pimentæ jamaicensis folio, flore roseo. Pet. Gaz. t. 33. fig. 4.
This most beautiful tree, though long since figured and described, as may be seen by the above synonyms, was a stranger to our gardens in the time of Miller, or at least it is not noticed in the last edition of his Dictionary.
It is a native both of China and Japan.