camellia japonica

From the natural feathers, so exquisitely and highly colored, the nuns make flowers -- the camellia japonica and carnations being among the handsomest.

Recollections of a naval life : including the cruises of the Confederate States steamers, "Sumter" and "Alabama", 1900

She loved the world and the manifestations of the world, and -- not to be ungallant -- she is more like an irritated mosquito than like the elegant _camellia japonica_ to which she would prefer to be compared.

Confessions of a Book-Lover Maurice Francis Egan 1888