THEACEAE. 



Determined by Alfred Rehder and E. H. Wilson. 



THEA L. 



Sect. Etjthea Szyszyl. 

 Thea fratema O. Kuntze, Rev, Gen, PL I. 65 (1891). 



Camellia fratema Hance in Ann. Sd. Nat. s^r. 4, XVIII. 218 (1862). 

 Hemsley in Jour, Linn. Soc, XXIII. 81 (1886). 



Western Hupeh: Ichang, glens, alt. 30-300 m., March 1907 (No. 

 2207; bush 1-2 m., flowers white); same locality, March 16, 1900 

 (Veitch Exped. No. 8); same locality. A, Henry (Nos. 3374, 3374^). 

 Chekiang: vicinity of Ningpo, 1908, D, Macgregor. 



The Ningpo specimen was compared in the Kew herbarium and found to be 

 identical with our specimens. The Hupeh specimens have less hairy sepals. Kocns 

 (in Engler, Bot. Jahrb. XXVII. 586 [1900]) reduces this plant to TUa euryoides 

 Booth, but Lindley*s original figure (in BoL Reg. XII. t. 983 [1826]) shows a plant 

 with a longer peduncle, much smaller bracts and sepals and much smaller flowers. 

 In this herbarium there is a specimen from Formosa collected by A. Henry (No. 

 90) which agrees exactly with Lindley's figure and is obviously distinct from i • 

 fraterna. 



We suspect that Thea rosaefloraj var. pilosa Kochs (in Bot. Jahrb. XXVII. 080 

 [1900]) belongs here. 



Thea cuspidata Kochs in Bot, Jahrb. XXVII. 586 (1900). — Pam- 

 panini in Nuov. Giorn, Bot, Ital, n, ser. XVII. 432 (1910). 



Thea rosaefiora, var. glabra Kochs in Bot, Jahrb. XXVII. 585 (1900).— 

 Pritzel in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 472 (1900). . , 



Camellia cuspidata in Gard. Chron. ser. 3, LI. 262, fig. 123 (1912).— J. H. Veitcti 

 in Jour. Hort. Soc. Lond. XXXVIII. LXII, fig. 38 (1912). — Bean, Trees & 

 Shrubs Brit. IsL 1. 284, fig. (1914). 



Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, woods, alt. 60O-1000 m., 

 May 1907 (No. 2208; bush 2 m., flowers white); Changyang Hsien, 

 October 1900 (Veitch Exped. Seed No. 1099) ; Nanto and mountains 

 to northward, A, Henry (No. 3024); without locality, A. Henry (Nos. 

 3216, 7864, 7917, 7442, 6323,5165, 5151, 5360). Eastern Szech'uan : 

 Wushan Hsien, May 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 596); same locality, 

 A. Henry (No. 7026). 



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