THEACEAE, — THEA 391 



This is a common shrub in thickets and thin woods to the north and south of 

 Ichang. The flowers are white, and no species of Tkea with colored flowers has 

 so far been reported from western Hupeh or the neighboring part of Szech'uan. 

 The flowers vary somewhat in size. 



Thea sinensis Linnaeus, Spec. 515 (1753). — Koehs in Bot. Jdhrb, 

 XXVII. 587 (1900). — Matsumura, Ind. PL Jay. II. 2, 363 (1912). 



Thea hohea Linnaeus, Spec. ed. 2, 734 (1762). — Hayne, Arzn. Gew. VII. t. 



28 (1855). 

 Thea viridis Linnaeus, Spec. ed. 2, 735 (1762). — Hayne, Arzn. Gew. VII. 



t. 29 (1855). 

 Thea cochinchinerisis Loureiro, Fl. Cochin. 338 (1790). 

 Thea cantoniensis Loureiro, 1. c. 339 (1790). 

 Thea oleosa Loureiro, 1. c. 339 (1790), quoad descriptionem. 

 Thea chinensis, var. ^ Bohea Sims in Bot. Mag. XXV. t. 998 (1807). -De 



CandoUe, Prodr. 1. 530 (1824). 

 Camellia Thea Link, Enum. PL H(yrL Bot. Berol II. 73 (1822). — Hemsley 



iajour. Linn.Soc.XXlll. 82 (1886). — Dunn &Tutcher in Kew Bull. Misc. 



Inform, add. ser. X. 45 {Fl. Kwangtung (ScHongk.) (1912). — L^veille, FL 



Kouy-TcUou, 414 (1915). 

 Camellia viridis Link, Enum. PL Hort BeroL II. 73 (1822). 

 Thea chinensis De Candolle, Prodr. I. 530 (1824). — Seemann in Trans. 



Unn. Soc. XXIL 349, t. 61 (1869). 

 Thea chinensis^ var. viridis De Candolle, Prodr. I. 530 (1824). 

 Camellia? Scottiana Wallich, Cat No. 3668 (nomen nudum) (1829).— Dyer 



in Jour. Linn. Soc. XIII. 328 (pro synon.) (1873). 

 Theaphyla laxa Rafinesque in Sylva Tellur. 139 (1838). 

 Theaphyla lanceolata Rafinesque, 1. c. (1838). 

 Theaphyla viridis Rafinesque, 1. c. (1838). 

 Theaphyla cantoniensis Rafinesque, I. c. (1838). 



Theaphyla oleifera Rafinesque, 1. c. (1838). 



Thea assamica Masters in Jour. AsiaL Soc. Bengal, IV. 48, t. 2 (1844). 



Camellia theijera Griffith, Icon. PL AsiaL IV. t. 601, fig. 1, 3; et t. 603, fig. 

 1, 2 (1854). — Dyer in Hooker f., FL BriL Ind. I. 292 (1874). — Franchet 

 in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, s6r. 2, V. 210 (PL David. I. 58) (1883). 



Camellia Bohea Griffith, Icon. PL AsiaL IV. t. 602, fig. 1 (1854). 



Thea stHcta Hayne, Arzn. Gew. VH. t. 27 (1855). 



North-central Szech'uan: Pa-chou, red sandstone ravine, alt. 

 600-1000 m., July 1910 (No. 4723; bush 2.5-5 m. tall, apparently spon- 

 taneous). Western Szech'uan: Mt. Omei, cultivated, September 

 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 4757). Yunnan: Mengtsze forests, alt. 

 1600 m., A. Henry (No. 10377; tree 6 m., flowers white); Fang-chen- 

 lin Mountain, forests, alt. 2300 m., A. Henry (No. 10377%' shrub 3 m.); 

 south of Red River from Manmei, virgin forests, alt. 2300 m., A. Henry 

 (No. 9722; shrub 2 m.); Ibang, cultivated, A, Henry (No. 13183 ; 

 shrub 2 m., source of tea known as Puerh Tea). Western Hupeh: 

 Nanto and mountains to northward, cultivated, A. Henry (No. 2214); 



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