LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY 
EDITED BY A. D. E. ELMER, A. M. 
T ad 
Vol. Il. Manila, P. I., December 16, 1908. Art. 25. V 
THE GENUS ITEA 
BY 
A. D. E. ELMER. 
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ITEA Linn. 
Shrubs or small trees or a few species herbaceous. Leaves al- 
ternate, exstipulate. Flowers in simple racemes, axillary orsome- 
times terminal. Calyx 5-segmented, short; petals perigynous, 
5, valvate in the bud; stamens 5; ovary free, 2-celled; ovules 
from near the base, usually in 2 series; style ultimately 
splitting into 2 arms; stigma capitate; capsule septicidally 
dehiscing, the carpels bursting longitudinally along the ven- 
tral side; linear seeds acute at both ends. 
A small genus of about one half a dozen species in 
tropical and subtropical east Asia. One along the Atlantic 
coast of the United States. Two in the Philippines, 
Key of the Philippine species of Tea. 
Leaves less than 8 cm. long. 
1. I. maesaefolia, — 
Leaves larger. m 
2. I. luzonensis. 
