90 TERNSTRCEMIACE.E. 



(4) Petals spathulately obovate T. brevistyla. 



Petals obovately rounded. (5) 



(5) Flower-buds glabrous. (6) 

 Flower-buds pilose. (7) 



(6) Flowers smaller less than 2 cm. iu diameter T. cJtinensis. 



Flowers larger more than 3 cm. in diameter T. temdflora. 



(7) Leaves very obtuse at both ends T. Uflora. 



Leaves obtusely caudate at the apex, attenuate at the base. 



T. shinkcensis. 



Thea salicifolia SEEM, in Trans. Linn. Soc. XXII. p. 349. 



Camellia salicifolia CHAMP.; BENTH. Fl. Hougk. p. 30 ; FORBES et HEMSL. 

 Ind. Fl. Sin. I. p. 82. 



Eurya distichopJu/lla MATSUM. in Sched. Herb. Tokyo ; MAT.SUM. et 

 HAYATA Euurn. PI. Formos. p. 46, (non HEMSL.) 



HAD. Taislmkut.su and Boryo. 



I have compared the specimen with that in the Kew-Herbarmm and 

 have ascertained that Eurya disticliophyUa MAT.SUM. is exactly the same as 

 Thea salicifolia SEEM. 



Thea gracilis (HEMSL.) ; MATSUM. et HAYATA I.e. p. 50 ; HAYATA 

 Materials for a Flora of Formosa p. 45. 



HAB. Koshun : Botansha. 



OBSERV. Branchlets very slender, pale ; leaves narrow, lanceolate cau- 

 date or acuminate, obtuse at the very apsx ; stamens hairy. 



Thea caudata (WALL.) ; HAYATA Fl. Mont. Formos. p. 63 



Camellia caudata WALL. ' PI. As. Rar. III. p. 36 "; DYER in HOOK. f. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. I. p. 293. 



HAB. Taito : Iryoknkakusha. 



DlSTRiB. Himalaya, Khasia mountains, and southern China. 



Although I have seen no specimen of the Indian plant, my plant is, so 

 far as I can ascertain, quite referable to this species. 



Thea brevistyla HAYATA Fl. Mont. Formos. p. 63. Branches slender, 

 first pubescent, at last glabrous. Leaves shortly petiolate, petioles 5 mm. 



