TERNSTRG@MIACEA, 
Teaworts. 
No. 86. 
THIA CHINENSIS. 
Tea, The Tea Plant. 
Place—Asia. 
Quality—Sty ptic. 
Power—Strengthening, drying, diuretic. 
Use—The leaves in drowsiness, convulsions, calculus, 
obesity. Hurtful to weak stomachs. 
BOTANICAL ANALYSIS. 
Natural Order. Missellanee.—L. Ternstremiacex.—J. 
Crass XIII. Polyandria Orver Monogynia. 
Linn. Sp. Pi. 735. Woodv.. Med. Bot. 116. Raf. Med. Flor. ii. 267. U. S. 
Disp. 1299. Griff. Med. Bot. 149. Per. El. Mat. Med ii. 664. Lind Flor. Med. 
120. Wood, C. B. 205. 
Genus. THA. 
spErom the Greek ta, originating in the Chinese Tcha or Tsja, their name for 
ea. 
Synonymes Thi (F.) Der, Thee [Ger.] The [it.] 
THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERS, 
Catyx. Sepals, five or seven, concave, coriaceous, deciduous, 
the inner often the largest. 
Corotia. Petals, Five—six, or nine, not equal in number to the 
sepals. 
Stamens. Indefinite or numerous, hypogynous. Filaments, 
distinct or united into one or more setts. 
Ovary. Superior, or with several cells. Styles three—seven 
more or less combined, 
Frurr. Two—seven-celled, capsular. 
Seeps. Large, few attached to the axis. 
