118 THALAMIFLOR^. 



Stigmata green, bi-lobed. Capsule obiong, an inch in length, 

 5-valved with the valves, as in the preceding species, septife- 

 rous : cells 5-seeded : seeds compressed, furnished with a deli- 

 cate oblong wing. 



ORDER XXXI. CAMELLIE^. 



Calycine sepals .5-7, during aestivation imbricated, 

 the inner generally larger, subconcave, coriaceous, de- 

 ciduous. Petals 5-6-9. Stamens oo, at the base, 

 polyadelphous or monadelphous. Ovary 1. Styles 

 3-6, more or less united. Capsule 3-celled, opening 

 with 3 valves, by abortion 3-seeded. Seeds few, large, 

 attached to the axis. Embryo straight, the radicle 

 turned to the hiknn. Cotyledons thick, large, filled 

 with oil. — De Cand. 



This Order has, with great propriety, been united by some 



Botanists with TERNSXRCEMIACEiE. 



1. Thea. Tea. 



Calycine sepals 5-Q. Petals 6-9, in two or three 

 series. Stamens somewhat free at the base. Anthers 

 roundish. Capsules 3-coccous, 3-valved ; valves in 

 their middle septiferous. — De Cand. 



Name, from Teha, the Chinese designation of the plant. 



1. Thea Viridis. Green Tea. 



Leaves elliptico-lanceolate coriaceo-membranaceous 

 convex undulated, flowers solitary nodding. — Hooker. 



Bot. Cah, t. 227 Woodr. Med. Bot. Suppl. 116. t. 256.— 



Booth, Trans. Hort. Sac. Land. VII. 558. — Hooker, Bot. Mag. 

 3148.--Z)f Cand. Prod. I. 530. Spreng. Syst. Veg. II. 603. 



HAB. Naturalized at Cold-Spring, St Andrew's mountains. 



FL. May. 



A shrubby tree, 8-10 feet in height, with a smooth bark, 

 very much branched and spreading, resembling the common 

 Guava in its mode of growth. Leaves alternate, shortly 

 petiolated, elliptico-lanceolate, blunt, finely serrated, dark 

 green and shining above, paler beneath, subrugose, nerved, 3i 



