Actinidia 



ACTINIDIACEAE-THEACEAE 



Camellia 



with lenticels, IX. Java and Malaysia to China; locally in An., Che., Hun., Ki. 

 Forest. 



3. Actinidia arguta (S. & Z.) Planch, ex Miq. (AA.J. 33:31). Climbing shrub; fls. 

 white, VI-VII; fr. greenish yellow, VIII-X. China, Korea, Japan; locally in An., 

 Che., Hon., Ku. Brushland, forest. 



4. Actinidia valvata Dunn (AA.J. 33:23). Climbing shrub; fls. white, fragrant, V- 

 VI; fr. VIII-IX. Eastern China ; locally in An., Che., Ki., Ku. Brushland, forest. 



110. THEACEAE Tea Family W££r (Shan Ch'a K'o) 



Trees or shrubs with alternate simple estipulate lvs. : fls. regular, usually perfect, 

 axillary and solitary, sometimes in clusters; sepals 5-7; petals 5-4, usually more or 

 less united; stamens mostly numerous; anthers opening longitudinally, rarely by a 

 pore: fr. a woody capsule, sometimes indehiscent. 30 genera with 500 species, in 

 tropical and subtropical regions; 10 genera and 60 species in China. 



Key to the Genera 



A. Fr. dehiscent: anthers versatile. 



Seeds large, subglobose or angular, not compressed 1. 



Seeds smaller, compressed, often winged. 



Capsule 5-angled, without columella but with the carpels tapering 



to a stout beak 2. 



Capsule subglobose, flattened on top, with a short columella, 



but without beak 3. 



AA. Fr. indehiscent: anthers basifixed. 



B. Plants hermaphroditic: pedicels longer than the fls. 



Anthers glabrous: stigmas sessile 4. 



Anthers pilose: style elongated. 



Fls. solitary, conspicuously 2-bracteate: persistent calyx 



about half the length of the fr 5. 



Fls. fascicled: bracts obsolete: calyx lobes shorter than half 



the length of the fr 6. 



BB. Plants dioecious: pedicels shorter than the fls 7. 



Camellia 



Stewartia 

 Schima 



Ternstroemia 



Adinandra 



Cleyera 

 Eurya 



1. Camellia Linn. Tea ^H (Ch'a Shu) 

 Evergreen shrubs or trees with short-petioled coriaceous lvs.: fls. white to red; 

 outer stamens united, the inner ones free; anthers versatile: capsule dehiscent: seeds 

 few, large, globose. 45 species, in Asia; 25 in China. (After Georg Joseph Kamel, 

 1661-1706, latinized Camelius, Jesuit Priest in the Philippines.) 



Key to the Species 



a. Sepals persistent; fls. pedicellate, 

 b. Ovary villous. 



Capsule subglobose, 1.5 cm. in diam.: lvs. caudate-acuminate, 



2-6 cm. long: not cultivated 1. 



Capsule 3-lobed, 2-3 cm. in diam.: lvs. acute or briefly 



acuminate : cultivated 2. 



bb. Ovary glabious. 



Sepals and subtending bracts glabrous: brts. glabrous 3. 



Sepals and subtending bracts silky-hairy at tip: brts. pubescent 4. 

 aa. Sepals deciduous; fls. sessile. 



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C. caudata 



C. sinensis 



C. cuspidata 

 C. fraterna 



