346 DR. SEEMANN’S SYNOPSIS OF THE 
subtus..... , floribus inodoris, petalis (albis) ..... , staminibus...., ovario stylisque 
connatis glabris, capsula . . . . 
Camellia quinosaura, Seem, MSS. | 
Calpandria quinosaura, Korth. Verhandel. p. 149. 
Geogr. Distr. Java (teste Korth.). 
I have not seen any specimens of this plant. 
Species excluse : 
C. assimilis, Champ.= Thea assimilis, Seem. C. Sasanqua fl. incarnato multiplici, Sims= Thea 
C. axillaris, Roxb. = Polyspora axillaris, Sweet. maliflora, Seem., fl. pl. 
C. Banksiana, Lindl.*. C. Sasanqua fl. rubro simplici, Sims= Thea mali- 
C. Bohea, Griff.= Thea Chinensis, Linn. flora, Seem. 
C. caudata, Wall.= Thea caudata, Seem. C. Sasanqua rosea, Hort.= Thea maliflora, Seem., 
C. euryoides, Hort.= Thea maliflora, Seem. fi. pl. | 
C. euryoides, Lindl. — Thea euryoides, Booth. C. Sasanqua stricta, Edw. = Thea maliflora, Seem., 
C. integrifolia, Chois. = Actinodaphne Chinensis, fl. pl. l 
Nees, C. ? Scottiana, Wall. = Andinandra dumosa, Jack. 
C. maliflora, Lindl. = Thea maliflora, Seem., fl. pl. C. Thea, Link= Thea Chinensis, Linn. 
C. roseflora, Hook. = Thea maliflora, Seem. C. theifera, Griff. = Thea Chinensis, Linn. 
C. salicifolia, Champ. = Thea salicifolia, Seem. C. viridis, Link = Thea Chinensis, Linn. 
THEA, Kæmpf. 
CHAR. GEN. EMEND.—Calyæ bracteatus, 5-phyllus, foliolis imbricatis, interioribus majoribus, persisten- 
tibus. Corolle petala 5, 7 vel 8, hypogyna, imbricata, cohærentia, interiora majora. Stamina hypo- 
gyna, biserialia, exteriora numerosa petalis adhærentia et in tubo concreta, interiora petalórum 
numero æqualia (5-7-8) libera ; filamenta subulata, antheræ incumbentes; biloculares, oblongæ, con- 
nectivo crassiusculo, loculis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Pollen rotundato-oblongum lineatum vel 
globoso-subtrigonum. Ovarium liberum 3-loculare. Ovula in loculis 4-5, angulo centrali alterna- 
tim inserta. Styli 3, connati vel subliberi, stigmata capitellata. Capsula 3-locularis, dehiscens, 
loculicide 3-valvis, valvis medio septiferis, axi centrali persistente, faciebus seminifero. Semina in 
loculis abortu solitaria, rarius gemina, testa nucamentacea, umbilico apicali impresso. Embryonis 
exalbuminosæ cotyledones crassæ, carnosæ, inæquales, radicula brevissima, supera. . 
Frutices vel arbusculæ sempervirentes, Indiæ orientalis, Chinæ et J aponiæ; foliis alternis, petiolatis, 
coriaceis, nitidis, serratis, floribus pedunculatis, pedunculis bracteatis, axillaribus, solitariis vel aggre - in 
gatis, nutantibus, albis vel roseis. 
Thea, Kempf. Linn. Gen. (edit. vi. 1764) p. 269. n.668; DeCand. Prodr. i. p. 530 (excl. sp); End 
Gen. Plant. n. 5426. 
Camellia, sp. auct. 
l. Tura MALIFLORA; ramulis petiolisque puberulis; foliis ovatis vel ovato-lanceolatis 
acuminatis, utrinque glabris, pedunculis imbricato-bracteatis, sepalis ovatis obtusis, 
dorso pubescentibus, petalis 7-8 obcordato-emarginatis erectis glabris (roseis), stami- 
nibus, stylis ovariis capsulisque glabris. (v. v. eult.) 
* “Camellia Banksiana, 
as neither Lindley nor any 
p. 278. 
Lindl. (mentioned by Champion in Hook. Journ. and Kew Misc. iii. p. 310), is a nonentity, 
other botanist has ever published such a name."— Seem. Bot. Herald, p. 367 ; Bonpl. Y! 
