GENERA CAMELLIA AND THEA. 349 
Geogr. Distr. Khasia Mountains and Sylhet from the sea-level to 4000 feet (Wallich! Griffith! Hooker 
and Thomson !). | 
4. THEA SALICIFOLIA ; ramulis petiolisque pubescenti-villosis; foliis ovato-lanceolatis 
~ longe acuminatis, supra (nervo medio except.) glabris, subtus pubescenti-villosis 
pallidioribus, pedunculis imbricato-bracteatis, sepalis ovato-lanceolatis longissime 
acuminatis, petalis 5 obovatis obtusis vel acuminatis, dorso villosis, patentibus (albis), 
staminibus stylis ovariisque villosis, capsula rostrata glabra. (v. v. sp. et cult.) 
Thea salicifolia, Seem. MSS. 
Camellia salicifolia, Champ. in Hook. Journ. of Bot. and Kew Misc. iii. p. 309 (1851) ; Champ. in Trans. 
Linn. Soc. xxi. p. 112 (1853); Chois. in Mém. Soc. Genève, xiv. i. p. 148 (1855); Seem. Bot. 
Herald, p. 367. t. 76 (1857) ; Seem. in Bonplandia, vi. p. 278 (1858). 
Geogr. Distr. Island of Hongkong (Champion! Hance! Seemann! Wilford! C. Wright, n. 63). Culti- 
vated at Kew. 
9. THEA ASSIMILIS; ramulis petiolisque adpresso-pilosis; foliis lanceolatis acuminatis, 
supra glabris, subtus ad nervos adpresso-pilosis, pedunculis imbricato-bracteatis, 
sepalis rotundatis obtusis, petalis 7 obovatis emarginatis patentibus (albis), dorso 
sericeis, staminibus stylis ovariisque villosis, capsula rostrata glabra. (v.s. sp.) 
Thea assimilis, Seem. MSS. ; 
Camellia assimilis, Champ. in Hook. Journ. and Kew Misc. iii. p. 309 (1851) ; Champ. in Trans. Linn. 
Soc. xxi. p. 112 (1853); Chois. in Mém. Soc. Genève, xiv. i. p. 148 (1855); Seem. Bot. Herald, 
p. 367. t. 77 (1857); Seem. in Bonpl. vi. p. 278 (1858). 
Geogr. Distr. Island of Hongkong (Champion! C. Wright, n. 61 !). 
6. Tura CHineNsis (Tas. LXI.) ; ramulis petiolisque glabris vel sericeo-puberulis ; foliis 
lanceolatis, obovato-lanceolatis vel ovato-oblongis acuminatis, utrinque glabris vel ad 
nervos plus minusve puberulis, pedunculis 2-3 bracteatis, sepalis rotundatis obtu- 
sissimis, glabris vel sericeis, petalis 5 obovatis obtusis patentibus (albis) dorso glabris 
vel pubescentibus, staminibus stylisque glabris, ovario villoso, capsula glabra. 
B B Sp ot Ys v). 
Thea Chinensis, Linn. Spec. Plant. edit. i. p.515 (1753); Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 998; DeCand. Prodr. i. 
p. 530 (1824); Chois. in Mém. Soc. Genève, xiv. i. p. 155 (1855). 
Thea Bohea, Linn. Sp. Plant. edit. ii. p. 735 (1762). 
Thea viridis, Linn. Sp. Plant. edit. ii. p. 735 (1762). 
Thea Cantoniensis, Lour. Coch. i. p. 339 (1790). 
Thea Cochinchinensis, Lour. Coch. i. p. 338 (1790). 
Thea Japonica, Kempf. Amen. Exot. p. 605 (1712). 
Thea Assamica, Masters. Thea stricta, Heyne. 
Camellia Bohea, Griff. Notul. ad Plant. Asiat. iv. p. 553. t. DCII. fig. 1 (1854). 
Camellia theifera, Griff. Not. ad Plant. Asiat. iv. p. 558 (1854). 
Camellia Thea, Link., ex Steudl. nomen. bot. 
Camellia viridis, Link., ex Steudl. nomen. bot. “Ta.” « Sa” vel * Cha” 
Nomina vernacula. In Japonia, teste Kæmpfer, * Tja,” in China, teste DM MT = 
et in Cochinchina, teste Loureiro, * Che dn näm” vocatur. TOT d^ 
Geogr. Distr. Upper Assam (Griffith | Masters!) ; cultivated in the East Indies, China, and Japan; also 
in European gardens. 
