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May iO, 19u5); Prov. Kii : Foot of Mt. Katsuraki in Naka-gori (7'. 

 Yamashita ! July 1905). 



Yama-gmoa is the popular name to Mortis i/idica Linu. in more 

 common use. 



Thea sinensis Linn. var. rosea Makino var. nov. 



Thea rosiflora Matsura. Shokubutsu Mei-i (1895) p. 292, n. 3104, 

 nou 0. Kuntze. 



Leaves dark green. Petals rosy. Carpels more or less puri)urascent. 



Icon. Honzo-Dzufu, LXX. fol. 20 recto (by Franchet in his Enura. PI. 

 Ja[). I, J'. 60, this [)lant was wrongly referred to Thta nudijiora 8eem. = 

 Tliea rosiftora 0. Kuntze). 



Nom. Jap. Benibana-cha. 



Flab. Prov. Musashi ; Kunjaba, Bot. Gard. Agric. Cull., cult. (T. 

 MaJdnol Oct and Nov. 8, 1900, Nov. 1905). 



A garden variety. 



In Japan, I have not yet found Thea rosiflora 0. Knwtze [ = Camenia 

 ros(jeJia>'a }^oo\i. = Camellia tiiall flora Lindl.= ^'Aea hialifl,ora Seem.) which is 

 said to' have a resemblance to Tliea japonira Nois (^ = GaineUia jaijonica 

 Linn.). 



Thea Sasanqua (Thunb.) Nois. var. vernalis Makino var. nov. 



Branches terete, fulvous, glabrous. Leaves petiolate, elliptical-oblanceo- 

 late, acuminate with an obtuse point, cuneately attenuated below, crenulato- 

 serrulate with a niucronate tip, coriaceous, glabrous, green and shining 

 above, paler beneath; about 3A-7|cm. long, li-.3cm. wide; midrib prominent 

 beneath, glabrous ; veins about 6-9 on each side, inconspicuous superficially ; 

 petiole entirely glabrous, 3-9 mm. long. Flowers terminal and axillary, 

 solitary, about 6-7 cm. across, white, semidouble. Sepals sericeous dorsally 

 and scales also more or less so. Petals subnumerous, obovato-oblong or 

 oblong, emarginate or retuse, about 3^ cm. long. Stamens numerous, 

 connate into a few bundles, shorter than petals. Styles 3, connate in the 

 greater portion, slightly shorter than stamens. Ovary villoso-tomentose. 



Nom. Jap. Haru-sazanhwa (nov.). 



Hab. Prov. Musashi : Tokyo, cult. {T. Makino ! March 1896). 



This differs from the type of Thea Sasanqua (Thunl).) Nois. by the 

 glabrous branch, larger and more shining leaves, entirely glabrous j>etiole, and 



