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DR. SEEMANN'S SYNOPSIS OF THE 



subtus , floribus inodoris, petalis (albis) , staminibus . 



connatis giabris, 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. 



, ovario stylisque 



Species 



C. assimilis, Champ. = 7%e« assimilis, Seem. 

 C. axillaris, Roxh. = Polyspora axillaris, Sweet. 

 C Banksiana, Lindl.*. 

 C. Bohea, GrifF. = 7%ea Chinensis, Linn. 

 C. caudata, Wall.= 7%ea caudata, Seem. 

 C. euryoides, Yiori. — Thea maliflora, Seem. 

 C. euryoides, Lindl. = T%ea euryoides. Booth. 

 C. integrifolia, Chois. = Actinodaphne Chinensis, 



Nees. 

 C. maliflora, Lindl. = 77tea maliflora, Seem., fl. pi. 

 C. rosaflora, Hook.= 7%ea maliflora, Seem. 

 C. salicifolia, Champ.= T%ea salicifolia, Seem. 



exclusce : 



C. Sasanqua fl. incarnato muliiplici, Sims = 7%ea 

 maliflora. Seem., /. pi. 



C. Sasanqua fl. rubra simplici, Sims = Thea mali- 

 flora. Seem. 



C. Sasanqua rosea, Hort. = 7%ea maliflora, Seem., 

 fl.pl. 



C, Sasanqua stricta,^d\v.= T7iea maliflora, Seem., 

 fl. pi. 



C. ? Scottiana, 'WaW.. = Andinandr a dumosa, Jack. 



C. Thea, L,mk=Thea Chinensis, Linn. 



C. theifera, (jx\'S.-=Thea Chinensis, Linn. 



C. viridis, Link=7%ea Chinensis, Linn. 



Thea, Ksempf. 



Char. Gen. emend. — Calyx bracteatus, 5-phyllus, foliolis imbricatis, interioribus majoribus, persisten- 

 tibus. Corolla petala 5, 7 vel 8, hypogyna, imbricata, cohaerentia, interiora majora. Stamina hypo- 

 gyna, biserialia, exteriora numerosa petalis adhserentia et in tube concreta, interiora petalorum 

 numero aequalia (5-7-8) libera ; fllamenta subulata, antherm incumbentes, biloculares, oblongse, con- 

 nectivo crassiusculo, loculis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Pollen rotundato-oblongum lineatum vel 

 globoso-subtrigonum. Ovarium liberum 3-loculare. Ooula 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. Embryonic 

 exalbuminosae cotyledones crassse, carnosse, inaequales, radicula brevissima, supera. 



Frutices vel arbuscute sempervirentes, Indise orientalis, Chinre et Japoniae ; foliis alternis, petiolatis, 

 coriaceis, nitidis, serratis, floribus pedunculatis, pedunculis bracteatis, axillaribus, solitariis vel aggre- 

 gatis, nutantibus, albis vel roseis. 



Thea, Kffimpf. Linn. Gen. (edit. vi. 1764) p. 269. n. 668 ; DeCand. Prodr. i. p. 530 (excl. sp.) ; Endl. 

 Gen. Plant, n. 5426. 



Camellia, sp. auct. 



1. Thea maliflora ; ramtilis petiolisque puberulis ; foliis ovatis vel ovato-lanceolatis 

 acuminatis, utriuque giabris, pedunculis imbricato-bracteatis, sepalis ovatis obtusis, 

 dorso pubescentibus, petalis 7-8 obcordato-emarginatis erectis giabris (roseis), stami- 

 nibiis, stylis ovariis capsulisque giabris. (v. v. cult.) 



* " Camellia Banksiana, Lindl. (mentioned by Champion in Hook. Journ. and Kew Misc. iii. p. 310), is a nonentity, 

 as neither Lindley nor any other botanist has ever published such a name." — Seem. Bot. Herald, p. 367; Bonpl. vi. 

 p. 278. 



