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-lanccolatis longissiine 

 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 Mdm. Soc. Geneve, xiv. i. p. 148 (1855) ; Seem. Bot. 

 Herald, p. 367. t. 76 (1857) ; Seem, in Bonplandia, vi. p. 278 (185H). 



Geogr. Distr. Island of Hongkong [Champion] Hance\ Scemann\ IVilfordl C. IFright, n. 63\). Culti- 

 vated at Kew. 



5. Thea assimilis; ramulis petiolisque adpresso-pilosis ; foliis lanceolatis acuminatis, 



supra glabris, subtus ad nervos adpresso-pilosis, pedtmcuUs imbricato-bracteatis, 

 sepalis rotundatis obtusis, petalis 7 obovatis emarginatis patentibus (albis), dorso 

 sericeis, staminibus stylis ovariisque viUosis, 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 Mdm. Soc. Geneve, 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. Thea Chinensis (Tab. LXI.) ; ramulis petiolisque glabris vel sericeo-puberulis ; foliis 



lanceolatis, obovato-lanceolatis vel ovato-oblongis acuminatis, utrinque glabris vel ad 

 nervos plus minusve puberulis, pedunciilis 2-3 bracteatis, sepalis rotimdatis obtu- 

 sissiniis, glabris vel sericeis, petalis 5 obovatis obtusis patentibus (albis) dorso glabris 

 vel pubescentibus, staminibus stylisque glabris, ovario villoso, capsida glabra, 

 (v. s. sp. ct V. V.) 



Thea Chinensis, Linn. Spec. Plant, edit. i. p. 515 (1753); Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 998 ; DeCand. Prodr. i. 



p. 530 (1824); Chois. in Mem. Soc. Geneve, 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, Ksempf Amoen. Exot. p. 605 (1712). 

 Thea Assamica, Masters. Thea stricta, Heyne. 



Camellia Bohea, Grifi". Notul. ad Plant. Asiat. iv. p. 553. t. DCII. fig. 1 (1854). 

 Camellia Iheiferu, Griff. Not. ad Plant. Asiat. iv. p. 558 (1854). 

 Camellia Thea, Link., ex Steudl. nomen. bot. 

 Camellia viridis. Link., ex Steudl. nomen. bot. 

 Nomina vernucula. In Japonia, teste Kxmpfer, " Tsja," in China, teste Wach, " Ta," "Sa" vel " Cha," 



et in Cochinchina, teste Loureiro, " Che an nam" vocatur. 

 Geogr. Distr. Upper Assam (Griffith ! Masters !) ; cultivated in the East Indies, China, and Japan ; also 



in European gardens. 



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