152 FLAVORING AND BEVERAGE PLANTS 



Fig. 149, I. — Tea (Thea sitiensis. Tea Family, Theacece). Flowering branch 

 (Baillon.) — A shrub or tree growing 10 m. tall; leaves evergreen; 

 flowers white, fragrant; fruit dry. Native home, China and India. 



Fig. 149, II.— Tea. A, flower, entire. B, flower, cut vertically, f, floral 

 diagram. D, fruit. E, seed, entire. F, same, cut vertically. (B.-iillon.) 



