10 TKRXSTRCEMIACE.I':. 



late rotimdatis 5 mm. latis 3 mm. longis apice tnmcato-rotundatis margine 

 ciliatis l)asi contraetis. Petala .") inaequalia ])asi plus miuus connata, majora 

 rotundata vel obovato-rotundata It} cm. longa 13 miii. lata apice rotuudata 

 basi contracta margine integra medio crassiuscula margine tenuiora. Stamina 

 oo plus minus connata. Ovarium depresso-globosum apice glabrum a medio 

 dcorsum dense villosum, stylo columniformi 7-8 mm. longo glabro. 



Near Schlma Nbronhae Keinw. (Benth. Fl. Hongk. ]>. 29 ; S. javanica 

 HooK. Bot. Mag. t. 4539) ; but diiTers from it in having thinner leaves with 

 a fcw sharp (not obtuse) teeth, and in the ovary wliich is hairy only at its 

 midway down. 



CaaieUia (L.) Swkkt* 



Camellia nokoensis Hayata sp. nov. (Pl. 11.). Frutex ; rami et ramuli 

 teretes gracillimi cinerescentes. Gemma folioru.m lincaris acuminata dense 

 villosa. Folia coriacea lanceolata 5 cm. longa 13 nim. lata apice acuminata 

 ad summum obtusa vel retusa basi cuueata margine minute serrulata ntrarpie- 

 jiagine glabra, petiolis 1-2 mm. longis vel interdum subuullis. Flores ad axillas 

 foliorum superiorum 2-3 dispositi pedicellati, pedicellis .3 mm. longis ghibris 

 cernuis incrassatis, bracteis 2-3 triangularibus 1 mm. longis acutis. Sepahi- 

 5 persistentia triangularia 2 mm. longa glabra. Petala 6-7 basi jtlus minus 

 connata, exteriora minora rotundata 6 mm. in diametro glabra inargiue ciliolata, 

 interiora obovato-rotundata 10 mm. longa 8-9 mm. lata apice rotundata vel 

 emarginata .marginc minute ciliolata basi contracta. Stamina oo glal)ra, 

 hlamentis basi plus minus connatis 7-10 mm. longis apice hirsutis, antlieris 



* In taking Camellia as a generic name, I am following ^[r. ('. P. Stuakt who expressed 

 his opinion in his " Voorbereinde onderzoekingen ten dienste van de selekte der theeplant." To 

 resume liis opinion as to the question whether CanieUia or Thea should stand for a generic name, 

 as he -wrote me, — " since the scientific world has universally adopted the combination of Camellia 

 and Thea into one genus, tliere has been a great deal of controversy as to which nanie ought to 

 be chosen, because the fundamental work on nomenclature, Ltnnaeus' Spec. Plant. ed. I. (1753), 

 contained both. Frencli and German botanists have preferred Thea, because KjaMPFER used it as 

 early as 1712, but modern nomenclature rules reject this authority, whereas British authers have 

 referred to Linxaeu.s' book, where Thea was wrongly, Camellia correctly defined. Moreover, it 

 has been decided by the aforesaid international rules that in case of combination of two groups, 

 the author has the right to choose the name of the united group. Now, in our case, S\\'EE'J' (1818) 

 was the first author who united CameUia and Thea, and he applied the first name to the united 

 genus. So there is not tlie least doubt that Camellia is the correct generic name." 



