10 TEIINSTUCEMIACE^E. 



late rotundatis 5 mm. latis 3 mm. longis apice truncato-rotundatis margine 

 ciliatis basi contractis. Petala 5 inaequalia basi plus minus connata, majora 

 rotundata vel obovato-rotundata 1^ cm. longa 13 mm. lata apice rotundata 

 basi contracta margine Integra medio crassiuscula margine tenuiora. Stamina 

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

 deorsum dense villosum, stylo coluinniformi 7-8 mm. longo glabro. 



Near Schima NoronUae EEINW. (BENTH. Fl. Hongk. p. 29 ; S. javanica 

 HOOK. Bot. Mag. t. 4539) ; but differs from it in having thinner leaves with 

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

 midway down. 



Camellia (L.) SWEET* 



Camellia nokoensis HAYATA sp. nov. (PI. II.). Frutex ; rami et ramuli 

 teretes gracillimi cinerescentes. Gemma foliorum linearis acuminata dense 

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

 ad summum obtusa vel rctusa basi cuneata margine minute serrulata utraque- 

 pagine glabra, petiolis 1-2 mm. lougis vel interdum subnullis. Flores ad axillas 

 foliorum superioruni 2-3 dispositi pedicellati, pedicellis 5 mm. longis glabris 

 cernuis iucrassatis, bracteis 2-3 triaiigularibus 1 mm. longis acutis. Sepala 

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

 connata, exteriora minora rotundata 6 mm. in diametro glabra rnargin'e ciliolata, 

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

 emarginata .margine minute ciliolata basi contracta. Stamina oo glabra, 

 iilamentis basi plus minus connatis 7-10 mm. longis apice hirsutis, antheris 



In taking Camellia as a generic name, I am following Mr. ( . P. STUART who expressed 

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

 resume his opinion as to the question whether Camellia 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, there has been a great deal of controversy as to which name ought to 

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

 contained both. French and German botanists have preferred Thea, because KJEMPFER used it as 

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

 referred to LINNAEUS' 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, SVTEET (1818) 

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

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



