118 THALAMIFLOR^;. 



stigmata green, bi-lobed. Capsule oblong, an inch in length, 

 5-valved with the valves, as in the preceding species, septife- 

 rous : cells 5-seeded : seeds compressed, furnished with a deli- 

 cate oblong wing. 



ORDER XXXI. CAMELLIE.E. 



Calycine sepals ,5-7, during aestivation imbricated, 

 the inner generally larger, subconcave, coriaceous, de- 

 ciduous. Petals 5-6-9. Stamens GO, at the base, 

 polyadelphous or monadelphous. Ovary 1. Styles 

 3-6, more or less united. Capsule 3-celled, opening 

 with 3 valves, by abortion 3-seeded. Seeds few, large, 

 attached to the axis. Embryo straight, the radicle 

 turned to the hilum. Cotyledons thick, large, filled 

 with oil De Cand. 



This Order has, with great propriety, been united by some 

 Botanists with TERNSTR<EMIACE,E. 



1. Thea. .Tea. 



Calycine sepals 5-6. Petals 6-9, in two or three 

 series. Stamens somewhat free at the base. Anthers 

 roundish. Capsules 3-coccous,, 3-valved ; valves in 

 their middle septiferous. De Cand. 



Name, from TEHA, the Chinese designation of the plant. 



1. Thea Viridis. Green Tea. 



Leaves elliptico-lanceolate coriaceo-membranaceous 

 convex undulated, flowers solitary nodding. Hooker. 



Sot. Cab. t. 227. Woodr. Med. Bot. Suppl. 116. t. 256. 

 Booth, Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond. VII. 558. Hooker, Bot. Mag. 

 3148 De Cand. Prod. I. 530. Spreng. Syst. Veg. II. 603. 



HAB. Naturalized at Cold- Spring, St Andrew's mountains. 



FL. May. 



A shrubby tree, 8-10 feet in height, with a smooth bark, 

 very much branched and spreading, resembling the common 

 Guava in its mode of growth. Leaves alternate, shortly 

 petiolated, elliptico-lanceolate, blunt, finely serrated, dark 

 green and shining above, paler beneath, subrugose, nerved, 3i 



