TERNSTROMIACE^. 



237. T. viridis Linn. sp. pi. 735. Lettsom. mon. ic. China. 

 (Green tea.) 



An evergreen shrub. Branches bright brown, smooth, green and 

 downy when young. Leaves bright deep green, oval or oval-lanceolate, 

 short-stalked, very convex, serrated, entire towards the base, and at the 

 apex which is acuminate and emarginate ; shining on both sides, and 

 blistered when old, slightly downy beneath. Flowers small, white, axil- 

 lary, solitary ; with a rather heavy odour. 



238. T. Bohea Linn. sp. pi 743. Bot. mag. t. 998. Lettsom. 

 mon. ic. China. (Black Tea.) 



Very much like the last ; but the leaves are flatter, smaller, darker 

 green, with small serratures, and terminating gradually in a point, not 

 at all acuminate or emarginate. 



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