THEACEAE. 



Determined by Alfred Rehdeb and E. H. Wilson. 



THEA L. 



Sect. EuTHEA Szyszyl. 

 Thea frateraa O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. I. 65 (1891). 



Camellia fraterna Hance in Ann. Sci. Nat. s^r. 4, XVIII. 218 (1862). — 

 Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 81 (1886). 



Western Hupeh : Ichang, glens, alt. 30-300 m., March 1907 (No. 

 2207; bush 1-2 m., flowers white); same locality, March 16, 1900 

 (Veitch Exped. No. 8); same locality, A. Henry (Nos. 3374, 3374''). 

 Chekiang: vicinity of Ningpo, 1908, D. Macgregor. 



The Ningpo specimen was compared in the Kew herbarium and found to be 



identical with our specimens. The Hupeh specimens have less hairy sepals. Kocha 



, ., (in Engler, Bot. Jahrb. XXVII. 586 [1900]) reduces this plant to Thea euryoides 



(t^>;~.<OBooth, but Lindley's original figure (in Bot. Reg. XII. t. 983 [1826]) shows a plant 



■^ with a longer peduncle, much smaller bracts and sepals and much smaller flowers. 



In this herbarium there is a specimen from Formosa collected by A. Henry (No. 



90) which agrees exactly with Lindley's figure and is obviously distinct from T. 



fraterna. 



We suspect that Thea rosaefiora, var. pilosa Kochs (in Bot. Jahrb. XXVII. 585 

 [1900]) belongs here. 



Thea cuspidata Kochs in Bot. Jahrh. XXVII. 586 (1900). — Pam- 

 panini in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. n. ser. XVII. 432 (1910). 



Thea rosaefiora, var. glabra Kochs in Bot. Jahrb. XXVII. 585 (1900). — 



Pritzel in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 472 (1900). 

 Camellia cuspidata mGard. Chron.ser. 3, LI. 262, fig. 123 (1912).— J. H. Veitch 



in Jour. Hort. Soc. Lond. XXXVIII. LXII, fig. 38 (1912). — Bean, Trees & 



Shrubs Brit. Isl. 1. 284, fig. (1914). 



Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, woods, alt. 600-1000 m., 

 May 1907 (No. 2208; bush 2 m., flowers white); Changyang Hsien, 

 October 1900 (Veitch Exped. Seed No. 1099) ; Nanto and mountains 

 to northward, A. Henry (No. 3024); without locality, A. Henry (Nos. 

 3216, 7864, 7917, 7442, 6323,5165, 5151, 5360). Eastern Szech'uan: 

 Wushan Hsien, May 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 596); same locality, 

 A. Henry (No. 7026). 



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