THEACEAE. — THEA 391 



This is a common shrub in thickets and thin woods to the north and south of 

 Ichang. The flowers are white, and no species of Thea with colored flowers has 

 so far been reported from western Hupeh or the neighboring part of Szech'uan. 

 The flowers vary somewhat in size. 



Thea sinensis Linnaeus, /Spec. 515 (1753). — Kochs in Bot. Jahrh. 

 XXVII. 587 (1900). — Matsumura, Ind. PL Jap. 11. 2, 363 (1912). 



Thea bohea Linnaeus, Spec. ed. 2, 734 (1762). — Hayne, Arzn. Gew. VII. t. 



28 (1855). 

 Thea viridis Linnaeus, Spec. ed. 2, 735 (1762). — Hayne, Arzn. Gew. VII. 



t. 29 (1855). 

 Thea cochinchinensis Loureiro, Fl. Cochin. 338 (1790). 

 Thea cantoniensis Loureiro, 1. c. 339 (1790). 

 Thea oleosa Loureiro, 1. c. 339 (1790), quoad descriptionem. 

 Thea chinensis, var. ^ Bohea Sims in Bot. Mag. XXV. t. 998 (1807). -De 



Candolle, Prodr. I. 530 (1824). 

 Camellia Thea Link, Enum. PI. Hort. Bot. Berol. II. 73 (1822). — Hemsley 



in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIIl. 82 (1886). — Dunn & Tutcher in Kew Bull. Misc. 



Inform, add. ser. X. 45 {Fl. Kwangtung &Hongk.) (1912). — L6veill6, Fl. 



Kouy-Tcheou, 414 (1915). 

 Camellia viridis Link, Enum. PI. Hort. Berol. II. 73 (1822). 

 Thea chinensis De Candolle, Prodr. I. 530 (1824). — Seemann in Trans. 



Linn. Soc. XXII. 349, t. 61 (1869). 

 Thea chinensis, var. viridis De Candolle, Prodr. I. 530 (1824). 

 Camellia? Scottiana Walhch, Cat. No. 3668 (nomen nudum) (1829). — Dyer 



in Joiir. Linn. Soc. XIII. 328 (pro synon.) (1873). 

 Theaphyla laxa Rafinesque in Sylva Tellur. 139 (1838). 

 Theaphyla lanceolata Rafinesque, 1. c. (1838). 

 Theaphyla viridis Rafinesque, 1. c. (1838). 

 Theaphjjla cantoniensis Rafinesque, 1. c. (1838). 

 Theaphyla oleifera Rafinesque, 1. c. (1838). 



Thea assamica Masters in Jour. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, IV. 48, t. 2 (1844). 

 Camellia theifera Griffith, Icon. PI. Asiat. IV. t. 601, fig. 1, 3; et t. 603, fig. 



1, 2 (1854). — Dyer in Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. I. 292 (1874). — Franchet 



in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, ser. 2, V. 210 (PI. David. I. 58) (1883). 

 Camellia Bohea Grifiith, Icon. PI. Asiat. IV. t. 602, fig. 1 (1854). 

 Thea stncta Hayne, Arzn. Gew. VII. t. 27 (1855). 



North-central Szech'uan: Pa-chou, red sandstone ravine, alt. 

 600-1000 m., July 1910 (No. 4723; bush 2.5-5 m. tall, apparently spon- 

 taneous). Western Szech'uan: Mt. Omei, cultivated, September 

 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 4757). Yunnan: Mengtsze forests, alt. 

 1600 m., A. Henry (No. 10377; tree 6 m., flowers white); Fang-chen- 

 lin Mountain, forests, alt. 2300 m., A. Henry (No. 10377"; shrub 3 m.); 

 south of Red River from Manmei, virgin forests, alt. 2300 m., A. Henry 

 (No. 9722; shrub 2 m.); Ibang, cultivated, A. Henry (No. 13183; 

 shrub 2 m., source of tea known as Puerh Tea). Western Hupeh: 

 Nanto and mountains to northward, cultivated, A. Henry (No. 2214); 



