Actinidiaceae; Theaceae 627 



gin; ovary glabrous; fruit oblong, rostrate, 2-2.5 cm. long. wide, mucronatc-serrulate, sometimes loosely callose-hairy on 



June-July. Thickets and woods in mountains; Hok- upper side, thinly brownish pubescent on both sides, especially 



kaido, Honshu. Shikoku, Kyushu; rather common. Sakha- on nerves, with axillary tufts of white hairs beneath, the peti- 



lin,s. Kurilcs, Korea, Manchuria, and Ussuri. oles slender, 4-7 cm. long; inflorescence 3-, sometimes 1- or 2- 



5. Actinidia kolomikta (Rupr. & Maxim.) Maxim. Prt4- flowered, axillary, loosely pubescent; flowers pendulous, 1-1.5 



nus kplomi}(ta Rupr. & Maxim.; Kolomikja mandshurica cm. across; sepals ovate, white-puberulous near margin; ovary 



Kegel; Trochostigma \olomilita (Rupr. & Maxim.) Rupr. glabrous; fruit narrowly oblong, 1.5-2 cm. long, narrowed 



MiYAMA-MATA-TABi. Branches slender; pith lamellate; branch- toward tip. June-July. Mountains; Hokkaido, Honshu 



lets brownish pubescent while young; leaves thinly membra- (centr. distr. and northw.). s. Kuriles, Sakhalin, Amur, 



nous, obovate, elliptic or broadly ovate, 7-12 cm. long, 4-8 cm. and Manchuria. 



Fam. 136. THEACEAE Tsubaki Ka Tea Family 



Trees and shrubs; leaves alternate, simple, deciduous or evergreen, stipules absent; fJowers usually solitary, sometimes in 

 panicles, racemes, or in cymes, usually large, actinomorphic, bisexual, rarely unisexual; bracts usually just beneadi the calyx, 

 paired; sepals 5, free or connate at base, imbricate; petals 5, free or connate at base, imbricate or contorted; stamens many, in 

 several series, rarely definite, free or connate; ovary superior, sessile, 3- to 5-locular; styles sometimes connate; ovules 2 or more, 



rarely 1 in each locule; fruit dehiscent or indehiscent; seeds with scanty endosperm. About ii genera, with about 480 



species, abundant in the Tropics and subtropics, few in temperate regions. 



lA. Fruit a dehiscent capsule; anthers versatile. 



2A. Evergreen; capsules with an axis; seeds wingless; ovules pendulous. 



3A. Sepals persistent; bracteoles 2; inflorescence apparently axillary; flowers pedicellate 1. Thea 



3B. Sepals deciduous; bracteoles many, deciduous; inflorescence apparently terminal or subterminal; flowers sessile 2. Camellia 



2B. Deciduous; capsules without an axis; seeds winged; ovules ascending 3. Stewartia 



IB. Fruit fleshy or nearly so, usually indehiscent; anthers basifixed. 



4A. Flowers bisexual; leaves usually entire (in ours). 



5A. Anthers glabrous; ovules pendulous from the top of the ovary 4. Ternstroemia 



5B. Anthers bearded; ovules median 5. Cleyera 



4B. Flowers unisexual, the plants dioecious; leaves serrate 6. Eurya 



1. THEA L. Cha-no-ki Zoku 



Evergreen shrubs or small trees; leaves coriaceous, serrate; inflorescence apparently axillary, 1- to 3-flowered; flowers bibracteolate, 

 bisexual, pedicellate, defle.xed, actinomorphic; sepals 5, persistent; petals 5, imbricate, connate at base; stamens many, glabrous, 

 connate at base into a short tube, the anthers versatile; ovary superior, usually 3-locular; styles 3, connate at base; ovules few 

 in each locule, pendulous; capsules thick, rather ligneous, loculicidally dehiscent, 3-valved; seeds 1 or 2 in each locule, wingless, 

 witliout endosperm, the embryo straight, the cotyledons thick. About 10 species, in s. and e. Asia. 



1. Thea sinensis L. Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze; long; capsules depressed-globose, about 2 cm. across, with 3 



T. bo/iea h.; T. riridish.; T. sinensis viT. bohea (h.) K.Koch shallow indistinct grooves. Oct.-Dec. Widely cultivated 



Cha-no-ki. Much-branched evergreen shrub, the young in warmer regions and allegedly spontaneous in Kyushu. 



branchlets thinly ascending-pilose; leaves lanceolate-oblong or China.- Forma rosea (Makino) Ohwi. T. sinensis var. 



oblong, 4-10(-15) cm. long, 2-3(-5) cm. wide, obtuse or sub- rosea Makino; Camellia sinensis forma rosea (Makino) Kitam. 



obtuse, acute at base, short-petiolate, serrulate, glabrous on Benieana-cha. Flowers rose. Forma macrophylla 



both sides except for a few appressed hairs sometimes on the (Sieb.) Ohwi. T. sinensis var. macrophylla Sieb. ex Miq.; T. 



underside when young; flowers 1-3, in axillary or subterminal macrophylla (Sieb.) Makino T6-cha. Leaves larger. 



cymes, deflexed, 2-2.5 cm. across, white, the pedicels 5-15 mm. Cultivated. 



2. CAMELLIA L. Tsubaki Zoku 



Evergreen shrubs or trees; leaves coriaceous, short-petiolate, serrate; inflorescence apparently terminal or subterminal; flowers 

 bisexual, solitary, large, white to red, sessile, the perules (bracteoles and sepals) deciduous; petals 5 (-7) (often numerous in 

 culrivars), slightly connate at base; stamens many, the outer filaments connate into a tube, the anthers versatile; ovary 3-locular 

 (in ours), with 4-6 ovules in each locule; styles slender, connate at base to free or nearly so; fruit a woody loculicidally 



dehiscent capsule, the axis persistent; seeds few, globose or angled, the embryo straight, die cotyledons thick. About 80-90 



species, in e. and s. Asia. 



lA. Leaves 6—12 cm. long, 3-7 cm. wide; petioles 7-12 mm. long; petals connate at base; filaments connate into a tube; ovary glabrous. 

 2A. Petioles glabrous; involucre of perules (bracteoles and sepals) 2-3 cm. long; petals often nearly erect to ascending-spreading, rounded 

 to slightly rctuse or emarginate; outer filaments united to form a tube for '/i-Yi their length; filaments white or creamy yellow. 



1 . C. japonica 

 2B. Petioles thinly pilose while young; involucre of perules 1.5-1.7, rarely 2 cm. long; petals wide-spreading, distinctly retuse to shallowly 



bifid; outer filaments united for only 2-3 mm. above base; filaments spreading bright yellow 2. C. ruslicana 



IB. Leaves 3-5(-7) cm. long, 1-3 cm. wide; petioles 2-5 mm. long; petals nearly free, spreading; filaments only slightly connate at base; 

 ovary villous i. C. sasanqiia 



