— 74 — 



p. 60 (1875)-Matsumura, Nippon Shokubutsumeii p. 36 no. 428 (1884); 

 Cat. PL Herb. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. p. 26 (1886)-Yatabe, Nippon Shoku- 

 butsuhen I. p. 265. fig. 274 (1900)-Rehder in Bailey, Stand. Cyclop. 

 II. p. 641 (1914)-Nakai, Veg. Dagelet Isl. p. 22 no. 232 (1919)-Makino 

 & Neraoto, Fl. Jap. p. 549 (1925)-Melchior in Engler, Pflanzenfam. 2 

 Ann. XXI. p. 129 (1925). 



Camellia TsuboMi Crantz, Instit. Rei Herb. II. p. 172 (1766). 



Camellia florida Salisbury, Prodr. Stirp. Hort. Chapel Allerton vigent. 

 p. 370 (1806). 



Thea Camellia Hoffmannsegg, Verz. Pflanzenkult. p. 177 (1S24). 



Thea japonica Baillon, Hist. PL IV. p. 229 (1873)-Pierre, Fl. Forr. 

 Cochin ch. II. fasc. 8. in nota sub Thea Piquetiana (1S87). 



Camellia sinensis 0. Kuntze in Acta Hort. Petrop. X. p. 195 (1887), 

 in nota sub Valerianella leiocarpa. 



Camellia chinensis 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PL I. p. 64 (1891)-Melchior 

 in Nat. Pflanzenfam. 2 Aufl. XXI. p. 131 (1925). 



Thea japonica Noisette apud Szyszjdowicz in Nat. Pflanzenfam. III. 

 6. p. 183 (1893)-Matsumura, Shokubutsu Mei-I. p. 291, no. 3102 (1895) 

 -Kochs in Bot, Jahrb. XXVII. Heft. 5. p. 596 (1900)-Shirasawa, Icon. 

 I. PL 73 fig. 15-30 (1900)-Nakai, Veg. Isl. Quelpasrtp. 64 no. 895(1914); 

 Veg. Isl. Wangto p. 11 (1914) ; Chosen Shokubutsu I . p. 166 fig. 201 (1914). 



Thea japonica var. spontanea, Makino in Tokyo Bot. Mag. XXV. p. 

 160 (1908)-Matsumura, Ind. PL Jap. II. pt. 2. p. 36 f (1912). 



Arborea, cortex non fissa. Folia bieunia; petioli 2-15 mm. longi sul- 

 cati glabri; lamina oblonga vel obovata basi acuta vel cuneata, apice 

 mucronata vel attenuata, crenato-serrata, supra lucida, infra pallida. 

 Flores in apice ramuli terminales, rarissime subterminali-axillares. 

 Sepala extrema scariosa rotundata gradatim ad interiorem magnitudine 

 aucta, mtima ssepe semipetaloidea, extus sericea. Petala in plantis 

 Koreanis 3-4 cm. longa, rubra, basi coalita. Stamina monadelpha oo 

 basi petala coalita, filamenta alba, antherse flavae. Ovarium glabrum, 

 ovula in loculis 3 (4). Placenta supra centralia. Styli apice trifidi. 

 Capsula lignosa crassa globosa 3-4 cm. lata apice trifida ex columna 

 libera. Semina in quoque loculo 1-3 magna. 



