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THALAMIFLORJE. 
stigmata green, bi-lobed. Capsule oblong, an inch in length, 
5-valved with the valves, as in the preceding species, septife- 
rous : cells 5-seeded : seeds compressed, furnished with a deli- 
cate oblong wing. 
ORDER XXXI. CAMELLIEiE. 
Calycine sepals .5-7, during aestivation imbricated, 
the inner generally larger, subconcave, coriaceous, de- 
ciduous. Petals 5-6-9. Stamens co, at the base, 
polyadelphous or monadelphous. Ovary 1. Styles 
3-6, more or less united. Capsule 3-celled, opening 
with 3 valves, by abortion 3-seeded. Seeds few, large, 
attached to the axis. Embryo straight, the radicle 
turned to the hilum. Cotyledons thick, large, filled 
with oil De Cand. 
This Order has, with great propriety, been united by some 
Botanists with Ternstrcemiace/E. 
1 . Thea. Tea. 
Calycine sepals 5-6. Petals 6-9, in two or three 
series. Stamens somewhat free at the base. Anthers 
roundish. Capsules 3-coccous, 3-valved ; valves in 
their middle septiferous . — De Cand. 
Name, from Teh a, the Chinese designation of the plant. 
1. Thea Viridis. Green Tea. 
Leaves elliptico-lanceolate coriaceo-membranaceous 
convex undulated, flowers solitary nodding. — Hooker. 
Bot. Cab. t. 227. — Woodr. Med. Bot. Suppl. 116. t. 256. — 
Booth , Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond. VII. 558. — Hooher, Bot. Mag. 
3148. — De Cand. Prod. I. 530. Sprcng. Sgst. Veg. II. 603. 
HAB. Naturalized at Cold-Spring, St Andrew’s mountains. 
FL. May. 
A shrubby tree, 8-10 feet in height, with a smooth bark, 
very much branched and spreading, resembling the common 
Guava in its mode of growth. Leaves alternate, shortly 
petiolated, elliptico-lanceolate, blunt, finely serrated, dark 
green and shining above, paler beneath, subrugose, nerved, 3| 
