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indies long, and 1| broad. Flowers peduneled, axillary, soli- 
tary, drooping, rather large, white, slightly fragrant. Pedunde 
bait an inch in length. Sepals 6, green, roundish, concave. 
Petals ( J (according to some Botanists, usually 6), roundish, 
slightly clawed, in 2 or 3 series, of which the outer are smaller 
and greenish, the inner of a pure white. Stamens unequal in 
length, fixed on the base of the petals, subcoalescing among 
themselves at the base. Ovary small, spherical, puberulous, 
3-celled, each cell containing two ovules; styles 4, combined 
below, tree above : stigmata obtuse. Capsule size of a chesnut, 
3-lobed, 3-celled, 3-valved ; valves coriaceous, bearing the septa 
from their middle. Seeds large, of a chesnut colour, usually 
(sometimes from abortion only one) attached to a 3-quetrous 
central column. 
Do Candolle lias been led into a mistake, in considering, that 
the divisions of the capsule are formed by the involuted margins 
of the valves. 
The Tea Plant was introduced into the Garden at Cold- 
Spring by the late M. VV alien, Fsq. The bouse bad for many 
years fallen into decay, and the garden was neglected and 
allowed to grow up in weeds. Notwithstanding this, on clear- 
ing the land, for the purpose of planting it in Coffee, about two 
years ago, the Tea trees were found to have survived, and 
young plants to have grown up. They are now in a very thriving 
condition, flowering and perfecting their seeds; and a supply of 
young plants may at any time be procured. 
The Tea is a native of the temperate districts of China, and 
Cochin-China, and as far north as the 45° of latitude in Ja- 
pan. In the neighbourhood of Canton it is seldom met with. 
There cannot be a doubt but that the cultivation would succeed 
in our cooler mountains, and it is probable that when the price 
of labour becomes less, that a supply may be obtained sufficient 
for our own wants. The Chinese, in the cultivation of the 
Tea, plant the seeds during the month of February, either along 
the borders of their fields, or, where it is grown in a large scale, 
in the open plain. They prefer a southern exposure, in the 
neighbourhood of a stream or rivulet. 
According to Dr Abel, the green Tea of the shops may be 
obtained from the species before us, as also from the T/iea bo/tea. 
The leaves of the former however are preferred. According 
to Mr Millet, a gentleman resident at Canton, in a letter to Sir 
William Hooker, the varieties of Teas depend on the soil, 
culture, mode of preparation, and above all from the part of 
the shrub, whence the leaves are pulled. From the same plant, 
three crops are annually collected ; the first affords the finer teas, 
and takes place in June ; the second in July; and the third in 
August. The strongest description of tea is procured from 
the buds and unexpanded leaves. According to Dr Abel, the 
