The Natural History of the Tea-Tree, with Observations on the Medical Qualities of Tea, and on the Effects of Tea-Drinking

by John Coakley Lettsom

Germen superum, oblongum,
glabrum.

Stylus filiformis.

Stigmata simplicia, acuta.

Olive sweet-scented with
lanceolate serrated leaves, peduncles
lateral, cluttered, one-flowered.

Stem, a vast tree.

Branches both large and small
trichotomous, faintly four-cornered
and smooth.

Leaves growing cross-wise on
leaf-stalks, oblong, acute, serrated,
edge somewhat turned
back, ribs parallel, reticulated,
smooth above, of a deep green
colour, paler beneath, spreading
on the small branches, numerous,
about the length of
the finger.

Leaf-stalks, flat on one side,
round on the other, grooved,
smooth, half the length of the
finger nail.

Flower on the small branches
in clustered umbels, about 6 or
8 together, standing on peduncles.