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  • Camellia sasanqua Thunb. Theaceae. Christmas camellia. Camellia commemorates Georg Josef Kamel (1661-1706), Jesuit pharmacist from Moravia (Czech Republic) who worked in the Philippines and sent plants to John Ray in England (Oakeley, 2012) Evergreen shrub. Distribution: Japan and China. Leaves are used in Japan to make tea (normally made from C. sinensis) and the seeds to make the edible tea seed oil. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Tea plant (Camellia sinensis): flowering stem. Watercolour.
  • Tea plant (Camellia sinensis): flowering stem. Watercolour.
  • Two plants, one possibly tea (Camellia species): flowering stems. Watercolour.
  • Pink camellia (Camellia species): flower and leaves. Watercolour by G. Calmard(?).
  • A camellia (Camellia japonica var.): flowering stem. Coloured lithograph, c. 1850, after Guenébeaud.
  • A camellia (Camellia japonica var.): flowering stem. Coloured lithograph, c. 1850, after Guenébeaud.
  • A Chinese woman picking tea leaves. Wood engraving, 1857, after a pen and ink drawing.
  • Tea plant (Camellia sinensis): flowering stem with sectioned leaf and many floral segments. Coloured engraving by J. Miller, c. 1771.
  • Tea plant (Camellia sinensis): flowering stem with sectioned leaf and many floral segments. Coloured engraving by J. Miller, c. 1771.
  • Sasanqua camellia plant (Camellia sasanqua): flowering stem and nut. Engraving by J. Miller, c. 1771.
  • A camellia (Camellia japonica): a double red and single white flower. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.
  • A tea plant (Camellia sinensis), its flowers and seeds, bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.
  • Tea (leaves of Camellia sinensis)