Note 169 — XV. (continued 2)

The first scientific arrangement of the tea plant according to dried specimens was made in 1753 by Linnæus, who in his Species Plantarum included among these one species, which he called Thea Sinensis. But by the time the second edition of his renowned work made its appearance in 1762, Linnæus found himself compelled to make two species of it, and to assign them the names by which they are known to the present day. The first living tea plant was brought to Europe in October, 1763, by a ship captain named Ekeberg, and planted in the Botanic Garden of Upsala.