Meiguizi

Liu, 1959, Chungkuo Chuming Tichi Chung Huahui: A red-pur­ple, flat, incomplete double, medium size bloom. The leaves have a reddish tint. Different read­ing ‘Mei Kuei Tze’. Chen Shao Yun, 1985, Camellias from Zhejiang, p.51 as ‘Renmian Taohua’: Habit, small, shrub-like, compact, young twigs greenish purple. Leaves glossy deep green, 5.4-5.7 cm long x 2.6-3.8 cm wide, elliptic, a few lanceolate, base cuneate, serrations wide and few, midrib prominent, laterals obscure. Flowers glossy, rosy red, 7-8 cm across with 25-38 petals in 4 rows, broad-obovate, variable, slightly creped on edges, slightly concave on apex. Petaloids, 12-20, interspersed with 10-13 stamens. Pistils degenerate, styles filament-like. Buds short-elliptic, yellowish-brown. Originated in Hangzhou Province, China. See colour photo, [p.122], Chang, Shao Yun, 1987, Camellias from Zhejiang, p.51 as ‘Renmian Taohua’.

陈绍云等,1985《浙江山茶花》51页。小灌木，株型紧凑、开张。叶深绿色富光泽，幼叶绿紫色，着叶密集，叶形较小，长5.4~5.7cm，宽2.6~3.8cm，椭圆形，少数披针形，稍扭曲，叶缘锯齿粗而稀，幼枝绿紫色。玫瑰重瓣型，花桃红色，透嫩粉色，有光泽，着花量多，花径7~8cm，花瓣4轮，25~35枚，排列有序，瓣缘稍起皱，先端微凹，雄蕊瓣12~20枚与雄蕊混生，形成明显的黄蕊花心；正常雄蕊10~13枚，基部连生。雌蕊趋向退化，子房残存，柱头呈花丝状。花蕾短椭圆形，黄褐色，被灰白色短茸毛，苞萼10-11片，苞状柄不明显。