五室茶 Camellia quinquelocularis Hung T.Chang & S.Ye LiangCamellia quinquelocularis

Camellia quinquelocularis, Subgenus Thea, Sect. Thea, Ser. Quinquelocularis Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, 1981(1):89. 1981. Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.139: Camellia quinquelocularis Chang & Liang in Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni1981(1): 90. 198i. [Description] Small tree 4 m tall, branchlets glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, oblong, 9-12 cm long, 3-4. 5 cm wide, apices abruptly acute, bases cuneate, glabrous, lateral veins 7-9 pairs, margins serrate, petioles 6-10 mm long. Flowers solitary, terminal, white, 3-3.5 cm in diameter; pedicels 7-9 mm long, glabrous; bracts 2, in the middle of the pedicels, earlydeciduous; sepals 5, suborbicular, 5 mm long, 7-9 mm wide, glabrous; petals 12-14, obovoid, 2-2. 5 cm long, basally connate, glabrous; stamens 1. 2-1.4 cm long, basal half ofouter filament whorl connate into a short tube; ovaries 5-locular, glabrous, each loculewith 1-4 ovules; styles 1.3 cm long, apically 5-cleft. Capsules globose, 2. 5 cm in diameter, 4-5-valvate dehiscent, valves 2-2.5 mm thick; seeds globose, 1 cm in diameter. Flowering period November.

五室茶Camellia quinquelocularis Chang et S.Y.Liang, sp.nov. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第111页。【标本】广西：隆林，金钟山，海拔1700米，乔木，高4米，花白，1957年10月23曰，华南植物所地植物组4680 (模式标本Typusj in Bot. Inst. Austro-Sin.)；隆林，梁盛业40761(果）。云南：广南，牡宜公社，花果大箐，武全安9818。【形态特征】小乔木，高4米，嫩枝无毛。叶革质，长圆形，长9-12厘米，宽3-4.5厘米，先端急短尖，基部楔形，无毛，侧脉7-9对，边缘有锯齿，叶柄长6-10毫米。花单生于枝顶，白色，直径3-3.5厘米；花梗长7-9毫米，无毛；苞片2，生于花梗中部，早落；萼片5,近圆形，长5毫米，宽7-9毫米，无毛；花瓣12-14片，倒卵圆形，长2-2.5厘米，基部连生，无毛；雄蕊长1.2-1.4厘米，外轮花丝下半部连合成短管；子房5室，无毛，每室有胚珠1-4个；花柱长1.3厘米，先端5裂。蒴果圆球形，直径2.5厘米，4-5爿裂开，果爿厚2-3毫米；种子球形，直径1厘米。花期11月。

广西：隆林