香港毛蕊茶 Camellia assimilis Champ.Camellia assimilis

Camellia assimilis, Subgenus Metacamellia, Sect. Eriandria, Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.205: Camellia assimilis Champ. ex Benth. in Hook., Journ. Bot. 3: 309. 1851. [Description] The leaf shape of this is very similar to C. caudata, but the flowers are 3 cm long, fila-ment tube 3/4 the filament length, pedicels shorter, sepals longer, capsules 2-3 locular. [Distribution] Islands of the coast of central Guangdong and Guangxi. [Synonym] Thea assimilis (Champ.)Seem., Trans. Linn. Soc. 22: 349. 1859. \Camelliastrum assimile (Champ.)Nakai, Journ. Jap. Bot. 16: 700. 1940.

Gao Jiyin, Clifford R. Parks, Du Yueqiang, 2005, Collected Species of the Genus Camellia an Illustrated Outline，p.132. Flowers are white, 2.5-3.0 cm in diameter, borne at the tips of shoots and in leaf axils; bud set may be abundant. Pedicels about 12 mm long. Bracts 5-7 and Sepals 5, both with pubescent surfaces and ciliate margins. Petals 7-8, about 1.5 cm long, broadly obovate with rounded tips, fused at the base with the staminal column. Androecium 1.5 cm long, villose on free portion of filaments, outer layer of stamens fused from the base into a cup up to 1.1 cm long. Gynoecium1.0 cm long, 3 tomentose styles, mostly fused, slightly cleft at tip, ovary tomentose. Blooming season: midwinter. Capsules 1.3 cm long, pubescent, 2-3 locules. Leaves elliptic or oblong elliptic, tip acuminate to caudate, base cuneate, 4.0-7.0 cm long, 1.2-2.5 cm wide, margin serrulate, upper surface smooth and glabrous, lower surface finely pubescent on midrib becoming glabrescent. Petioles 2-4 mm long, pubescent. Shrub up to 3 m tall, young shoots pubescent becoming glabrescent, young leaves bronze-red, older branches smooth and gray in color. Distribution: Coastal area of Guangdong Province, Rong County of Guangxi and Hong kong of China; Elevation: 450-700 m; Specific locality: Mt. Victoria, Hong Kong, China.

香港毛蕊茶Camellia assimilis Champ, ex Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. 3：309. 1851. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第178页。【标本】广东：乐昌，桂坑，高锡朋51108；海丰，高潭，五子嶂，华南植物所地植物组7602。香港：Champion65(模式照片）；大澳岛，蒋英3214。广西：容县，无采集人41(广西林科所7500127 )。分布：广东中部的沿海岛屿及广西。【形态特征】这个种的叶形很象长尾毛蕊茶C. caudata，但花长3厘米，花丝管长为花丝的3/4,花梗较长，萼片较大，蒴果2-3室。

高继银、帕克斯、杜跃强，2005. 《山茶属植物主要原种彩色图集》浙江科学技术出版社，第132页。花白色，花径2.5~3.0厘米，顶生或腋生。花柄长约12.0毫米。苞片5~7枚，萼片5枚，表面被短柔毛，边缘具睫毛。花瓣7~8枚，长约1.5厘米，阔倒卵形，先端圆，基部与雄蕊柱连生。雄蕊长1.5厘米，花丝离生部分被长柔毛，外轮花丝基部连生形成1.1厘米长短管。雌蕊长1.0厘米，花柱先端3浅裂，被柔毛，子房被纸毛。花期冬季中期。蒴果近球形，长1.3厘米，被短柔毛，2~3室。叶椭圆形或长圆状椭圆形，先端渐尖至尾尖，基部楔 形，长4.0~7.0厘米，宽1.2~2.5厘米，边缘具齿，叶面光滑，无毛，叶背被细柔毛，中脉几无毛。叶柄长2~4毫米，被柔毛。灌木，高可达3米，嫩枝被柔毛，而后变秃净，嫩叶铜红色，老枝光滑，灰色。分布广东省沿海地区和广西壮族自治区的容县以及香 港特区，海拔450-700米。可寻地点:中国香港特区太平山。