黄杨叶连蕊茶 Camellia buxifolia Hung T.ChangCamellia buxifolia

Camellia buxifolia Chang, Subgenus Metacamellia, Sect. Theopsis, Ser. Cuspidatae Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1: 133. 1981. Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.166: Camellia buxifolia Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1: 139. 1981. [Description] Shrub 1.5-3 m tall, branchlets sparsely pubescent. Leaves coriaceous, ovate orelliptic, 2-3 cm long, 1-1.6 cm wide, apices acute or obtuse, bases broadly cuneate; dark green above, slightly shiny in the dry state, glabrous or base of midvein slightly puberulent; glabrous below except slightly pubescent along the base of the midvein; lateral veins ca. 5 pairs, impressed above, inconspicuous below; margins sparsely serrate, teeth separation 2-3 mm; petioles 1-1. 5 mm long, slightly puberulent. Flowers terminal or axillary, white, 1 cm long, glabrous; pedicels 2 mm long; bracts 4, ovate, 1-1. 5 mm long, ciliate; sepals 5, broadly ovate, 2 mm long, apices obtuse, ciliate; petals 5, outer 2 suborbicular, 7-8 mm long, bases slightly connate, inner 3 basally adnate with stamens for ca. 2 mm, obovoid, 1 cm long; stamens 8-9 mm long, outer stamens adnate with petals, others free, glabrous; ovaries glabrous; styles7-8 mm long glabrous, apices shallowly 3-cleft. Capsules pyriform, 1 cm long, 7-8 mm wide, 2-3-locular, 1 seed perlocule, valves ca 1 mm thick, base with persistent sepals and bracts; pedicels dilated, 5-6mm long. [Distribution] Sichuan: Nanchuan, Jinfo Shan, Daheba, Li Guofeng 64098, 64923, 65062, 64889; Nanchuan, Luoguotang, Xiong Jihua and Zhou Zilin 91737; Emei Shan, Yang, Guanghui 52895, 53121 (type in SYS); Chengdu, Caotang, cultivated, Zhang Hongda (H. T. Chang) 5509. Hubei: Xingshan, elev. 200 m, Li Hongjun 1861.

Gao Jiyin, Clifford R. Parks, Du Yueqiang, 2005, Collected Species of the Genus Camellia an Illustrated Outline，p.230. Flowers are white, slightly fragrant,2.0-3.0 cm in diameter, borne at the tips of shoots and in leaf axils. Pedicels 2 mm long. Bracts 4, ciliate. Sepals 5, persistent, ciliate. Petals 5, 1.5-1.8 cm long, obovate with rounded tip, slightly fused at the base with the staminal column. Androecium glabrous, 8-10 mm long, outer stamens fused at the base into a short column. Gynoecium 7-10 mm long, 3 styles shallowly cleft at the tip, ovary glabrous. Blooming season: late winter to early spring. Capsules ovate to pyriform, 7-8 mm in diameter, 2-3 locules, pericarp wall 1 mm thick. Leaves ovate to broadly elliptic, tip bluntly acuminate to acuminate, base cuneate, 2.0-3.0 cm long, 1.0-1.7 cm wide, margin sparsely serrulate, upper surface with the lateral veins impressed, midrib slightly pubescent, lower surface with the midrib slightly pubescent. Petioles 1-2 mm long. Shrub up to 3 m tall, young shoots villous, older branches smooth, gray-brown in color. Distribution: Under forest canopy or along roadsides in Sichuan Province and western Hubei Province, particularly Xingshan County; Elevation: 800-1,200 m; Specific locality: Emei Mountain, Emei City, Sichuan Province, China.

黄杨叶连蕊茶Camellia buxifolia Chang 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第139页。【标本】四川：南川，金佛山，大河霸，李国凤64098，64923，65062, 64889；南川， 罗锅塘，熊济华、周子林91737；峨眉山，杨光辉52895, 53121 (模式标本Typus! in Univ. Sunyatsen)；成都，草堂，栽培，张宏达5509。湖北：兴山，海拔200米，李洪均1861。【形态特征】灌木，高1.5-3米；嫩枝有披散柔毛。叶革质，卵形或椭圆形，长2-3厘米，宽1-1.6厘米，先端尖而有钝头，基部阔楔形，上面深绿色，干后略有光泽，无毛，或中脉基部略有短毛，下面除中脉基部有毛外，秃净，侧脉约5对，在上面陷下，在下面不明显，边缘有疏锯齿，齿刻相隔2-3毫米，叶柄长1一1.5毫米，略有短毛。花顶生及腋生，花梗长2毫米；苞片4片，阔卵形，长2毫米，先端钝，有睫毛。花冠白色，长1厘米，无毛；花瓣5片，外侧2片近圆形，长7-8毫米，基部略相连生，其余3片基部与雄蕊连生约2毫米，倒卵圆形，长1厘米。雄蕊长8-9毫米，除基部与花瓣连生外，其余部份分离，无毛。子房无毛，花柱长7-8毫米，无毛，先端3浅裂。蒴果梨形，长1厘米，宽7-8毫米，2-3室，每室有种子1粒，果爿厚约1毫米，基部有宿存萼片及苞片；果梗增粗，长5-6毫米。

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230页。花白色，略芳香，花径2.0~3.0厘米，顶生或腋生。花柄长2毫米。苞片4枚，边缘有睫毛。萼片5枚，宿存，边缘具睫毛。花瓣5枚，长1.5~1.8厘米，倒卵形，先端基部与雄蕊柱略连生。雄蕊无毛，长8~10毫米，外轮花丝基部连生形成短管。雌蕊长7~10毫米，花柱先端3浅裂，子房无毛。花期冬末至春初。蒴果长球形至梨形，直径7~8毫米，2~3室，果皮厚1毫米。叶宽卵圆形或阔椭圆形，先端钝尖或渐尖，基部楔形,长2.0~3.0厘米，宽1.0~1.7厘米，边缘具稀疏齿，叶面侧脉凹陷，中脉略被柔毛，叶背中脉略被柔毛。叶柄长1~2毫米。灌木，高可达3米，嫩枝有长柔毛，老枝光滑，灰褐色。分布：四川省及湖北省西部兴山县一带（通常生长在 林下或路边），海拔800-1200米。可寻地点:四川省峨眉山市峨眉山风景区。