钟萼连蕊茶 Camellia campanisepala Hung T. ChangCamellia campanisepala

Camellia campanisepala, Subgenus Metacamellia, Sect. Theopsis, Ser. Gymnandrae Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1: 144. 1981. Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.189: Camellia campanisepala Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1:160. 1981. [Description] Shrub 3 m tall; branchlets glabrous, or initially slightly puberulent, soon glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, oblong, 6-9 cm long, 1.5-2. 5 cm wide, apices caudate-acuminatewith a 1. 5 cm long cauda, bases cuneate; olive-green above in the dry state, shiny, glabrous; lateral veins 8-11 pairs, faint above, obscure below; margins serrulate, teethseparation 2-2. 5 mm; petioles 3-4 mm long, upper region puberulent, lower regionglabrous. Flowers terminal, 2. 2 cm long; pedicels 5 mm long; bracts 5, ovate to ovoid, i. 3 mm long, pubescent; calyx campanulate, 8-9 mm long pubescent; corolla white, 1. 8cm long; petals 5, outer 1-2 broadly ovoid, bases slightly connate, exterior pubescent, coriaceous; inner 3 petals obovoid, 1.6 cm long, apices rounded, exterior pubescent; stamens 1. 5 mm long, basal 2-3 mm connate, free filaments glabrous; ovaries glabrous; styles 1.2 cm long, completely free, 3-parted, glabrous. Sealy mentions this specimen but did not determine it because the flowers were notcomplete. The characterist of a 3-parted style is unprecedented in section Theopsis.

钟萼连蕊茶Camellia campanisepala Chang, sp. nov. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第160页。【标本】广东：仁化，万池山，石壁下村，曾怀德26170(模式标本Typus! in Univ. Sunyatsen). Sealy曾提到这号标本，由于看不到完整的花，没有作出结论。从花柱3条离生这一特征看来，在连蕊茶组里是缺乏先例的。【形态特征】灌木，高3米，嫩枝无毛，或在初开放时略有微毛，很快变秃净。叶革质，长圆形，长6-9厘米，宽1.5-2.5厘米，先端尾状渐尖，尾长1.5厘米，基部楔形，上面干后橄榄绿色，发亮，无毛，侧脉8-9对，在上面隐约可见，在下面不明显，边缘有相隔2-2.5毫米的细锯齿，叶柄长3-4毫米，上部有短毛，下部无毛。花顶生，长2.2厘米，花锯长5毫米；苞片5片，卵形至卵圆形，长1-3毫 米，有柔毛；萼钟形，长8-9毫米，有柔毛。花冠白色，长1.8厘米；花瓣5片，最外1-2片阔卵圆形，仅基部略连生，背面有柔毛，革质；内侧3片倒卵圆形，长1.6厘米，先端圆，背面有毛。雄蕊长1.5厘米，基部2-3毫米相连生，游离花丝，无毛。子房无毛，花柱长1.2厘米，完全分裂为3条，无毛。

广东：仁化，万池山