杯萼毛蕊茶 Camellia cratera Hung T. ChangCamellia cratera

Camellia cratera, Subgenus Metacamellia, Sect. Eriandria, Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.200: Camellia cratera Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1: 170. 1981. [Description] Shrub or small tree 5 m tall; branchlets greyish-brown pubescent. Leaves coriaceous, narrowly oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 5-8. 5 cm long, 1.5-2.5 cm wide, apices caudate-acuminate with a 1.5-2 cm long cauda, bases narrowly cuneate; greyish-green above inthe dry state, slightly dull, midveins puberulent; pubescent below; lateral veins 6-7pairs, extremely obscure; margins serrulate, teeth separation 2-3 mm; petioles 2-4 mmlong, pubescent. Flowers axillary or terminal; pedicels 5-6 mm long, pubescent, upperregion larger; bracts 5, lower three minute, semiorbicular, dispersed along the pedicel, upper 2 tightly appressed to the calyx tube, semiorbicular, 2-2. 5 mm long, more or lesspubescent; calyxconnate into a cup, 5-6 mmlong, pubescent, upper region divided into5 sepals, semilunate, 2-2. 5 mm long, apices rounded; corolla purplish-red; petals 6-7, outer 2 obovoid, 1 cm long, pubescent, inner 4-5 obovate, 1. 5 cm long, exteriorpubescent, bases adnate with stamens for ca. 3 mm; stamens 1. 2-1.4 cm long, exteriorbasally adnate with petals, remainder free, filaments puberulent; ovaries pubescent; styles pubescent, 1.6 cm long, apices shallowly 3-cleft, clefts 2-2. 5 mm long.

杯萼毛蕊茶Camellia cratera Chang, sp. nov. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第170页。【标本】广东：阳山县，五元乡，楠木塘，山谷，乔木，高5米，花紫红色，邓良1067 (模式标本Typus! in Bot. Inst. Austro-Sin.)；紫金一惠东，乌禽障，卫兆芬 120992。江西：瑞金，红门地至福建长汀，庐山植物园3629。【形态特征】灌木或小乔木，高5米；嫩枝有灰褐色柔毛。叶革质，狭长圆形或长圆状披针形，长5-8.5厘米，宽1.5-2.5厘米，先端尾状渐尖，尾长1.5-2厘米，基部狭楔形，上面干后灰绿色，稍暗晦，中脉有短毛，下面无毛，侧脉6-7对，很不明显，边缘有相隔2-3毫米的细锯齿，叶柄长2-4毫米，有柔毛。花腋生及顶生，花梗长5-6毫米，有毛，上部增大；苞片5片，下部3片细小，半圆形，散生于花梗上，上部2片贴紧萼管，近圆形，长2-2.5毫米，均有柔毛；花萼连成杯状，长5-6毫米，有柔毛，上部分裂为5片萼片，裂片半圆形，长2-2.5毫米，先端圆。花冠紫红色，花瓣6-7片，外侧2片倒卵圆形，长1厘米，被毛，内侧4-5片倒卵形，长1.5厘米，外面有毛，基部与雄蕊相连约3毫米。雄蕊长1.2-1.4厘米，除基部与花瓣连生外，完全分离，花丝有微毛。子房有毛，花柱无毛，长1.6厘米，先端3浅裂，裂片长2-2.5毫米。

广东：阳山县，五元乡，楠木塘，山谷，乔木，高5米，花紫红色；紫金一惠东，乌禽障。江西：瑞金，红门地至福建长汀。