东南山茶 Camellia edithae HanceCamellia edithae

Camellia edithae, Subgenus Camellia, Sect. Camellia, Subsect. Reticulata Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1: 56. 1981. Ser. Reticulatae Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1: 61. 1981. Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.95: Camellia edithae Hance, Ann. Sci. Nat. Paris, ser. 4, 15:221. 1861. [Description] Branchlets with long threadlike hairs. Leaves lanceolate; bases cordate, amplexicaul, somewhat rounded. Sepals ovate, apices acute; ovaries pubescent, styles deeply 3-cleft. Capsules 2 cm in diameter, globose, 3-locular, 1-2 seeds per locule, pericarp thin, bracts not persistent. [Synonym] Thea edithae (Hance) O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl, 65. 1891.

Gao Jiyin, Clifford R. Parks, Du Yueqiang, 2005, Collected Species of the Genus Camellia an Illustrated Outline，p.41. Flowers are red, 5.0-6.0 cm in diameter, borne singly at the tips of shoots and in leaf axils. Perules 9-11, semi-persistent, densely villous, ciliate. Petals 5-6, 2.5-4.0 cm long, 1.6-3.0 cm wide, obovate, tip emarginate, united at the base with the staminal column up to 1.5 cm. Androecium glabrous, 2.5-3.0 cm long, outer stamens fused at the base into a short tube 1.5-2.0 cm long. Gynoecium 2.0-3.0 cm in length, 3 styles deeply divided, ovary densely tomentose. Blooming season: spring.Capsules globose, surface villous, 1.5-2.0 cm in diameter, 3 locules, pericarp wall 1-2 mm in thickness.Leaves ovate-lanceolate, tip long-acuminate or caudate, base rounded to cordate, 6.0-15.0 cm long, 2.5-5.5 cm wide, margin thinly serrulate, upper surface with both midrib and lateral veins impressed, midrib densely villous, lower surface with midrib and lateral veins raised, densely villous, midrib also densely villous. Petiole 2-5 mm long, densely villous.Shrub or small tree up to 7 m tall, young shoots densely villous, older branches slightly villous, gray-brown in color. Distribution: Southern Jiangxi Province, eastern Guangdong Province and southern Fujian Province; Elevation: 200-750 m; Spe¬cific locality: Anxi County, Fujian Province, China.

尖萼红山茶Camellia edithae Hance in Ann. Sci. Nat. Paris, ser. 4,15 ：221, 1861. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第71页。【标本】江西：寻邬，杨祥学12654；施兴华760232。福建：唐瑞荣608。广东：平远，邓良4476；丰顺，清凉山，F.A.McClure 422 (C. C. C. 6761)；大埔，曾怀德W. T. Tsang 21050, 21101，21632。【形态特征】嫩枝有长丝毛，叶披针形，基部心形，抱茎，少数为圆形，萼片卵形，先端尖，子房有毛；花柱3深裂。蒴果直径2厘米，球形，3室，每室有种子1-2粒，果壳薄，不具宿存萼片。

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41页。花红色，花径5.0~ 6.0厘米，通常单花顶生或腋生。鳞片9~11枚，半圆形至阔卵形，半宿存，密被长柔毛，边缘具睫毛。花瓣5~6枚，长2.5~4.0厘米，宽 1.6~3.0厘米，倒卵圆形，先端凹缺，基部与雄蕊柱连生1.5厘米。雄蕊无毛，长2.5~3.0厘米，外轮花丝基部连生形成1.5~2.0厘米长短管。雌蕊长2.0~3.0厘米，花柱先端3深裂，子房密被绒毛。花期春季。蒴果球形，表面被长柔毛，直径1.5-2.0厘米，3室，果皮厚1~2毫米。叶卵状披针形，先端长尖或尾尖，基部圆形至心形，长 6.0~15.0厘米，宽2.5~5.5厘米，边缘具细齿，革质，叶面中脉和侧脉凹陷，中脉密被长柔毛，叶背密被长柔毛，中脉和侧脉凸起，中脉密被长柔毛。叶柄长2~5毫米，密被长柔毛。灌木或小乔木，高可达7米，嫩枝密被长柔毛，老枝略带长柔毛，灰褐色。分布：江西省南部、广东省东部和福建南部，海拔 200-750米。可寻地点:福建省安溪县。