淡黄金花茶 Camellia flavidaCamellia flavida

Camellia flavida, Subgenus Thea, Sect. Chrysantha, Ser. Chrysanthae Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni 1979(3): 71. 1979. Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.129: Camellia flavida Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1: 103. 1981. [Description] Shrub 3 m tall, branchlets glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic or oblong, 8-10. 5 cmlong, 3-4. 5 cm wide, apices acuminate or abruptly acute to pointed obtuse, basesbroadly cuneate; greyish-brown above in the dry state, not shiny, glabrous; light brownbelow, glabrous; lateral veins 6-7 pairs, slightly sunken above, protruding below; reticulating veins conspicuous below, margins serrulate; petioles 6-8 mm long, glabrous. Flowers terminal, pedicels 1-2 cm long; bracts 4-5, semiorbicular, 1.5-2. 5 mmlong, glabrous; sepals 5, suborbicular, 6-8 mm long, glabrous or slightly pubescent onthe upper regions of the back, free; petals 8, obovoid, light yellow, ca. 1 cm long, glabrous; stamens free, glabrous; ovaries glabrous; styles 3-parted, completely free, glabrous. Capsules globose, 1.7 cm in diameter，i-locular, 1 seeded, 2-valvated ehiscent, valves 1-1. 5 mm thick; seeds globose, 1.3 cm in diameter, brown; bracts and sepals persistent.

Gao Jiyin, Clifford R. Parks, Du Yueqiang, 2005, Collected Species of the Genus Camellia an Illustrated Outline，p.99. Flowers are pale-yellow, 1.5-2.5 cm in diameter, borne at the tips of shoots and in leaf axils. Pedicels 1-2 mm long. Bracts 4-5. Sepals 4-6, glabrous. Petals 8, about 1 cm long, obovate. Androecium glabrous, free at the base, stamens numerous. Gynoecium glabrous, 3 styles, free, not fused at the base. Blooming season: spring. Capsules globose, 1.7-2.0 cm in diameter, 3 locules, pericarp wall 1-1.5 mm thick. Leaves elliptic to oblong, tip acuminate, base broadly cuneate,6.0-10.0 cm long, 2.1-4.5 cm wide, margin thinly serrulate, upper surface with lateral veins impressed, lower surface glabrous. Petioles 6-8 mm long, glabrous.Shrub up to 3 m in height, young shoots glabrous, older branches smooth, yellow-brown in color. Distribution: Evergreen forests on limestone hills in Longzhou, Wuming and Daxin Counties in southern Guangxi, China; Elevation: 120-250 m; Specific localities: Paizong Township, Longzhou County or Weixin Township, Daxin County, Guangxi, China.

淡黄金花茶Camellia flavida Chang, sp. nov. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第103页。【标本】广西：龙津，牌宗乡，山谷密林，花浅黄色，1957年8月21日，陈少卿13736 (模式标本Typus！in Bot. Inst. Austro-Sin.)无地点，张宗享、王善龄4095。【形态特征】灌木，高3米，嫩枝无毛。叶革质，椭圆形或长圆形，长8-10.5厘米，宽3-4.5厘米，先端渐尖或急短尖而尖头钝，基部阔楔形，上面干后灰褐色，无光泽，无毛，下面浅褐色，无毛，侧脉6-7对，在上面略下陷，在下面突起，网脉在下面明显，边缘有细锯齿，叶柄长6-8毫米，无毛。花顶生，花梗长1-2毫米；苞片4-5片，半圆形，长1.5-2.5毫米，无毛；萼片5片，近圆形，长6-8毫米，无毛或在背面上部略有毛，离生。花瓣8片，倒卵圆形，浅黄色，长约1厘米，无毛。雄蕊离生，无毛。子房无毛，花柱3条，完全分离，无毛。蒴果球形，直径1.7厘米，1室，有种子1粒，果壳2爿裂开，厚1-1.5毫米；种子圆球形，宽1.3厘米，褐色；有宿存苞片及萼片。

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99页。花淡黄色，花径1.5~2.5厘米，顶生或腋生。花柄长1~2毫米。苞片4~5枚，萼片4~6枚，无毛。花瓣8枚，长约1厘米，倒卵形。雄蕊无毛，数量多于雌蕊,基部离生。雌蕊无毛，花柱3条，基部离生。花期春季。蒴果球形，直径1.7~2.0厘米，3室，果皮厚1.0~1.5毫米。叶椭圆形至长圆形，先端渐尖，基部阔楔形，长6.0~10.0厘米，宽2.1~4.5厘米，边缘具细齿，叶面侧脉略凹陷，叶背无毛。叶柄长6~8毫米，无毛。灌木，高可达3米，嫩技无毛，老枝黄褐色，光滑。分布：广西壮族g治区南部的龙州县、武鸣县、大新县一 带（通常生长在石灰岩山坡的常绿林下)，海拔120-250米。 可寻地点:广西壮族自治区龙州县牌宗乡或大新县维新乡。