石果红山茶 Camellia lapidea Y.C.WuCamellia lapidea

Camellia lapidea, Subgenus Camellia, Sect. Camellia, Subsect. Reticulata Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1: 56. 1981.  Ser. Villosae Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1: 56. 1981. Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.80: Camellia lapidea Wu in Engler, Bot. Jahrb. 71:190. 1940. [Description] Leaves 16 cm long, long-caudate, lateral veins 8-9 pairs. This species differs from C. mairei by having very large leaves, the latter has short leaf blades, apices abruptly acute, only 5-6 pairs of lateral veins and capsules small. [Synonym]Camellia mairei var. lapidea (Wu) Sealy, Rev. Gen. Camellia, 174. 1958.

Gao Jiyin, Clifford R. Parks, Du Yueqiang, 2005, Collected Species of the Genus Camellia an Illustrated Outline，p.47. Flowers are deep pink or red, about 6 cm in diameter, borne at the tips of shoots and in leaf axils. Perules 9. deciduous afterflowering, outer surface of larger perules appressed villous, inside glabrous. Petals 6-7,3.0-5.0 cm long, broadly ovate to slightly obovate, emarginate, cleft up to 3 mm, fused from the base with the staminal column up to 15 mm. Androecium pubescent, approximate 3 cm long, outer stamens fused from the base into a column up to 2.0 cm long, approximately 150 stamens. Gynoecium about 3 cm long, 3 pubescent styles slightly divided at the tip, ovary densely tomentose. Blooming season: winter. Capsules subglobose, 4.0-5.0 cm in diameter, 3 locules, pericarp wall 1.2-1.5 cm thick.Leaves elliptic, tip cuspidate to caudate, base cuneate, 9.5-15.0 cm long, 3.0-4.5 cm wide, sharply serrulate, upper surface with midrib and veins markedly impressed, glabrous, lower surface with midrib and veins raised, loosely villous, particularly near the midrib. Petiole 8-11 mm long, glabrous. Shrub or small tree up to 5 m tall, young shoots tan-gray, glabrous, older branches smooth and gray in color. Distribution: Mixed woods and thickets in western Guangdong and southern Guizhou Provinces and Guangxi; Elevation; 300-1,500 m;Specific locality: Dayaoshan,Guangxi, China.

石果红山茶Camellia lapidea Wu in Engler, Bot. Jahrb. 71： 190, 1940. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第59页。【标本】贵州：安龙，蒋英Y.Tsiang 9324A。广东：怀集，刘瑛光2706；连山，谭沛祥58693。广西：钦县，陈少卿3914,平南，黄志C.Wang 40720；大瑶山，李荫昆400422；十万大山，曾怀德W.T.Tsang24804；北流，曾邦光8965。【形态特征】这个种叶长16厘米，长尾状，侧脉8-9对。它和云南的C. mairei差别很大，后者叶片短，先端短尖，侧脉只有5-6对，蒴果亦小得多。

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47页。花深粉红色或红色，花径约6厘米，顶生或腋生。鳞片9枚，随花朵开放而脱落，外面大鱗片被长柔毛，里面无毛。花瓣6~7枚，长3.0~5.0厘米，阔卵圆形至倒卵形，先端凹缺3毫米，基部与雄蕊柱连生15毫米。雄蕊被短柔毛，长约3厘米，外轮花丝基部连生形成2厘米长短管，雄蕊数约150枚。雌蕊长约3厘米，花柱先端3裂，被短柔毛，子房密被绒毛。花期冬季。蒴果近球形，直径4.0~5.0厘米，3室，果皮厚1.2~1.5厘米。叶椭圆形，先端硬尖至尾尖，基部楔形，长9.5~15.0厘米，宽3.0~4.5厘米，边缘具尖齿，叶面中脉和侧脉明显凹陷，无毛，叶背主脉和侧脉凸起，被稀疏长柔毛，特别是中脉附近被毛明显。叶柄长8~11毫米。灌木或小乔木，高可达5米，嫩枝灰黄色，无毛，老枝光滑，灰色。分布：广东省西部、贵州省南部和广西壮族自治区（生于常绿或混交林下），海拔300-1500米。可寻地点:广西壮族自治区大瑶山。