四川毛蕊茶 Camellia lawii SealyCamellia lawii

Camellia lawii, Subgenus Metacamellia, Sect. Eriandria, Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.201: Camellia lawii Sealy, Kew Bull. 1951(2):180. 1951. [Description] Branchlets pubescent. Leaves elliptic 4-8 cm long, 2-2. 7 cm wide. Pedicels 1-2 mmlong, bracts 4; sepals 3. 5 mm long, ciliate; stamens with a short filament tube, ovariespubescent. [Distribution] Sichuan, Jiangsu.

Gao Jiyin, Clifford R. Parks, Du Yueqiang, 2005, Collected Species of the Genus Camellia an Illustrated Outline，p.136. Flowers are white, 1.2-1.9 cm in diameter, borne at the tips of shoots and in leaf axils; bud set may be abundant. Pedicels 1-2 mm long, pubescent. Bracts 4, ciliate on margins. Sepals 5, ciliate on margins. Petals 5, 1.0-1.3 cm long and 0.8-1.1 cm wide, obovate to broadly obovate, ciliate, slightly united from the base with the androecium. Androecium glabrous, 1.3-1.4 cm in length, outermost filaments fused from the base into a tube 5-6 mm long. Gynoecium 1.5 cm long, 3 styles slightly divided at the tip, ovary tomentose. Blooming season: spring. Capsules globose, slightly puberulent, 1.0-1.3 cm in diameter, 1-2 locules, pericarp wall 1 mm thick. Leaves elliptic, tip acuminate or caudate-acuminate, base cuneate, 4.0-8.0 cm long, 1.5-3.0 cm wide, margin thinly serrulate, upper surface with lateral veins slightly impressed, midrib pubescent, lower surface with midrib raised and pubescent. Petioles 2-4 mm long, pubescent. Shrub up to 3 m tall, young shoots pubescent, older branches glabrous, gray-brown in color. Distribution: Eastern Sichuan Province, Chongqing, northern Guizhou Province, northwest-ern Hubei Province; Elevation: 700-1, 000 m; Spe-cific locality: Jinyunshan scenic spot, Beibei County, Chongqing City, China.

四川毛蕊茶Camellia lawii Sealy in Kew Bull. 1951, 180. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第173页。【标本】四川：峨眉山，周洪富26932；华莹山，杨衔晋4184；北碚，缙云山，Y. W. Law 335 (广东植物所标本号365407)。分布：四川，江苏。【形态特征】嫩枝有毛；叶椭圆形，4-8X2-2.7厘米，花梗长1-2毫米；苞片4；萼片长3.5毫米，有长睫毛；雄蕊有短的花丝管，子房有毛。

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136页。花白色，直径1.2~1.9厘米，顶生或腋生，花芽多。花柄长1~2毫米，被柔毛。苞片4枚，边缘有睫毛，萼片5枚，具睫毛。花瓣5枚，长1.0-1.3厘米，宽0.8~1.1厘米，倒卵形至宽倒卵形，边缘有睫毛，基部与雄蕊略连生。雄蕊无毛，长1.3~1.4厘米，外轮花丝基部连生形成5~6毫米长短管。雌蕊长1.5厘米，花柱先端3裂，子房被丝毛。花期春季。蒴果球形，略被毛，直径1.0~1.3厘米，1~2室，果皮厚约1毫米。叶椭圆形，先端渐尖或尾状渐尖，基部楔形，长4.0~8.0厘米，宽1.5~3.0厘米，边缘具细齿，叶面侧脉略凹陷，中脉被柔毛，叶背中脉凸起，被毛。叶柄长2~4毫米，被柔毛。灌木，高可达3米，嫩枝被柔毛，老枝无毛，灰褐色。分布：四川省东部及重庆市、贵州省北部和湖北省西南部，海拔 700-1000米。可寻地点:重庆市北碚县缙云山风景区。