散柱茶 Camellia liberistyla Hung T.Chang & B.M.Barthol.Camellia liberistyla

Camellia liberistyla, Subgenus Protocamellia, Sect. stereocarpus, Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.34: Camellia liberistyla Chang ex Chang, sp. nov. ; ChangActa Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1: 18. 1981, nom. invalid. [Description] Small tree, branchlets pubescent. Leaves coriaceous, lanceolate, 6-9 cm long, 1.5-2. 3cm wide, apices caudate-acuminate, bases rounded, slightly shiny above, midveins pubescent below, lateral veins 8-9 pairs, margins serrulate, petioles 3-5 mm long. Flowers terminal, sessile; bracts and sepals 9-10, scarious, suborbicular, 6-12 mm long, scarcely pubescent; petals 10, obovate, 2 cm long; stamens free; ovaries glabrous, 5-locular; styles 5-parted, free. Capsules subglobose, 3-3. 5 cm in diameter, apices withfree styles or when ripe often torn off, 5-valvate dehiscent, valves 1-1. 5 mm thick.

散柱茶Camellia liberistyla Chang, sp. nov. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第18页。【标本】云南Yunnan：禄劝，鹅毛山，毛品一P.I.Mao1480 (花模式标本Fl.-typus! in Bot. Inst. Kunming)；文山，海拔1900-2300米，冯国楣K.M.Feng 11264；禄劝，毛品一P. I.Mao 1537；新平县，武素功S. K.wu 436 (果模式标本 Fr.-typus! in Bot. Inst Kunming )；砚山11570，王启无 C. W. Wang 85044。【形态特征】小乔木，嫩枝有毛。叶革质，披针形，长6-9厘米，宽1.5-2.3厘米，先端尾状渐尖，基部近圆形，上面稍发亮，下面沿中脉有长毛，侧脉8-9对，边缘有细 锯齿；叶柄长3-5毫米。花顶生，无柄；苞片及萼片9-10片，干膜质，近圆形，长6-12毫米，有疏毛；花瓣10片，倒卵形，长2厘米；雄蕊离生；子房无毛，5室，花柱5条，离生。蒴果球形，直径3-3.5厘米，顶端有离生花柱，成熟时常撕裂，5爿裂开，果爿厚1-1.5毫米。

云南：禄劝，鹅毛山；文山；新平县；砚山