细叶短柱茶 Camellia microphylla (Merr.) S.S.ChienCamellia microphylla

Camellia microphylla, Subgenus Camellia, Sect. Paracamellia, Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.60: Camellia microphylla(Merr.) Chien, Contrib. Biol. Lab. Sci. Soc. China Bot. 12:100. 1939. [Description] Branchlets pubescent. Leaves narrow and small, 2-3 cm long, 1.3 cm wide, apicesrounded or obtuse. Bracts and sepals 6-7; petals 5-7, 1 cm long; basal half of stamensconnate; styles 3-parted, 2-3 mm long. [Synonym] Thea microphylla Merr., Journ. Arn. Arb. 8:9. 1927. \Theopsis microphylla (Merr.) Nakai, Journ. Jap. Bot. 16:706. 1940.

Gao Jiyin, Clifford R. Parks, Du Yueqiang, 2005, Collected Species of the Genus Camellia an Illustrated Outline，p.189. Flowers are white sometimes flushed with pink, slightly fragrant, 1.5-2.5 cm in diameter, borne at the tips of shoots and in leaf axils. Perules 6-7, ciliate margins. Petals 5, 8-11 mm long, 5-8 mm wide, obovate, free, not fused at the base to the staminal column. Androecium glabrous, 5-6 mm long, the outer stamens fused from the base into a cup 3 mm long. Gynoecium 2-3 mm long, 3 styles, divided at the tip, ovary tomentose. Blooming season: autumn. Capsules ovoid in shape, about 1.5 cm in diameter, green or red at maturity, surface sparsely villous, 1-3 locules, pericarp wall 1 mm thick. Seed oil content is 53%-63%.Leaves obovate, tip obtuse or rounded, base cuneate to rounded,1.5-2.5 cm long, 1.0-1.3 cm wide, margin shallowly serrulate on the upper part, upper and lower surfaces smooth. Petioles 1-2 mm long, upper side puberulent. Shrub up to 3 m tall, young shoots pubescent, becoming glabres-cent with age, twig color brown, older branches smooth and cinnamon-colored. Distribution: Provinces of Anhui, Guizhou, Hunan and Jiangxi; Elavation: 200-500 m; Specific locality: Chongyi Village, Nanjiang Town, Pingjiang County, Hunan Province, China.

细叶短柱茶Camellia microphyila (Merr.) Chien in Conbrib. Biol. Lab. Sci. Soc. China, Bot. 12：100, 1939. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第41页。【标本】贵州：印江，简卓坡30040。安徽：祁门，邓懋彬5143。湖南：城步，谭沛祥63862。江西：黎川，王名金等2326。【形态特征】嫩枝有毛，叶细小，2-3X1.3厘米，先端圆或钝，苞及萼片6-7片，花瓣5-7片，长1厘米，雄蕊下半部连生，花柱3条，长2-3毫米。

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189页。花白色，有时略泛粉红色，略芳香，直径1.5~2.5厘米，顶生和腋生。鱗片6~7枚，边缘有毛。花瓣5枚，长8~11毫米，宽5~8毫米，倒卵形，基部与雄蕊柱 离生。雄蕊无毛，长5~6毫米，外轮花丝基部连生形成3毫米长短管。雌蕊长2~3毫米，花柱先端3裂，子房被域毛。花期秋季。蒴果卵球形，直径约1.5厘米，成熟时绿色或红色，表面被疏柔毛，1~3室，果皮厚约1毫米。种子含油更53%~63%。叶倒卵形，先端純圆，基部楔形或圆形，长1,5~2.5厘米，宽1.0~1.3厘米，边缘上半部具浅齿，叶片两面光滑。叶柄长1~2毫米，上面有柔毛。灌木，高可达3米，嫩枝被柔毛，而后变秃净，枝条褐色，老枝光滑，黄褐色。分布：江西、湖南、安徽等省，海拔200-500米。可寻地点:湖南省平江县南江镇崇义村。