弥勒糙果茶 Camellia mileensis T.L.MingCamellia mileensis

Camellia mileensis T.L.Ming in Acta Bot. Yunnan. 19: 221 (1997)

Shrubs to 2 m tall. Year-old branchlets grayish brown, glabrescent; current year branchlets slender, hispidulous. Petiole 3-5 mm, hirtellous; leaf blade elliptic, oblong, or lanceolate, 3-6.5 × 1-3 cm, leathery, abaxially pale green, brown glandular punctate, and sparsely villous along midvein, adaxially dark green and hirtellous along midvein, midvein abaxially elevated, secondary veins 6 or 7 on each side of midvein, abaxially slightly raised, and adaxially visible, base cuneate to broadly cuneate, margin serrulate, apex bluntly and shortly caudate. Flowers axillary or subterminal, solitary, 2-3 cm in diam., subsessile. Bracteoles and sepals 9 or 10, ± persistent, green, semi-orbicular to broadly ovate, 2-5 mm, leathery, outside gray pubescent, inside glabrous, margin membranous. Petals 7 or 8, white or pale pink, obovate, 2-2.5 × 1.4-1.8 cm, apex rounded; inner 5 petals connate for 4-5 mm. Stamens ca. 1.8 cm; filaments glabrous; outer filament whorl basally connate for 0.9-1.4 cm. Ovary globose, white tomentose, 3-loculed; styles 3, distinct, ca. 1.7 cm, glabrous or basally pilose. Capsule globose, 1.2-1.5 cm in diam., 3-loculed; pericarp ca. 1.5 mm thick, furfuraceous, splitting into 3 valves. Seeds brown. Fl. Mar, fr. Nov.

Thickets in river valleys; 1100-1300 m. Yunnan (Mile). 

Accepted Infraspecifics：

-Leaf blade elliptic, 6-6.5 × 2.5-3 cm; flowers ca. 3 cm in diam.; outer filament whorl connate for basal ca. 3/4.  var. mileensis 弥勒糙过茶(原变种)

-Leaf blade oblong to lanceolate, 3-4 × 1-1.4 cm; flowers ca. 2 cm in diam.; outer filament whorl connate for basal ca. 1/2. var. microphylla 小叶弥勒糙果茶

CHINA:Yunnan (Mile)

弥勒糙果茶 Camellia mileensis T.L.Ming  in Acta Bot. Yunnan. 19: 221 (1997)。

灌木，高达 2 米。一年生小枝淡灰棕色，后脱落；当年生小枝纤细，具短硬毛。叶柄 3-5 毫米，具微糙硬毛；叶片椭圆形、长圆形或披针形， 3-6. 5 * 1-3 厘米，革质，背面苍绿色，具棕色腺点，沿中脉具稀疏长柔毛，正面深绿色，沿中脉具微糙硬毛，中脉背面隆起，次脉在中脉两侧各6或7条，背面稍隆起，正面可见，基部楔形到宽楔形，边缘有细锯齿，先端钝而短尾状。花腋生或近顶生，单生，直径 2-3 厘米，近无柄。小苞片和萼片 9 或 10，多少宿存，绿色，半圆形到宽卵形，2-5 毫米，革质，外面灰色短柔毛，里面无毛，边缘膜质。花瓣 7 或 8，白色或淡粉色，倒卵形， 2-2.5 * 1.4-1.8 厘米，先端圆形；内部 5 片花瓣合生达 4-5 毫米。雄蕊约1.8厘米；花丝无毛；外轮花丝基部合生达0.9-1.4厘米。子房球状，白色被绒毛，3室；花柱3，离生，长约1.7厘米，无毛或基部具柔毛。蒴果球状，直径 1.2-1.5 厘米，3 室；果皮厚约 1.5 毫米，软鳞片状，裂成 3 裂爿。种子棕色。花期3月，果期4月。花期3月，果期11月。花期3月，果期11月。

生长于在河流域的灌丛； 1100-1300米。