微花连蕊茶 Camellia minutiflora Hung T.ChangCamellia minutiflora

Camellia minutiflora, Subgenus Metacamellia, Sect. Theopsis, Ser. Cuspidatae Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1: 133. 1981.  Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.168: Camellia minutiflora Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1: 140. 1981. [Description] Shrub; branchlets puberulent, dull brown when dry. Leaves narrowly oblong orlanceolate, 2-3. 5 cm long, 6-9 mm wide, apices subacute, bases cuneate, both surfacespubescent, margins serrate; lateral veins ca. 6 pairs, obscure or impressed above in thedry state; petioles 1-2 mm long. Flowers white, 1-2 axillary, slender and small, pedicels1-2 mm long; bracts 4-5, 0. 3-0. 7 mm long glabrous; sepals 5, lanceolate, 1-1. 5 mm long, glabrous; petals 5-6, obovate, 6-8 mm long, 4-6 mm wide, apices mucronate, glabrous; stamens 5-7 mm long glabrous, nearly free or slightly connate, anthers basifixed; ovaries glabrous, styles 5-7 mm long, apices briefly 3-cleft.

Gao Jiyin, Clifford R. Parks, Du Yueqiang, 2005, Collected Species of the Genus Camellia an Illustrated Outline，p.252. Flowers are white with red marks on the outer petals, very fragrant, 2.7-3.0 cm in diameter, borne in multiples at the tips of shoots and in leaf axils; bud set usually abundant. Bracts 5 and Sepals 5, both persistent, some pubescence outside, inside glabrous. Petals 5-6, 1.8-2.0 cm long, 1.3 cm wide, obovate, cleft at tip from 1 -2 mm, fused from the base with the staminal column 3-4 mm. Androecium glabrous, 1.3-1.7 cm long, stamens fused from the base into a cup 4-5 mm long, approximately 25 stamens. Gynoecium 1.5-1.9 cm long, 3 glabrous styles, fused except at the tip, ovary glabrous. Blooming season: spring. Capsules mostly globose with a thickened beak at the point of style attachment, 1.3-1.4 cm long, 1.2 cm in diameter, glabrous. Leaves narrowly elliptic to elliptic, tip acute to mostly acuminate, base cuneate, 1.4-4.8 cm long, 0.6-1.7 cm wide, margin serrulate, thinly coriaceous, upper surface smooth with puberulent midrib, midrib slightly impressed，lower surface smooth， villous, raised midrib. Petioles 4 mm long, puberulent. Shrub up to 4 m tall, young shoots densely villous, young leaves red, twigs pendulous, older branches smooth and gray in color. Distribution: In Chinese Provinces of Jiangxi and Guangdong, and Hong Kong, China; Elevation: 350-500 m; Specific localities: Changbu Forest Form, Fenyi County, Jiangxi Province, China, or Mt. Ba-Sin-Ling, Hong Kong,China.

微花连蕊茶Camellia minutiflora Chang, sp. nov. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第140页。【标本】。【形态特征】灌木，嫩枝有微毛，干时暗褐色。叶狭长圆形或披针形，长2-3.5厘米，宽6-9毫米，先端略尖，基部楔形，下上两面无毛，边缘有钝齿，侧脉约6对，隐约难见或干时在上面凹入，叶柄长1-2毫米。花白，1-2朵腋生，细小，花柄长1-2毫米，苞片4-5，长0.3-0.7毫米，无毛；萼片5,披针形，长1-1.5毫米，无毛；花瓣5-6片，倒卵形，长6-8毫米，宽4-6毫米，先端凹入，无毛；雄蕊长5-7毫米，无毛，近离生，或基部稍连生，花药基部着生；子房无毛，花柱长5-7毫米，先端短3裂。

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252页。花白色，瓣背带红色，很芳香，花径2.7~3.0厘米，多花顶生或腋生，花芽通常很多。苞片萼片各5枚，均宿存，外面略被短柔毛，里面无毛。花瓣5~6枚，长1.8~2.0厘米，宽1.3厘米，倒卵形，先端凹缺长1~2毫米，基部与雄蕊柱连生3~4毫米。雄蕊无毛，长1.3~1.7厘米，花丝基部连生形成4~5毫米长短管，雄蕊约25枚。雌蕊长1.5~1.9厘米，花柱先端3裂，无毛，子房无毛。花期春季。蒴果多为球形，先端有小喙，长1.3~1.4厘米，直径1.2厘米，无毛。叶窄椭圆形至椭圆形，先端急尖至渐尖，基部楔形，长1.4~4.8厘米，宽0.6~1.7厘米，边缘具齿，薄革质，叶面光滑，中脉略凹陷并被短柔毛，叶背光滑，被长柔毛，中脉凸起。叶柄长4毫米，被微毛。灌木，高4米，嫩枝密被长柔毛，嫩叶红色，枝条下垂，老枝光滑，灰色。分布：中国江西省、广东省以及香港特区（通常生长在林下或沟壑），海拔350-500米。可寻地点:中国香港恃区八仙岭。