扁糙果茶 Camellia oblata Hung T.Chang & B.M.Barthol.Camellia oblata

Camellia oblata, Subgenus Camellia, Sect. Furfuracea, Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.45: Camellia oblata Chang ex Chang, sp. nov. ; Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1: 30. 1981, nom. invalid. [Description] Shrub 3 m tall, branchlets glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, oblong to oblong-oblanceolate, 12-15 cm long, 4-5. 5 cm wide, apices abruptly acute, bases broadlycuneate; light green above in the dry state, shiny, glabrous; light brown below, glabrous, minutely atropunctate; lateral veins 7 pairs, conspicuous above, protruding below; margins serrulate or lower half nearly entire; petioles 7-12 mm long, glabrous. Flowers white; bracts and sepals 10, scarious, early deciduous; petals 9; stamens 9 mmlong, nearly free; styles 1-1.2 cm long, 4-parted, free, pubescent. Capsules terminal, sessile, oblate, 3. 2 cm wide, 2 cm tall, not yet ripe, pericarp 6-7 mm thick, exterior very furfuraceous; sepal remnants 2-3, nearly orbicular, 7-8 mm long, exterior pubescent.

扁糙果茶Camellia oblata Chang, sp. nov. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第30页。【标本】广西Kwangsi：十万大山，海拔1000米，1933年8月14日，左景烈C.L.Tso 23646 (果模式标本Fr.-Typus in Bot. Inst. Austro-Sin.)，广西林科所 5357 (花模 式标本Fl.-Typus in For. Inst. Kwangsi )。【形态特征】灌木，高3米，嫩枝无毛。叶革质，长圆形或长圆状倒披针形，长12-15厘米，宽4-5.5厘米，先端急短尖，基部阔楔形，上面干后浅绿色，发亮，无毛，下面浅褐色，无毛，有微小黑腺点，侧脉7对，在上面明显，在下面突起，边缘有细锯齿，或下半部近全缘，叶柄长7-12毫米，无毛，花白色，苞片及萼片10,干膜质，早 落；花瓣9片；雄蕊长9毫米，近离生；花柱长1-1.2厘米，4条离生，有毛。蒴果 顶生，无柄，扁圆形，宽3.2厘米，高2厘米，未成熟，果皮厚6-7毫米，表面多糠秕；残存萼片2-3片，近圆形，长7-8毫米，背面有毛。