倒卵瘤果茶 Camellia obovatifolia Hung T.ChangCamellia obovatifolia

Camellia obovatifolia, Subgenus Camellia, Sect. Tuburculata, Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.70: Camellia obovatifolia Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1: 48. 1981. [Description] Small tree, branchlets glabrous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, obovate-lanceolate, 6-9 cmlong, 2.5-3. 5 cm wide, apices abruptly acute, bases cuneate, slightly shiny above, glabrous below; lateral veins 7-9 pairs, protruding above in the dry state, inconspicuousbelow; margins sharply serrate, teeth separation 2-4 mm; petioles 4-5 mm long, glabrous. Flowers terminal, nearly sessile; bracts and sepals9-10, outer 4 bracts broadly ovate, glabrous, others broadly obovate, longest to 1.2 cm, exterior with ash-whitetomentum; petals not yet seen; stamens connate, deciduous; ovaries 3-locular, nearlyglabrous or apically pubescent, tuberculate; styles 3-parted, free, glabrous.

倒卵瘤果茶Camellia obovatifolia Chang, sp. nov. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第48页。【标本】云南：文山，平寨，1960年4月26日，南京大学生物系综考组15192 (模式 Typus! in Bot. Inst. Acad. Sin Peking)。【形态特征】小乔木，嫩枝无毛。叶薄革质，倒卵状披针形，长6-9厘米，宽2.5-3.5厘米，先端短尖，基部楔形，上面略发亮，下面无毛，侧脉7-9对，干后在上面突起，在下面不明显,边缘有尖银齿，齿刻相隔2-4毫米，叶柄长4-5毫米，无毛。花顶生，近无柄，苞片及萼片9-10片，最下面4片阔卵形，无毛，其余阔倒卵形，最长达：1.2厘米，外面有灰白色茸毛；花瓣未见；雄蕊多轮，已脱落，子房3室，近秃净；或近顶端有疏毛，有瘤状突起，花柱3条，离生，无毛。