茶梨油茶 Camellia octopetala HuCamellia octopetala

Gao Jiyin, Clifford R. Parks, Du Yueqiang, 2005, Collected Species of the Genus Camellia an Illustrated Outline，p.151-152. Flowers are pale yellow to yellowish green, 5.0-6.0 cm in diameter, usually borne singly at the tips of shoots. Perules 10, mostly dry tissue and slowly deciduous, outside tip pubescent, inside glabrous. Petals 7-11, 3.0-4.0 cm long, 1.5-2.0 cm wide, narrowly ovate to obovate, slightly cleft at the tip on outer petals, some pubescence on outside, inside glabrous, fused with the staminal column up to 5 mm from the base. Androecium 1.5 cm long, outer layer of stamens fusedfrom the base into a cup about 5 mm long, approximately 250-300 stamens. Gynoecium about 1.7 cm long, 4-5 styles, mostly villous, free, not fused at the base, ovary tomentose. Blooming season: autumn. Capsules pyriform to globose in shape, 5.5-6.0 cm long, 5.0-7.0 cm in diameter, tan and rough with brown flecks, glabrescent at maturity, 4-5 locules, 1 -5 seeds per locule, pericarp wall 1-2 cm in thickness. Seeds glabrous. Leaves elliptic, tip acute to acuminate, base cuneate, 9.1-17.6 cm long, 2.7-7.6 cm wide, margin obscurely serrulate, teeth spaced 3-4 mm apart, upper surface mostly smooth with main veins slightly impressed, glabrous, lower surface mostly smooth with main veins slightly raised, glabrous. Petioles 8-14 mm long, glabrous. Tree up to 10 m tall, twigs glabrous, tan to brown in color, older branches and trunks smooth and gray in color. Distribution: Southwestern Zhejiang Province and western Fujian Province; Elevation: 400-800 m; Specific localities: Longquan city, qingyuan County, Zhejiang Province, China. Cultivated trees of this species can be seen on a hill at the Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Fuyang County, Zhejiang Province, China.

Southwestern Zhejiang Province and western Fujian Province; Elevation: 400-800 m; Specific localities: Longquan city, qingyuan County, Zhejiang Province, China. Cultivated trees of this species can be seen on a hill at the Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Fuyang County, Zhejiang Province, China.

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151-152页。花淡黄色至黄绿色，花径5.0~6.0厘米，通常单花顶生。鳞片10枚，多为干组织，而后渐脱落，边缘膜质，外面顶部被柔毛，里面无毛。花瓣约7~11枚，长3.0~4.0厘米，宽1.5~2.0厘米，窄卵形至倒卵形，外轮花瓣先端略有裂口，背面被毛，瓣面无毛，基部与雄蕊柱连生达5毫米。雄蕊长1.5厘米，外轮花丝基部连生形成5毫米长短管，雄蕊250~300枚。雌蕊长约1.7厘米，花柱4~5条，基部离生，被长柔毛，子房被绒毛。花期秋季。蒴果梨形至球形，长5.5~6.0厘米，直径5.0~7.0厘米，棕黄色，粗糙，具褐色斑点，成熟时几乎无毛，4~5室，每室有种子1~5粒，果皮厚1~2厘米。种子无毛。叶椭圆形，先端急尖至渐尖，基部楔形,长9.1-17.6厘米，宽2.7~7.6厘米，叶缘有细齿，但不太明显，齿距3~4毫米，叶面光滑，主脉略凹陷，无毛，叶背光滑，主脉略凸起，无毛。叶柄长8~14毫米，无毛。小乔木，高可达10米，细枝无毛，黄褐色至褐色，老枝和树干光滑，灰色。分布：浙江省西南部和福建省西部，海拔400-800 米。可寻地点:浙江省龙泉市、庆元县。另外，浙江省富阳 市亚热带林业研究所的山上也有栽培。

浙江省西南部和福建省西部，海拔400~800米。可寻地点:浙江省龙泉市、庆元县。另外，浙江省富阳市亚热带林业研究所的山上也有栽培。