超长尖连蕊茶 Camellia percuspidata Hung T.ChangCamellia percuspidata

Camellia percuspidata, Subgenus Metacamellia, Sect. Theopsis, Ser. Gymnandrae Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1: 144. 1981. Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.188: Camellia percuspidata Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1: 156. 1981. [Description] Small tree, branchlets glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic, 8-12 cm long, 3-4. 5 cmwide, apices caudate with a 1.5-2. 3cm long cauda, bases broadly cuneate; shiny above, glabrous below; lateral veins 5-7 pairs, margins serrulate, petioles 5-7 mm long. Flowers 1-2 terminal, pedicels 2 mm long; bracts 4, 1-2 mm long; sepals 5, sub-orbicular, 4-5 mm long, pubescent; petals 7, obovoid, basally slightly connate, exteriorpubescent; stamens in 2 series, outer whorl basally connate into a short tube, glabrous; ovaries glabrous, 3-locular; styles apices 3-cleft. Capsules globose, 1. 5 cm wide, 1-locular, 3-valvate dehiscent, valves thin.

Gao Jiyin, Clifford R. Parks, Du Yueqiang, 2005, Collected Species of the Genus Camellia an Illustrated Outline，p.258. Flowers are white, slightly fragrant,1.6-2.2 cm in diameter, borne at the tips of shoots and in leaf axils. Pedicels about 2 mm long. Bracts 4. Sepals 5, pubescent. Petals 7,1.2-2.0 cm long, obovate, pubescent on back surface, slightly united at the base with the staminal column. Androecium pubescent, 1.5-1.8 cm long, filaments fused at the base into a tube. Gynoecium glabrous,1.4-2.3 cm long, 3 styles cleft at the tip, ovary glabrous. Blooming season: spring. Capsules globose, 1 locule. Leaves elliptic, tip long-caudate, base broadly cuneate, 8.0-12.0 cm long, 3.0-4.5 cm wide, margin thinly serrulate, blade smooth on both surfaces. Petioles 5-7 mm long. Shrub or small tree up to 5 m tall, young shoots glabrous, older branches smooth and yellow-brown in color. Distribution: Under forest canopy in ravines or along streams in Luchun County in western Yunnan Province; Elevation: 1,500-2,000 m; Specific locality: Luchun County, Yunnan Province, China.

超尖连蕊茶Camellia percuspidata Chang, sp. nov. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第156页。【标本】云南：滇西，中苏联合考察队2230(模式标本Typus, in Bot. Inst. Kunmnig)；禄春，黄连山，海拔1500-2000米，陶德定846，1114，1117。【形态特征】小乔木，嫩枝无毛。叶革质，椭圆形，长8-12厘米，宽3-4.3厘米，先端长尾状，尾长1.5-2.3厘米，基部阔楔形，上面不发亮，下面无毛，侧脉5-7对，边缘有细锯齿，叶柄长5-7毫米。花顶生，1-2朵，花柄长2毫米，苞片4，长1-2毫米；萼片5,近圆形，长4-5毫米，有毛；花瓣7片，倒卵圆形，基部略连生，背面有毛；雄蕊2轮，外轮基部连成短管，无毛；子房无毛，3室，花柱先端3裂。蒴果球形，宽1.5厘米，1室，3爿裂开，果爿薄。

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258页。花白色，略芳香，花径1.6~2.2厘米，顶生或腋生。花柄长约2毫米。苞片4枚，萼片5枚，被短柔毛。花瓣7枚，长1.2~2.0厘米，倒卵形，背面有毛，基部与雄蕊柱略连生。雄蕊被柔毛，长1.5~1.8厘米，花丝基部连生形成短管。雌蕊长1.4~2.3厘米，花柱先端3裂，子房无毛。花期春季。蒴果球形，1室。叶椭圆形，先端长尾状，基部阔楔形，长8.0~12.0厘米，宽3.0~4.5厘米，边缘具细齿，叶片两面光滑。叶柄长5~7毫米。灌木或小乔木，高可达5米，嫩枝无毛，老枝光滑，黄褐色。分布：云南省西部禄春县一带（通常在林下沟谷或溪边生长），海拔1500-2000米。可寻地点:云南省禄春县。