多瓣糙果茶 Camellia polypetala Hung T.ChangCamellia polypetala

Camellia polypetala, Subgenus Camellia, Sect. Furfuracea, Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.41: Camellia polypetala Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1:27. 1981. [Description] Shrub 4 m tall, branchlets glabrous. Leaves thickly coriaceous, narrowly oblong, 10-14 cm long, 3-4. 5 cm wide, apices acuminate, bases broadly cuneate or slightly rounded; dark green above in the dry state, shiny; light brown below, glabrous, shiny; lateral veins 9-10 pairs, reticulate veins sunken above; margins serrulate, teeth separa-tion 2-2. 5 mm; petioles 5-7 mm long, glabrous. Flowers 1-2 terminal or axillary, 3. 5 cmin diameter, sessile; bracts and sepals 9, 4 outermost perules broadly ovoid, 1-1. 5 cmlong, exterior pubescent, bases nearly free; innermost perules becoming petal-like; petals 12, 2 outermost petals coriaceous in the middle, pubescent, margins thinlymembranous, 15-17 mm long; inner 10 petals broadly obovate, 20 mm long, 10-15 mmwide, glabrous, or pubescent near the apices, basally connate for 3-4 mm; stamens 14mm long, basally connate for 3-4 mm, glabrous; anthers minute, yellow, ovaries sericeous; styles 3-parted, completely free, 8-10 mm long pubescent. Capsulesglobose, 20-25 mm in diameter, outer surface furfuraceous, 3-locular, 1 seed per locule, pericarp 1. 5 mm thick; columella triangular, 20 mm long; seeds henispherical, 15-17mm long, brown.

多瓣糙果茶Camellia polypetala Chang, sp. nov. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第27页。【标本】广东Kwangtung：封开县，渔浮，黄岗山，镇竹坪，溪边，灌木高4米，花白1963年12月11日陈少卿 S. C. Chun 18404 (模式标本Typus in Bot. Inst. Austro-Sin.)；封开，黑石顶，朱志淞C.S.chu 50057。【形态特征】灌木，高4米，嫩枝无毛，叶厚革质，狭窄长圆形，长10-14厘米，宽3-4.5厘米，先端渐尖，基部阔楔形或略钝，上面干后深绿色，发亮，下面浅褐色，无毛，发亮，侧脉9-10对，与网脉在上面凹下，边缘有细齿，齿刻相隔2-2,5毫米；叶柄长5-7毫米，无毛。花1-2朵顶生或腋生，直径3.5厘米，白色，无柄；苞片及萼片9片，最外面4片阔卵圆形，长1-1.5厘米，背面有毛，基部几离生，最内1片多少过渡为花瓣状。花瓣12片，最外2片中央革质，有毛，边缘薄膜状，长1.5-1.7厘米，内侧10片阔倒卵形，长2厘米，宽1-1.5厘米，无毛，或近顶端有毛，基部连生3-4毫米。雄蕊长1.4厘米，基部3-4毫米连生，无毛，花药细小，黄色。子房有长丝毛，花柱3条，完全分离，长8-10毫米，有柔毛。蒴果圆球形，直径2-2.5厘米，表面多糠秕，3室，每室有种子1粒；果厚1.5毫米，中轴三角形，长2厘米；种子半球形，长1.5-1.7厘米，褐色。

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