粗毛红山茶 Camellia setiperulata Hung T. Chang & B. K. LiCamellia setiperulata

Camellia setiperulata, Subgenus Camellia, Sect. Camellia, Subsect. Reticulata Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1: 56. 1981. Ser. Reticulatae Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1: 61. 1981. Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.102: Camellia setiperulata Chang & Lee in Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1: 77. 1981. [Description] Shrub or small tree, young branchlets glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, oblong, 9-12 cmlong, 2. 8-4 cm wide, both ends acute, both surfaces shiny, lateral veins 6-8 pairs, margins serrulate, petioles 1-1. 5 cm long. Flowers light pink; bracts and sepals 9, coriaceous, to 2. 5 cm long, densely yellowish-brown pubescent; petals 6-7, 5 cm longdensely pubescent; stamens 3 cm long, glabrous; ovaries densely pubescent, styles 3-cleft. Capsules subglobose, 6-7 cm in diameter, pericarp ca. 1 cm thick. Similar to C. cryptoneura, but the latter has leaves oblong to oblanceolate, bracts andsepals pubescent, back of petals glabrous, capsules smaller, pericarp thinner.

Gao Jiyin, Clifford R. Parks, Du Yueqiang, 2005, Collected Species of the Genus Camellia an Illustrated Outline，p.76. Flowers are pink to light-red, 6.0-7.5 cm in diameter, borne singly at the tips of shoots. Perules 8-9, outer surface yellowish-villous. Petals 6-7, 4.0-5.0 cm long, 2.0-3.0 cm wide, obovate, tip emarginate, outer surface slightly yellowish-villous, slightly united with the stamens at the base. Androecium glabrous, 2.5-3.0 cm long, outer filaments fused from the base into a short tube. Gynoecium 2.0-2.7 cm in length, 3 styles slightly divided at the tip, ovary tomentose. Blooming season: spring. Capsules subglobose, 6.0-8.0 cm in diameter, 3 locules. Leaves oblong, tip sharply acuminate, base cuneate, 9.0-13.0 cm long, 3.0-4.0 cm wide, margin thinly and densely serrulate, upper surface with lateral veins slightly sunken, lower midrib and lateral veins slightly raised. Petiole 12-15 mm long. Shrub or small tree up to 4.5 m tall, young shoots glabrous, older branches smooth, gray-brown in color.(Data compiled from Chang, 1998: Ming. 2000). Distribution: From Ningyuan County to Dao County, southern Hunan Province; Elevation: 1,000-1,100 m; Specific locality: Jiuyi Mountain, Ningyuan County, Hunan Province, China.

硬毛红山茶Camellia setiperulata Chang et B. K. Lee, sp. nov. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第77页。【标本】湖南：宁远，九嶷山，海拔1100米，山沟湿润处，萧尊孝65001 (模式Typus!in Hunan Teacher’s College),。【形态特征】灌木至小乔木，幼枝无毛。叶革质，长圆形，长9-12厘米，宽2.8-4厘米，两端尖，两面发亮，侧脉6-8对，边缘有细锯齿，叶柄长1-1.5厘米。花淡红，苞及萼9片，革质，最长2.5厘米，被黄褐色粗毛；花瓣6-7片，长5厘米，被粗毛；雄蕊长3厘米，无毛，子房被粗毛，花柱3裂。蒴果近球形，直径6-7毫米，果皮厚约1厘米。近似隐脉红山茶c. cryptoneura Chang,后者叶片长圆状倒披针形，苞及萼被柔毛，花瓣背面无毛，蒴果较小，果皮亦较薄。

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76页。花粉红色至淡红色，花径6.0~7.5厘米，单花顶生。鳞片8~9枚，外被黄色粗毛。花瓣6~7枚，长4.0~5.0厘米，宽2.0~3.0厘米，倒卵形，先端凹缺，外面略被黄色粗毛，基部与雄蕊柱略连生。雄蕊无毛，长2.5~3.0厘米，外轮花丝基部连生形成短管。雌蕊长2.0~2.7厘米，花柱先端3浅裂，子房绒毛。花期春季。蒴果近球形，直径6.0~8.0厘米，3室。叶长圆形，先端锐尖，基部楔形，长9.0~13.0厘米，宽3.0 ~4.0厘米，边缘具细密齿，叶面侧脉略凹陷，。十背主脉和侧脉略凸起。叶柄长12~15毫米。灌木或小乔木，高可达4.5米，嫩枝无毛，老枝光滑，灰褐色。分布：湖南省南部的宁远至道县一带，海拔1000-1100米。可寻地点:湖南省宁远县九嶷山。