毛籽红山茶 Camellia trichosperma Hung T.ChangCamellia trichosperma

Camellia trichosperma, 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.88: Camellia trichosperma Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1:64. 1981. [Description] Tree 15 m tall; bark smooth, greyish-white; branchlets glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic, 11-13 cm long, bases broadly cuneate; yellowish-green above in the dry state, not shiny; lighter below; lateral veins5-6 pairs, conspicuous on both surfaces; reticulateveins obscure, upper half of margins serrulate, petioles 1-1.3 cm long. Flowers red, terminal, sessile; bracts and sepals 9-10, broadly ovoid, 1. 5 cm long, outer surfacesyellowish-brown sericeous. Capsules large, globose, 12-15 cm in diameter, 4-5-valvatedehiscent, valves 3-4 cm thick, pubescent, 3-5 seeds per locule, seeds pubescent; columella large, 4-5 angled.

Gao Jiyin, Clifford R. Parks, Du Yueqiang, 2005, Collected Species of the Genus Camellia an Illustrated Outline，p.82. Flowers are light-red to red, 7.0-9.5 cm in diameter, borne singly at the tips of shoots. Perules 9-10, outside yellowish-pubescent. Petals 6-8, 4.0-5.0 cm long, 3.0-4.5 cm wide, broadly obovate, tip emarginate, slightly fused at the base with the staminal column. Androecium 2.0-3.0 cm long, outer layer of stamens fused from the base into a short cup. Gynoecium 1.6-2.1 cm in length, 3-5 styles divided at the tip, ovary glabrous. Blooming season: mid-spring. Capsules globose, 9.0-15.0 cm in diameter, pericarp wall 2.0-4.0 cm in thickness. Seeds villous. Leaves elliptic, tip sharply acute, base cuneate, 11.0-13.0 cm long, 4.0-6.0 cm wide, margin sharply serrulate only on upper portion of blade, upper surface smooth, lateral veins sunken. Petiole 10-15 mm long. Tree up to 15 m tall, young shoots glabrous, older branches smooth, brown in color. Distribution: Mountain-ous region of Xunwu County in southern Jiangxi and con-tiguous areas in southeastern Guangdong; Elevation: 500-800 m; Specific locality: Xunwu County, Jiangxi Province; Also, some large trees can be seen at the Jiangxi Forestry Academy, Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, China.

毛籽红山茶Camellia trichosperma Chang, sp. nov. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第64页。【标本】江西：寻邬，中和公社，瓦挢生产队，海拔350米，栽培，散生，江西共大林 学系744011(模式Typus in Univ. Communism，Kiangsi )。【形态特征】乔木，高15米，树皮平坦，灰白色，嫩枝无毛。叶革质，椭圆形，长11-13厘米，基部阔楔形，上面干后黄绿色，不发亮，下面较浅色，侧脉5-6对，在两面明显，网脉不明显，边缘上半部有细锯齿，叶柄长1-1.3厘米。花红色，顶生，无柄，苞及萼6-10片。阔倒卵圆形，长1.5-2厘米，外面被黄褐色柔毛。蒴果大，球形，直径12-15厘米，4-5爿裂开，果厚3-4厘米，被毛，种子被毛，每室3-5个，中轴粗大，4-5角形。

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82页。花淡红色至红色，花径7.0~9.5厘米，单花顶生。鱗片9~10枚，外被黄色短柔毛。花瓣6~8枚，长4.0~5.0厘米，宽3.0~4.5厘米，阔倒卵形，先端有凹缺，基部与雄蕊柱略连生。雄蕊长2.0~3.0厘米，外轮花丝基部连生形成短管。雌蕊长1.6~2.1厘米，花柱先端3~5浅裂，子房无毛。花期春季。蒴果球形，直径9.0~15.0厘米，果庋厚2.0~4.0厘米。种子被长柔毛，褐色。叶椭圆形，先端急锐尖，基部楔形，长11.0~13.0厘米，宽4.0~6.0厘米，边缘上半部具尖齿，革质，叶面光滑，侧脉略凹陷。叶柄长10~15毫米。小乔木，高可达15米，嫩枝无毛，老枝光滑，灰色。分布：江西省南部的寻乌县及其与广东省接壤的山区，海拔500-800 米。可寻地点:江西省寻乌县。另外，在江西省南昌市江西林业科学院也可以看到本原种的大树。