长毛红山茶 Camellia villosa Hung T. Chang et S. Y. LiangCamellia villosa

Camellia villosa, Subgenus Camellia, Sect. Camellia, Subsect. Reticulata Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1: 56. 1981. Ser. Villosae Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1: 56. 1981. Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.80: Camellia villosa Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1:60. 1981. [Description] Shrub or small tree, branchlets glabrous, old branches greyish-white. Leavescoriaceous, oblong 7-9. 5 cm long, 3-4 cm wide, apices acute with an 8-10 mm longcauda, bases rounded or obtuse; brown above in the dry state, glabrous, slightly shiny; same color below, villous; lateral veins7-9 pairs, perpendicular to the midvein; basal14/3serrate, petioles 5-7 mm long, upper surface glabrous, lower surface pubescent. Flowers red, sessile; bracts and sepals 14, ovate, to 1.3 cm long, outer surfaces pubescent; stamens in 4 series, 2. 5 cm long, filament tube pubescent, inner free fila-ments pubescent; ovaries pubescent, 3-locular, each locule with 5-6 ovules; styles 1.5 cm long, apices deeply 3-cleft. Capsules globose, 5 cm in diameter, brown, villous, 3-locular, 3-4 seeds per locule, 3-valvate dehiscent, valves 5 mm thick, bracts and sepalsnot persistent, pedicels extremely short; seeds 1.5-2 cm long, brown. This species has 14 perules, 7 petals, and is very close to C. polyodonta, except theleaves are shorter, back surface is pubescent, and the flowers and fruit are relatively small.

Gao Jiyin, Clifford R. Parks, Du Yueqiang, 2005, Collected Species of the Genus Camellia an Illustrated Outline，p.85. Flowers are red, 7.0-8.0 cm in diameter, borne singly at the tips of shoots. Perules 14, outside sericeous. Petals 7-8, 3.0-3.8 cm long, 2.5-3.0 cm wide, suborbicular to broadly obovate, tip rounded or slightly emarginate, outside pubescent, slightly fused with the base of the staminal column. Androecium pubescent, 2.5 cm long, outer layer of stamens fused at the base into a pubescent cup. Gynoecium 1.5-2.6 cm long, 3 styles slightly divided at the tip, ovary brown-tomentose. Blooming season: spring. Capsules subglobose, brown, rough surface, 4.0-6.0 cm in diameter, 3 locules. Leaves oblong, tip acute, base cuneate or rounded, 7.0-10.0 cm long, 3.0-5.0 cm wide, margin sharply and thinly serrulate, upper surface with lateral veins slightly impressed, lower surface with lateral veins raised, sparsely villous. Petiole 6-10 mm long, lower surface pubescent. Shrub or small tree up to 4 m tall, young shoots glabrous, older branches smooth and gray in color. Distribution: From Longsheng County, Guangxi to Rongjiang County, Guizhou Province to Xuefeng Mountain, Hunan Province; Elevation: 500-1,000 m; Specific locality: Luanshan, Longsheng County, Guangxi, China.

长毛红山茶Camellia villosa Chang et S. Y. Liang, sp. nov. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第60页。【标本】湖南：雪峰山，李泽棠1874。广西：龙胜，峦山，1956年10月15日，黄作杰2060(模式Typus! in Bot. Inst. Austro-sin.)，大瑶山，忠良公社，吕清华4377；大苗山，陈少卿15205，17234；贺县，黄卓民s.n.广西林科所12257；古陈，李丙贵s.n.湖南师院标本号7294。贵州：榕江，月亮山，科学院植物所黔南队2953, 4001。【形态特征】灌木或小乔木，嫩枝禿净，老枝灰色。叶革质，长圆形，长7-9.5厘米，宽3-4厘米，先端急尖，尖尾长8-10毫米，基部圆形或钝，上面干后褐色，无毛，稍发亮，下面同色，有长柔毛，侧脉9-10对，与中脉几相垂直，边缘除基部1/3外有细锯齿，叶柄长5-7毫米，上面无毛，下面有毛。花红色，无柄，苞片及萼片14片，卵圆形，最长1.3厘米，外面有毛；雄蕊4轮，长2.5厘米；花丝管有毛，内轮游离花丝有毛；子房被毛，3室，每室有胚珠5-6个，花柱长1.5厘米，顶端3深裂，蒴果圆球形，直径5厘米，褐色。这个种具有14片苞被，7片花瓣，和多齿红山茶C.polyondonia How非常接近，只是叶片较短小，背面有毛，花及果均较小。

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85页。花红色，花径7.0~8.0厘米，单花顶生。鱗片14枚，外被绢毛。花瓣7~8枚，长3.0~3.8厘米，宽2.5~3.0厘米，近圆形至阔倒卵形，先端圆或略凹缺，外被柔毛，基部略连生。雄蕊被短柔毛，长2.5厘米，外轮花丝基部连生形成管。雌蕊长1.5~2.6厘米，花柱先端3浅裂，子房被褐色绒毛。花期春季。蒴果近球形，褐色，表面粗糖，直径4.0~6.0厘米，3室。叶长圆形，先端急尖，基部圆形或楔形，长7.0~10.0厘 米，宽3.0~5.0厘米，边缘具尖细齿，叶面侧脉略凹陷，叶背侧脉凸起，被稀疏长柔毛。叶柄长6~10毫米，下部被毛。灌木或小乔木，高可达4米，嫩枝无毛，老枝光滑，灰色。分布：广西壮族自治区龙胜县至贵州省榕江县以及湖南雪峰山的整个区域，海拔500-1000米。可寻地点:广西壮族自治区龙胜县峦山。