绿萼连蕊茶 Camellia viridicalyxCamellia viridicalyx

Camellia viridicalyx, Subgenus Metacamellia, Sect. Theopsis, Ser. Trichandrae Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1: 163. 1981.  Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.193: Camellia viridicalyx Chang & Liang in Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1: 164. 1981. [Description] Shrub 1-2 m tall, branchlets brown-pubescent. Leaves coriaceous, lanceolate orovate-lanceolate, 3.5-5.5 cm long, 1-1.6 cm wide, apices caudate-acuminate with a 1-1.5 cm long cauda, bases broadly cuneate or slightly rounded; green above in the dry state, not shiny, midveins puberulent; yellowish-brown below, glabrous; lateral veins ca. 7pairs, visible above, obscure below; margins serrulate, teeth separation 1.5-2 mm; petioles 2-3 mm long, puberulent. Flowers terminal, pedicels short; bracts 4, ovate, 1.5-2. 5 mm long, exterior puberulent, margins ciliate; sepals 5, 5. 5 mm long, ovoid, basesslightly connate, exterior pubescent, margins ciliate; petals 5, obovate, bases slightlyconnate, 2 outer petals ovoid, exterior pubescent; stamens ca. equal to petal length, basal half of outer filament whorl connate, free filaments pubescent; ovaries glabrous; styles ca. equal in length to stamens, glabrous, apices shortly 3-cleft. Capsules globose, 1. 8 cm in diameter, 3-valvate dehiscent, 2 seeded.

Guangxi: Gupo Mountain, Hexian County; Hexian Liufu Iron Factory. Hunan: Daoxian County.

绿萼连蕊茶Camellia viridicalyx Chang et S. Y. Liang, sp. nov. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第164页。【标本】广西：贺县，姑婆山，山谷溪边，梁盛业5605229(模式标本Typus! in Univ. Sunyatsen)，5605227；贺县，六浮，铁厂冲，李中提604118(果）。湖南：道县，四马桥公社，楠竹坪，谭沛祥61279。【形态特征】灌木，高1-2米，嫩枝有褐色短柔毛。叶革质，披针形或卵状披针形，长3.5-5.5厘米，宽1-1.6厘米，先端尾状渐尖，尾长1-1.5厘米，基部阔楔形或略圆，上面干后绿色，不发亮，中脉有微毛，下面黄褐色，无毛，侧脉约7对，在 上面隐约可见，在下面不明显，边缘有细锯齿，齿刻相隔1.5-2毫米，叶柄长2-3毫米，有短柔毛。花顶生，花梗极短；苞片4片，卵形，长1.5-2.5毫米，背面有短柔毛，边缘有睫毛；萼片5片，长5.5毫米，卵圆形，基部略相连生，背面有短柔毛，边缘有睫毛。花瓣5片，倒卵形，基部略连生，外例2片卵圆形，背面有毛。雄蕊约与花瓣等长，外轮花丝连合过半，游离花丝有柔毛。子房无毛，花柱约与雄蕊等长，无毛，先端极短3裂。蒴果球形，直径1.8厘米，3爿裂开，种子2个。

广西：贺县姑婆山；贺县六浮铁厂冲。湖南：道县。