Camellia mairei var. lapidea (Y. C. Wu) Sealy
Habit: shrub, tree
Plant Height (m): 2-8 m
Elevation (m): 800-1750 m
Distribution: China: Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan
Young Branch: pubescent
Leaf upper surface: glabrous
Leaf texture: leathery
Leaf lower surface: pubescent, midrib hairy
Leaf length (cm): 15 cm
Leaf width (cm): 2.5-5.5 cm
Leaf shape: oblong-elliptic, lanceolate
Leaf margin: serrulate, sharply serrate
Leaf apex: caudate
Leaf base: broadly-cuneate, cuneate
Lateral vein: pairs: 6-8
Petiole length (mm): 10 mm
Petiole: glabrous, pubescent
Flower: solitary, 2-5 flowers clustered
Flower position: subterminal
Flower diameter (cm): 4-6 cm
Pedicel: absent
Bractlet number: 8-10
Bractlet: deciduous after anthesis
Bractlet shape: orbicular, semiorbicular, obovate
Branchlet length (mm): 2-15 mm
Bractlet hairiness: glabrous inside
Sepal: leathery, margin membranous, deciduous after anthesis
Sepal number: 8-10
Sepal shape: orbicular, obovate
Sepal hairiness: glabrous inside
Petal number: 7-9
Petal color: red
Petal shape: obovate, suborbicular, broadly obovate
Petal apex: retuse
Petal length (mm): 30-35 mm
Petal hairiness: pubescent on both sides
Stamen length (mm): 25-35 mm
Filaments hairiness: pubescent
Filaments: lower half of outer filaments connate, not forming a tube
Ovary: pubescent
Ovary shape: orbicular
Relative length of stamens and styles: equal, stamens longer than styles
Style length (mm): 25-30 mm
Style hairiness: pubescent
Style: 3-cleft
Fruit shape: ovate
Fruit diameter (cm): 4-5.5 cm
Seed number per locule: 2
Seed shape: semiorbicular
Seed color: brown
Seed hairiness: glabrous