链珠藤 lian zhu teng

Lianas woody, to 3 m, glabrous except for inflorescences. Leaves opposite or in whorls of 3; petiole ca. 2 mm; leaf blade orbicular, elliptic, ovate, or obovate, 1.5-3.5 X 0.8-2 cm, leathery, abaxially glabrous, margin revolute, apex rounded or retuse; lateral veins inconspicuous. Cymes fascicled, axillary or subterminal, less than 2 cm. Flowers densely crowded, 5-6 cm. Sepals ovate, ca. 1.5 mm, obtuse, pubescent. Corolla reddish to white, constricted at apex, tube 2-3 mm; lobes ovate, ca. 1.5 mm. Ovary villous. Fruit moniliform, stipitate, with 2 or 3 ellipsoid articles ca. 10 5 mm. Fl. Jul. 2n = 36*.

* Brushwoods, forest margins; 200-500 m. Fujian, Guang-dong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang