瑶山丁公藤 yao shan ding gong teng

Shrubs scandent. Branchlets distinctly striate, appressed pilose, glabrescent. Petiole 1-1.2 cm; leaf blade elliptic or oblong-elliptic, 6-9 X 2.5-4.3 cm, papery, abaxially sparsely strigillose and finely spotted, adaxially glabrous, base cuneate, apex abruptly acute; lateral veins 5-7 pairs, veinlets indistinct. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, racemose or paniculate, 8-10 cm, densely appressed brownish pubescent. Pedicel ca. 2 mm. Sepals circular, 2-3 mm, densely appressed red-brown sericeous. Corolla ca. 7.5 mm, midpetaline bands red-brown sericeous outside; lobules oblong-ovate, ca. 3 mm, margin crenulate. Filaments very short, dilated basally; anthers ovate-oblong, apex abruptly acuminate. Ovary globose, glabrous. Stigma capitate, 5-ridged. Fruit not seen. Fl. Jun.

* Guangxi