坛花木犀 tan hua mu xi

Osmanthus hupehensis H. T. Chang.

Shrubs to 3 m. Branchlets and bracts densely puberulent. Petiole 1-1.5 cm, puberulent; leaf blade elliptic or narrowly so, (4-)5-8(-9) × (1-)2-3(-3.5) cm, thin leathery, glabrous or pubescent only along midrib adaxially, especially near the petiole, base broadly cuneate or rounded-cuneate, margin with 10-15 pairs of serrulations, subentire near base, apex long acuminate; midrib and 6 or 7 primary veins obscure. Cymes fascicled in leaf axils, 3- or 4-flowered; bracts 2-3 mm. Pedicel 5-10 mm, glabrous. Calyx ca. 1 mm; lobes apically rounded, erose. Corolla urceolate, 5-7 mm; lobes broadly deltate, 1-1.5 mm. Stamens attached to basal part of corolla tube; connective apically projecting into a rounded appendage. Drupe not seen. Fl. Sep.

* Mountains, woods; ca. 1600 m. Hubei, Sichuan