中甸溲疏 zhong dian sou shu

Shrubs ca. 1 m tall. Flowering branchlets 18-22 cm, ca. 6-leaved, Petiole 5-10 mm; leaf blade abaxially brownish, ovate, 5-10 × 2-5 cm, leathery, abaxially densely 8-10(-12)-rayed stellate hairy, hairs along veins with central rays, adaxially sparsely 4- or 5-rayed stellate hairy, veins in 4 or 5 pairs, prominently elevated abaxially, base rounded, rarely broadly cuneate, margin serrulate, apex acuminate. Paniculate cymes 6-7 × 5-6 cm, many flowered; pedicels 2-4 mm. Calyx tube ca. 3 × 4 mm, densely 10-12-rayed stellate hairy; lobes oblong-lanceolate, 4-5 mm, leathery. Petals induplicate, white, obovate or elliptic, 7-8 × 4-5 mm, margin crisped, apex obtuse. Outer stamens 6-7 mm; filaments 2-dentate at apex, teeth ± level with anthers, obtuse at apex; anthers stalked, oblong. Inner stamens 4-5 mm; filaments obtuse or 2- or 3 lobed at apex; anthers borne near middle of filaments abaxially. Styles 3, shorter than stamens. Capsule unknown.

* Thickets; 2100-3500 m. NW Yunnan (Zhongdian Xian).