褐鳞木 he lin mu

Astronia formosana Kanehira.

Shrubs or small trees. Branches 4-sided, ± puberulous or furfuraceous; bark dark brown, glabrous. Petiole 2-3 cm, slightly furfuraceous; leaf blade elliptic to obovate, 8.5-14(-18) × 4-7(-8.5) cm, stiffly papery to leathery, abaxially ferruginous puberulous along main veins when young but later becoming ferruginous tomentose or lepidote, adaxially glabrous, secondary veins 1 on each side of midvein, base cuneate to obtuse, margin entire, apex acute to subacuminate. Inflorescences terminal, cymose paniculate, ca. 10 × 12 cm, many-flowered, densely furfuraceous and lepidote; peduncle ca. 3 cm. Pedicel 1-3 mm, furfuraceous and lepidote. Hypanthium campanulate, 1.5-2 mm, furfuraceous and lepidote. Calyx lobes 5, broadly triangular, ca. 0.5 mm. Petals 5, broadly ovate, ca. 1 × 1 mm, apex acute. Stamens 8; filaments ca. 2 mm; anthers oblong, 0.5-1 mm; connective inflated, 2-3 × as large as anthers, spur absent. Ovary subglobular. Style ca. 1 mm. Capsule subglobular, apex truncate; hypanthium 2-3 × 3-5 mm, margin irregular, apex truncate. Seeds linear-lanceolate, ca. 2 mm.

● Forests, forest margins, mountain slopes, valleys; 200-400(-500) m. Taiwan (Huoshao Dao, Lan Yu).