17a. Buxus sinica var. sinica
黄杨(原变种) huang yang (yuan bian zhong)
Buxus microphylla Siebold & Zuccarini var. sinica Rehder & E. H. Wilson in Sargent, Pl. Wilson. 2: 626. 1914; B. microphylla subsp. sinica (Rehder & E. H. Wilson) Hatusima.
Shrubs or small trees, 1-6 m tall; internode 5-20 mm. Leaf blade broadly elliptic, broadly obovate, obovate-elliptic, or obovate-oblong, 1.5-3.5 × 0.8-2 cm, lucid and puberulent along basal half of midrib adaxially, densely white papillate along midrib abaxially, apex rounded or obtuse, with retuse tip; midrib elevated and lateral veins visible adaxially. Sterile pistil and tepals length 2:3. Capsule globose, 6-8(-10) mm. Fl. Mar, fr. May-Jun.
● Forests in mountain valleys, streamsides; 1200-2600 m. Anhui, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Zhejiang.