柃叶连蕊茶(原变种) ling ye lian rui cha (yuan bian zhong)

Camellia parvilimba Merrill & F. P. Metcalf; C. parvilimba var. brevipes Hung T. Chang; C. theiformis Hance; Thea euryoides (Lindley) Booth; T. theiformis (Hance) Kuntze; Theopsis parvilimba (Merrill & F. P. Metcalf) Nakai.

Leaf blade elliptic to elliptic-ovate, 2-4.5 × 0.8-2 cm. Pedicel 6-10 mm, slender. Stamens ca. 1.5 cm, glabrous; outer filament whorl basally connate for 7-9 mm. Fl. Mar-May, fr. Sep-Oct.

● Forests, thickets; 300-900 m. Fujian, N Guangdong, Jiangxi.