窄叶南蛇藤 zhai ye nan she teng

Celastrus aculeatus Merrill var. oblanceifolius (Chen H. Wang & P. C. Tsoong) P. S. Hsu.

Twining shrubs; branchlets angulate, brown pubescent. Petioles 4-9 mm; leaf blade oblanceolate, rarely broadly oblanceolate, 6.5-12.5 × 1.5-3.5(-4) cm, glabrous or abaxially brown pubescent on veins, base narrowly cuneate or cuneate, margin sparse serrulate, apex narrow, acute or shortly acuminate; secondary veins 7-10 pairs. Cymes axillary or lateral, 1-3-flowered; rachis 2-5 mm, brown pubescent; pedicels 2-3 mm, with brown short hairs, jointed distally. Sepals elliptic-ovate, ca. 2 × 1 mm; petals rectangular-oblanceolate, ca. 4 × 1.5 mm, margin ciliate. Disk carnose, slightly flat, entire. Sta mens as long as sepals; filament slender, papillate; anther broadly ovate, apex mucronulate. Capsule globose, 7.5-8.5 mm wide. Seeds crescentiform, ca. 5 mm. Fl. Mar-Apr, fr. Jun-Oct.

● Thickets, slopes, streamsides; 500-1000 m. Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang.