RTE 7. 1 
THEACEAE 
Camellia pubicosta sp. nov. $ Eucamellia Fees . DCR 23:1/P38. /34 2 
Frutex 4-5 m. altus, ramis teretibus, glabri$, ramulis ultimis circiter 1.5 
mm. diametro, breviter subpatule pubescentibus: foliis oblongis vel late 
oblongo-lanceolatis, 12-15 cm. longis, 4—5.5 cm. latis, chartaceo-coriaceis, 
perspicue subcaudato-acuminatis, acuminibus gracilibus, obtusis, 1.5-2 cm. 
longis, basi late acutis vel obtusis, margine, basi acumineque exceptis, dis- 
tincte serrato-crenatis, dentibus 4-6 mm. distantibus, in sicco utrinque 
minutissime verruculosis, supra olivaceis vel olivaceo-viridibus, plus minusve 
nitidis, glaberrimis, subtus plerumque brunneis, secus costam dense sub- 
adpresse cinereo-pubescentibus, nervis obscure pubescentibus glabrescenti- 
bus; nervis primariis utrinque 12-14, supra impressis, subtus elevatis, per- 
spicuis, leviter curvatis, arcuato-anastomosantibus, petiolo breviter pube- 
scenti, 3-5 mm. longo; floribus in axillis superioribus, solitariis vel binis, 
2 cm. diametro, ut videtur albidis, pedicellis glabris, circiter 8 mm. longis, 
bracteolis oblongo-ovatis, acutis vel acuminatis, circiter 2 mm. longis; 
sepalis exterioribus ovatis, acutis, 2-3 mm. longis, margine breviter ciliatis, 
interioribus majoribus, subreniformibus, rotundatis, ad 4 mm. latis; petalis 
utrinque glabris, minutissime verruculosis, subellipticis vel obovato-ellipti- 
cis, rotundatis, 11 mm. longis, 7 mm. latis; staminibus numerosissimis, fila- 
mentis glaberrimis, in parte libera filiformibus, 4-8 mm. longis, deorsum 
(2 mm.) connatis, tubum glabrum formantibus: ovario ovoideo, dense ad- 
presse hirsuto; stylis 3, liberis, circiter 8 mm. longis, deorsum densissime, 
sursum sparsim adpresse hirsutis; fructibus globosis, 2.5 cm. diametro, vix 
vel tarde dehiscentibus, pericarpio minute verruculoso, crustaceo, vix 0.5 
mm. crasso, glabro vel versus apicem plus minusve adpresse hirsuto: semini- 
bus solitariis, globosis, 1.8 cm. diametro, brunneis, nitidis. 
INpo-CHINA, Sontoy Province, Mount Bavi, Pételot 1727 (rvrEz, flower), 2598 (fruit) 
Nov. 19, 1924, Aug. 28, 1940, a shrub 4 to 5 m. high, at altitudes from 400 to 800 m. 
The first specimen of this, in flower, received at the University of Cali- 
fornia in 1925, was placed tentatively with Camellia sinensis (Linn.) 
©. Kuntze, where it manifestly does not belong, as verifñied in 1941 when 
. à fruiting specimen was received from the same locality (Mount Bavi). It 
k. 
is distinguishable by its prominently nerved, subcaudate-acuminate, toothed 
leaves, its three free styles, numerous glabrous filaments united into a short 
tube, and its apparently indehiscent, 1-seeded globose fruits, the very thin 
pericarp being crustaceous. 
