Two new species of Oreocharis in Vietnam 
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Fig. 3. Oreocharis blepharophylla W.H.Chen, H.Q.Nguyen & Y.M.Shui A. Habit (scale bar 1 
cm). B. Flower (scale bar 6 mm). C. Villous leaves (scale bar 2 cm). D. Habitat (scale bar 6 
cm). (Photos: S.K. Nguyen) 
5-lobed. Pistil 4-5 cm long, glabrous; ovary narrowly fusiform, glabrous, 1.5-1.6 mm 
long, unilocular; style glabrous, 2.6-2.8 cm long; stigma 1, peltate. Capsule straight, 
fusiform, loculicidally dehiscent, 0.8-1 cm long, with persistent style 2.4-2.9 mm 
long. Seeds fusiform, 0.5-0.6 x c. 0.2 mm. 
Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the long-ciliate leaf margin. 
Ecology, distribution and phenology. The new species grows as a lithophytic herb 
in primary coniferous and mixed forests with Pinus cernua Aver, et al. on very 
steep slopes along a ridge composed of brown sandstone (Averyanov et al., 2014) at 
elevations of 1200-1850 m. It is endemic to the Xuan Nha nature reserve in Son La 
province of north-western Vietnam. Flowering is October-November and fruiting is 
December-January. 
