Vasilis Teodoridis:
Theaceae | Adinandra
13. Adinandra millettii (Hooker & Arnott) Bentham & J. D. Hooker ex Hance; J. Bot. 16: 9. 1878.
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Cleyera millettii Hooker & Arnott; Bot. Beechey Voy. 171. 1833; Adinandra drakeana Franchet; A. hemsleyi Handel-Mazzetti ex F. P. Metcalf.
Shrubs or trees; 2-10(-16) m tall. Young branches brown; glabrous; current year branchlets grayish brown appressed pubescent; terminal buds appressed pubescent. Petiole 3-5 mm; sparsely pubescent or glabrescent; leaf blade oblong-elliptic; 4.5-9 x 2-3 cm; leathery; abaxially pale green to yellowish green and appressed pubescent when young but glabrescent; adaxially shiny green and glabrous; secondary veins 10-12 on each side of midvein and visible on both surfaces; base cuneate; margin entire or apically sparsely serrate; apex shortly acuminate to rarely acuminate and with an obtuse tip. Flowers axillary; solitary. Pedicel ca. 2 cm; slender; sparsely pubescent or glabrescent; bracteoles caducous; linear-lanceolate; 2-3 x ca. 1 mm. Sepals ovate-lanceolate to ovate-triangular; 7-8 x 4-5 mm; outside sparsely pubescent or glabrescent; margin ciliolate and glandular; apex acute. Petals white; ovate-oblong to oblong; ca. 9 x 4-5 mm; glabrous; apex acute. Stamens ca. 25; 6-7 mm; filaments ca. 3 mm; distinct or nearly so; glabrous or apically white pubescent; anthers linear-oblong; 1.5-2.5 mm; with filiform trichomes; connective exserted. Ovary globose; pubescent; 3-loculed with many ovules per locule; style 7-8 mm; completely united; glabrous. Fruit black when mature; globose; ca. 1 cm in diam.; many seeded; pubescent. Seeds shiny brown. Fl. May-Jul; fr. Aug-Oct.
Thickets or forests on mountain slopes; 100-1300(-1800) m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; E Guizhou; SE Hubei; S Hunan; Jiangxi; SW Zhejiang [Vietnam].
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Theaceae | Adinandra
13. Adinandra millettii (Hooker & Arnott) Bentham & J. D. Hooker ex Hance; J. Bot. 16: 9. 1878.
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Cleyera millettii Hooker & Arnott; Bot. Beechey Voy. 171. 1833; Adinandra drakeana Franchet; A. hemsleyi Handel-Mazzetti ex F. P. Metcalf.
Shrubs or trees; 2-10(-16) m tall. Young branches brown; glabrous; current year branchlets grayish brown appressed pubescent; terminal buds appressed pubescent. Petiole 3-5 mm; sparsely pubescent or glabrescent; leaf blade oblong-elliptic; 4.5-9 x 2-3 cm; leathery; abaxially pale green to yellowish green and appressed pubescent when young but glabrescent; adaxially shiny green and glabrous; secondary veins 10-12 on each side of midvein and visible on both surfaces; base cuneate; margin entire or apically sparsely serrate; apex shortly acuminate to rarely acuminate and with an obtuse tip. Flowers axillary; solitary. Pedicel ca. 2 cm; slender; sparsely pubescent or glabrescent; bracteoles caducous; linear-lanceolate; 2-3 x ca. 1 mm. Sepals ovate-lanceolate to ovate-triangular; 7-8 x 4-5 mm; outside sparsely pubescent or glabrescent; margin ciliolate and glandular; apex acute. Petals white; ovate-oblong to oblong; ca. 9 x 4-5 mm; glabrous; apex acute. Stamens ca. 25; 6-7 mm; filaments ca. 3 mm; distinct or nearly so; glabrous or apically white pubescent; anthers linear-oblong; 1.5-2.5 mm; with filiform trichomes; connective exserted. Ovary globose; pubescent; 3-loculed with many ovules per locule; style 7-8 mm; completely united; glabrous. Fruit black when mature; globose; ca. 1 cm in diam.; many seeded; pubescent. Seeds shiny brown. Fl. May-Jul; fr. Aug-Oct.
Thickets or forests on mountain slopes; 100-1300(-1800) m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; E Guizhou; SE Hubei; S Hunan; Jiangxi; SW Zhejiang [Vietnam].