Vasilis Teodoridis:
Hamamelidaceae | Corylopsis
4. Corylopsis multiflora Hance; Ann. Sci. Nat.; Bot.; sér. 4. 15: 224. 1861.
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Shrubs or small trees; sometimes semievergreen; young branches tomentose or glabrous; older growth gray-brown; glabrescent; minutely lenticellate; buds gray-white tomentose. Stipules oblong; 18–20 mm; petiole 10–15 mm; leaf blade ovate; obovate; obovate-elliptic; or almostly circular; 5–15 x 4–8 cm; abaxially glabrous or stellately pubescent at least along veins; base almost symmetrical; cordate; margin serrate; teeth mucronate; apex acute or acuminate; lateral veins 7–9 on each side; the 2 lowermost with obscure tertiary veins. Inflorescence 2–4 cm; 5–6 cm in fruit; peduncle and general bracts glabrous or pubescent; with 1–5 basal leaves. Pedicel 1–2 mm. Floral cup glabrous. Sepals ovate; 1–1.5 mm. Petals oblanceolate or narrowly so; 3–5 x 1–2 mm. Stamens 4–7 mm; disk scales not lobed; apex truncate; subequal to sepals. Ovary semi-inferior; glabrous; styles slightly shorter than stamens.
Forests; slopes; roadsides; 1000--1500 m. Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hubei; Hunan; Taiwan; Yunnan.
4b. Corylopsis multiflora var. nivea H. T. Chang; Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni. 1960(1): 36. 1960.
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Young branches glabrous. Leaf blade ovate; 5–11 x 4–6.5 cm; abaxially glaucous; glabrous. Peduncle and basal bracts of inflorescences abaxially glabrous; floral bract and bracteoles sparsely pubescent. Petals narrowly oblanceolate; ca. 3 x 1–1.5 mm. Stamens 3–4 mm. Capsules not seen. Fl. May.
Slopes; roadsides; ca. 1000 m. N Fujian (Chong’an Xia