Vasilis Teodoridis:
Theaceae | Eurya
66. Eurya fangii Rehder; J. Arnold Arbor. 11: 165. 1930.
?? chuan ling
Shrubs or trees; 2-8 m tall. Young branches grayish brown; subglabrous; current year branchlets terete and densely yellowish brown pubescent or 2-ribbed and pubescent only along ribs; terminal buds glabrous. Petiole 2-3 mm; glabrous; leaf blade elliptic to oblong-elliptic; 3-8.5 x 1-3.5; leathery; midvein abaxially elevated and adaxially impressed; secondary veins 6-8 on each side of midvein; secondary and reticulate veins abaxially slightly raised and adaxially impressed; base cuneate to broadly cuneate; margin serrate; apex acute to acuminate and with an obtuse tip; abaxially yellowish green; adaxially dark green and shiny; both surfaces glabrous. Flowers axillary; solitary or paired. Pedicel 2-2.5 mm; glabrous. Male flowers: bracteoles suborbicular; ca. 1 mm; glabrous; apex rounded and mucronate; sepals suborbicular; ca. 1.5 mm; outside glabrous; margin ciliolate; apex rounded to obtuse; petals obovate-oblong; ca. 4 mm; stamens 8-10; anthers not locellate; pistillode glabrous. Female flowers: bracteoles and sepals similar to those of male flowers but slightly smaller; petals ovate; 2-2.5 mm; ovary globose; glabrous; 3- or 4-loculed; styles 3 or 4; distinct; ca. 0.5 mm. Fruit bluish black when mature; globose; ca. 4 mm in diam. Fl. Nov-Mar; fr. May-Sep.
? Forests on mountain slopes; 1100-2800 m. E; SW; and W Sichuan; NE Yunnan.