Vasilis Teodoridis:
Theaceae | Eurya
56. Eurya oblonga Y. C. Yang; Contr. Biol. Lab. Sci. Soc. China; Bot. Ser. 12: 133. 1941.
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Shrubs or trees; 2-8 m tall. Young branches grayish brown; subterete; current year branchlets pale brown; glabrous; 2-ribbed; terminal buds glabrous. Petiole 5-10 mm; glabrous; leaf blade oblong; rarely oblong-lanceolate or oblong-elliptic; 6-13.5 x 2.5-4 cm; leathery to thinly leathery; abaxially pale green becoming reddish brown when dry; adaxially dark green and shiny; both surfaces glabrous; midvein abaxially elevated and adaxially impressed; secondary veins 8-14 on each side of midvein; abaxially raised; and adaxially slightly impressed; base cuneate to subrounded; margin closely serrulate; apex acuminate to caudate-acuminate and with a retuse tip. Flowers axillary; solitary or to 3 in a cluster. Pedicel 1-1.5 mm; glabrous. Male flowers: bracteoles orbicular; ca. 1 mm; glabrous; sepals orbicular; 2.5-3 mm; subleathery; glabrous; apex rounded and retuse; petals oblong-obovate; 4-5 mm; stamens 13-15; anthers not locellate; pistillode glabrous. Female flowers: bracteoles and sepals similar to those of male flowers but slightly smaller; petals oblong to obovate; ca. 3.5 mm; ovary globose; glabrous; 3-loculed; style ca. 1 mm; 3(or 4)-parted to middle or base. Fruit black when mature; globose; 5-6 mm in diam. Fl. Nov-Dec; fr. Jun-Aug.
? Forests; 1100-2500 m. NW Guangxi; N Guizhou; Sichuan; NE and SE Yunnan.
56a. Eurya oblonga var. oblonga
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Eurya szechuanensis Hung T. Chang.
Style parted to base.
? Forests on mountain slopes or tops; 1100-2500 m. NW Guangxi; N Guizhou; SW and W Sichuan; NE and SE Yunnan.