Vasilis Teodoridis:
Aquifoliaceae | Ilex
12. Ilex linii C. J. Tseng; Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Amoiensis. 9: 305. 1962.
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Trees evergreen; ca. 10 m tall. Young branchlets purple-black; glabrous; longitudinally plicate; old branchlets brown; with sparse inconspicuous lenticels; terminal buds ovoid; hirsute. Petiole terete; 1-1.3 cm; abaxially carinate; adaxially flat; glabrous; leaf blade oblong or elliptic-oblong; 7-13 x 3-4 cm; leathery; glabrous; midvein raised on both surfaces; lateral veins 10-14 pairs; and dense reticulate veins slightly raised on both surfaces; base cuneate or obtuse; margin entire; recurved; apex acuminate. Flowers not known. Infructescences: cymes; 1-3-fruited; solitary; axillary; peduncles 5-7 mm; densely pubescent; fruiting pedicels 5-7 mm; densely pubescent or glabrescent. Fruit ellipsoidal; ca. 10 mm; 5-7 mm in diam.; persistent calyx ca. 5 mm in diam.; 5-lobed; persistent stigma thinly discoid; pyrenes 5; oblong; ca. 7 mm; ca. 4 mm in diam.; abaxially longitudinally and deeply 1-sulcate; rugose when dry; endocarp leathery. Fl. unknown; fr. Aug-Nov.
? Evergreen broad-leaved forests; Pinus massoniana forests; 500-1200 m. Fujian; Guangdong; Jiangxi; Zhejiang (Taishun).
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Aquifoliaceae | Ilex
23. Ilex kwangtungensis Merrill; J. Arnold Arbor. 8: 8. 1927.
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Ilex kwangtungensis var. pilosior Handel-Mazzetti; I. phanerophlebia Merrill; I. shweliensis H. F. Comber.
Shrubs or trees; evergreen; 6-14 m tall. Bark gray-brown; smooth; with light-colored; small; rounded; slightly convex lenticels. Young branchlets black when dry; longitudinally ridged; ferruginous pubescent; puberulent; or nearly glabrous; old branchlets dark gray-brown; terete; pubescent or glabrescent; leaf scars semicircular; slightly raised; terminal buds lanceolate; ca. 6 mm; densely ferruginous pubescent. Stipules caducous; petiole 7-17 mm; adaxially longitudinally sulcate; minutely puberulent; leaf blade brown or deep olivaceous when dry; ovate-elliptic; oblong; or lanceolate; 7-16 x 3-7 cm; subleathery; both surfaces very minutely puberulent (curly villous) when young; densely so on midvein and abaxially; glabrescent or nearly glabrous; midvein impressed adaxially; lateral veins 9-11 pairs; impressed adaxially; raised abaxially; furcating and anastomosing near margin; reticulate veins evident abaxially; indistinct adaxially; base obtuse to rounded; margin minutely serrate or subentire; slightly recurved; apex acuminate. Inflorescences: cymes; solitary; axillary on current year’s branchlets. Male inflorescences: cymes of order 4 or 5; 12-20-flowered; minutely puberulent; peduncles 9-12 mm; secondary axis 3-5 mm; tertiary axis to 2 mm; bracts linear-lanceolate; 5-7 mm; bracteoles basal; ovate-deltoid; densely puberulent; flowers purple or pink; 4- or 5-merous; calyx patelliform; 2.5-3 mm in diam.; lobes orbicular; ca. 0.75 mm; puberulent; ciliate; corolla rotate; 7-8 mm in diam.; petals oblong; ca. 1.5 mm; rudimentary ovary conical; ca. 1.5 mm; rostellate. Female inflorescences: cymes of order 2 or 3; 3-7-flowered; puberulent; secondary axis 3-4 mm; bracts lanceolate; submedian on secondary axis; pedicels 4-7 mm; flowers light purple or pink; calyx as in male flowers; petals ovate; ca. 2.5 mm; staminodes ca. 3/4 as long as petals; sterile anthers cordate; ovary ovoid; ca. 2 mm in diam.; stigma mammilliform; shallowly 4-lobed. Fruit red; black when dry; ellipsoidal; 7-9 mm in diam.; smooth; shiny; persistent calyx explanate; pubescent; ciliate; persistent stigma convex; 4-lobed; pyrenes 4; ellipsoidal; ca. 6 mm; ca. 3 mm in diam.; abaxially broadly and deeply U-sulcate; laterally smooth; endocarp leathery. Fl. May-Aug; fr. Sep-Dec.
? Evergreen broad-leaved forests; shrub forests on mountain slopes; 300-1200 m. Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Hunan; Jiangxi; Yunnan; Zhejian