拟钝齿冬青 ni dun chi dong qing

Shrubs evergreen. Branchlets slender, pubescent; current year’s branchlets ca. 0.5 mm in diam. Stipules persistent, deltoid, ca. 0.5 mm, apex acute; petiole ca. 2 mm, pilose; leaf blade olivaceous when dry, broadly elliptic, 5-12 × 4-9 mm, leathery, pubescent, abaxially glandular punctate, midvein obscure adaxially, lateral veins 3 pairs, obscure, base obtuse or rounded, apex obtuse or acute. Male inflorescences: cymes of order 1 or 2, 1- or 3-flowered, subfasciculate, axillary; peduncles 3-4 mm; pedicels 1.5-4 mm, sparsely puberulent; flowers white, 4-merous; calyx patelliform, ca. 2 mm in diam., sparsely pubescent, 4-lobed, lobes deltoid, margin erose, ciliate; corolla subrotate, ca. 4 mm in diam., petals ovate, ca. 1.5 mm, basally slightly connate; stamens slightly longer than petals; rudimentary ovary subglobose. Female flowers and fruit not known. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. unknown.

● Understories of dense forests; 700-1500 m. N Guangxi.