高山瑞香 gao shan rui xiang

Shrubs evergreen, ca. 2 m tall. Branches erect, yellowish green, glabrous. Leaves alternate; petiole 2-3 mm, glabrous; leaf blade yellowish green, ovate or ovate-oblong to oblong, 1.5-2.5 × 1-1.5 cm, leathery, both surfaces glabrous, base rounded or cuneate, margin slightly revolute, apex emarginate, Inflorescences terminal on branchlets, fasciculate, 6-9-flowered; peduncle absent. Pedicel 1-1.5 mm, pubescent. Calyx tube 3-4 × 1-1.5 mm, exterior glabrous; lobes 4, triangular, 0.2-0.4 mm, apex acute. Stamens 8, inserted near middle of calyx tube; filaments ca. 0.1 mm; anthers basifixed, oblong, 0.4-0.6 mm. Disk annular, margin irregularly toothed. Ovary globose or oblong, 0.7-0.9 × 0.3-0.5 mm, glabrous; style absent or short, to 0.1 mm; stigma globose or capitate. Fruit not seen. Fl. Jun.

● Slopes with shrubs near mountain summits; ca. 2200 m. E Taiwan (Hualian).