Osmanthus lipingensis D. J. Liu.

Shrubs ca. 4 m. Branchlets, petiole, and bracts puberulent. Petiole 7-10 mm; leaf blade narrowly elliptic to lanceolate, 6-8 × 1.5-2 cm, leathery, glabrous except for midrib adaxially, base narrowly cuneate, margin entire but drying wavy, apex long acuminate and caudate; midrib raised; primary veins 6 or 7 on each side of midrib, obscure. Cymes axillary, 4- or 5(-10)-flowered; bracts ca. 3 mm. Pedicel 2-5 mm, glabrous. Calyx ca. 1 mm; lobes erose. Corolla tube 2-3 mm; lobes ca. 2 mm. Stamens attached to middle of corolla tube; connective elongated into an obvious mucro. Drupe not seen. Fl. Sep.

* Montane regions, woods on slopes; 2100-2900 m. Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan