Description
An evergreen srub to 2-4m tall,native to SE China:north Fujian,north Guangdong(Ruyian), Guangxi,Hunan,Jiangxi,Zhejiang.
The crown is dense and bushy, domed, with the trunk branched from the base and numerous thin ascending or spreading branches.
The leaves are spirally arranged but usually appear to be 2-ranked by a twisting of the leaf-stalks, linear, straight or curved,12-25mm long and 2-4mm wide, glossy dark green above and with 2 blue-white stomatal bands beneath.
Pollen-cones are single in the axils of ordinary leaves and held beneath the stem, each consisting of 6-8 pairs of basal bracts at the base of the single seed surrounded by a cup-shaped white aril that is 5-7mm long. The seeds are 5-8x4-5mm, slightly flattened.