VERBENACEAE. 
Determined by ALFRED REHDER. 
CALLICARPA. 
Callicarpa Giraldiana Hesse in Mitt. Deutsch. Dendr. Ges. XXI. 366, 
2 fig. (sine descriptione) (1912). 
Callicarpa longifolia Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 253 (pro parte, non 
Lamarck) (1890). — Diels in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 548 (pro parte) (1900). 
Callicarpa Giraldiana Hort. Hesse apud Schneider, Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. YI. 
1048 (nomen nudum) (1912). 
rri Giraldi; Hesse apud Rehder in Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. II. 629 
Frutex 1-2-metralis (ex Wilson); ramuli teretes, initio pube stel- 
lata farinosa sparsa mox evanescente v. densa et diu persistente vestiti, 
hornotini saepius purpurascentes, annotini pallide brunnei v. cinereo- 
brunnei. Folia decidua, membranacea, elliptica v. ovato-elliptica v. 
oblongo-elliptica, rarius obovato-elliptica, acuminata, basi late cuneata, 
satis dense denticulata v. irregulariter dentata, 6-10 em. longa et 2.5-6 
cm. lata, supra intense viridia, sparse breviter fasciculato-pilosa, 
demum glabra v. fere glabra, subtus pallide viridia et initio praecipue 
in nervis et venulis sparse fasciculato-pilosa, demum plus minusve 
glabrescentia sed vix perfecte glabra, insuper utrinque subtus densius 
resinoso-punctata, nervis utrinsecus circiter 10 supra ut costa leviter 
impressis subtus elevatis et trabeculis elevatis conjunctis; petioli 1-1 5 
em. longi, graciles, initio farinoso-stellato-pilosi, demum fere glabri. 
Cymae multiflorae, densae, 2-3 em. diam., pedunculatae pedunculo 
dimidium petiolum subaequante, fasciculato-pilosae; pedicelli circiter 
1 mm. longi ut calyx sparse fasciculato-pilosi; calyx 1.5-2 mm. longus, 
4-dentatus dentibus ovato-triangularibus v. interdum late triangu- 
laribus; corolla calyce duplo longior, purpureo-rosea, lobis brevibus 
late ovatis; stamina corollam duplo superantes, 5-6 mm. longa, an- 
theris ovalibus basi vix v. leviter emarginatis per totam longitudinem 
dehiscentibus, circiter 1 mm. longis; stylus stamina superans. Fructus 
globosus, 3-4 mm. diam., violaceo-purpureus, in cymis densis. 
Kiangsi: Kuling, thickets, common, alt. 1200 m., August 1, 1907 
(No. 1531; bush 1.3 m., flowers rose-purple). Western Hupeh: 
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