VERBENACEAE. — CALLICARPA 367 
Hsing-shan Hsien, thickets, alt. 600-900 m., June and October 1907 
(No. 439; bush 2-2.6 m. tall, flowers purple, fruit purple); same local- 
ity, July 1907 (No. 2193; bush 2-3 m. tall, flowers purple); Chang- 
yang Hsien, thickets, alt. 1200 m., June and November 1907 (No. 439°; 
bush 2 m., flowers rose-purple, fruits violet-purple); Fang Hsien, thick- 
ets, alt. 900-1200 m., June and November 1907 (No. 2196; bush 1-2 
m. tall, flowers purple, fruits purple); “ Kin-ki-ken,” alt. 800 m., 
June-July 1906, C. Silvestri (No. 1948); ** Ma-pan-scian," alt. 1000 m., 
May 1907, C. Silvestri (No. 1950); “monti di Nan-tcian, On-sce- 
ngau," October 1907, C. Silvestri (No. 1952); “ monti di Nan-tcian, 
Ta p'in," November 1907, C. Silvestri (No. 1953); “ catena di Ou- 
tan-seian," alt. 2000 m., August 1909, C. Silvestri (No. 3158); with- 
out precise locality, A. Henry (Nos. 3107, 5864, 5992, 7312, 7497). 
Eastern Szech’uan: Nanch'uan, A. von Rosthorn (No. 1896). 
Western Szech'uan: west and near Wén-ch'uan Hsien, August 
1908 (No. 2194; bush 2 m., flowers purple); Mt. Omei, July 1904 
(Veitch Exped. No. 5100; bush 3 m. tall). Shensi: Tu-kia-po, Oc- 
tober 1897, G. Giraldi; without precise locality, G. Giraldi (Nos. 1360, 
1361, 5896). Kwangtung: Hainan, A. Henry (No. 6127). Yun- 
nan: Szemao, alt. 1400 m., A. Henry (Nos. 12119, 12119*, 12119*; 
shrub 1.5 m., flowers purple, fruits purple). Cultivated: Hort. H. A. 
Hesse, Weener, Germany, August and October 1910, H. A. Hesse; 
same locality, July 1911, A. Rehder, and July and October 1912, 
P. Kache. 
This species seems to be most closely related to C. formosana Rolfe and C. ja- 
ponica Thunberg; the first is easily distinguished by the denser pubescence, the 
longer peduncles which exceed the petioles, and by the rounded or obtuse base of 
the leaves; C. japonica differs in its glabrous narrower leaves, smaller glabrous 
inflorescence on a peduncle about as long as the petiole and in its longer anthers 
opening at the apex with a pore. It is also near the Indian C. psilocalyz Clarke, 
which differs chiefly in its densely pubescent branchlets, in its long-acuminate 
leaves usually obtuse or rounded at the base, shorter petioles, smaller inflorescence, 
and in the filaments scarcely exceeding the corolla-lobes. Wilson's Nos. 439, 439°, 
2193 and 2496, Giraldi's Nos. 1360, 1361 and 5896 and Henry's No. 5992 agree 
Very well with the specimens from Hesse's nursery, which must be considered 
the type of this species. Hesse's plants were raised from seed sent by Giraldi 
from Shensi. Most of the other specimens are more glabrescent, and some fruit- 
Ing specimens with rather narrower leaves may belong to C. japonica, but with- 
Out flowers their position remains uncertain. Von Rosthorn's No. 1896 is more 
pubescent and approaches var. subcanescens. 
Here may be added a variety not collected by Wilson. 
Callicarpa Giraldiana, var. Rosthornii Rehder, n. comb. 
Callicarpa longifolia, var. Rosthornii Diels in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 548 (1900). 
