Callicarpa VERBENACEAE Clerodendron 



Leaf blades, or most of them, rounded at the base, but 

 not cordate; broadly ovate or oblong, 4-7x8-14 cm,, 



margins entire 6 . C. integerrima 



cc. Leaf blades more or less cordate at base, panduriform, 

 acuminate, sessile or with very short petioles, 



4-9x8-20 cm.; margins coarsely serrate 7. C. rubella 



var. hemsleyanum 



1. Callicarpa loureiri Hook. & Arn. (Fe.R.40:116). Shrub or tree, to 4 m. ; fls. pink- 

 purple, fragrant, VII-VIII; fr. IX-XII. South China, Formosa, Japan; locally in 

 Che., Ki. Woodland shade. 



2. Callicarpa brevipes (Benth.) Hance (C. longifolia Hook., non Lam.) (P'ei 45). 

 Shrub, to 1.5m.; fls. white or pink, VII; fr. purplish red, IX. Southern and 

 central China; locally in Hun., Hup., Ki. Forest. 



3. Callicarpa bodinieri Levi. %WM (Lao Ya Hu) (R.M.804). Shrub, to 3 m.; fls. 

 lilac to violet, VII-IX; fr. violet, IX-X. Eastern, central and southern China; 

 locally in An., Che., Hun., Ki., Ku. Woodland. 



3a. Callicarpa bodinieri Levi. var. giraldii (Rehd.) Rehd. (C. giraldiana Hesse ex 

 Rehd.) (R.M.804). Lvs. glabrous above, sparingly fasciculate-pubescent beneath. 

 An., Che., Hun., Ki., Ku. 



4. Callicarpa dichotoma (Lour.) K. Koch. ^ (Tzu Chu; Purple Pearl) (R.M.803). 

 Shrub, to 1.5 m.; fls. pink, VII; fr. lilac, IX-XI. Eastern and central China, 

 Korea; locally in An., Che., Hon., Hun., Ki., Ku. Forest. 



5. Callicarpa japonica Thunb. ^ (Su T'ai) (R.M.804). Shrub, to 1.5m.; fls. pink 

 or whitish, VI-VII; fr. violet, X-XI. Central China; locally in An., Che., Ki., 

 Ku. Forest. 



5a. Callicarpa japonica Thunb. var. angustata Rehd. (R.M.804). Lvs. oblong 

 lanceolate to oblanceolate, 5-12 x 1.5-3.5 cm. An., Hup., Ki., Ku. 



6. Callicarpa integerrima Champ, ex Benth. (P'ei 22). Shrub, 3-4 m. high; fls. white 

 or purplish red, fragrant, VII; fr. IX. Southern and central China; locally in 

 Che., Ki. Moist woodland. 



7. Callicarpa rubella Lindl. var. hemsleyana Diels (C. pandim 'forme Levi.) (P'ei 40). 

 Shrub, to 2 m.; fls. white, VII; fr. purplish, IX. Southern, central and western 

 China; locally in An., Che., Hun., Ki. Forest. 



2. Clerodendron Linn. Glorybower ^H^U-lM (Hai Chou Ch'ang Shan Shu) 



Shrubs or trees, often climbing, with opposite or verticillate simple lvs. : fls. large, 

 up to 2 cm. long, 5-merous, usually in terminal panicles; calyx persistent, campanulate 

 or tubular, often enlarged and colored in fr. ; corolla tube usually slender, the limb 

 somewhat irregular; stamens 4, inserted on the corolla tube, long exserted and curved; 

 style exserted, 2-cleft: fr. a drupe, often enclosed in the calyx, with juicy exocarp 

 and 2-A-parted stone. About 100 species, mostly tropical; 20 in China. (Greek: kleros, 

 chance, and dendron, tree, referring to two species in Ceylon called by early botanists 

 the "tree of fortune" and the "tree of misfortune".) 



Key to the Species 



a. Infl. an open panicle or a spreading cyme; bracts linear-subulate, 

 minute or obsolete, 

 b. Axes of the infl. slender, glabrous or puberulent; some primary brs. 

 of the infl. in the axils of the upper lvs.; calyx lobes ovate. 



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