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, III. Handb. Laubholzk. II. 

 1048 (nomen nudum) (1912). 



Callicarpa Giraldii Hesse apud Rehder in Bailey, Stand. Cijcl. Hort. II. 629 

 (1914). 



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 cm. 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 

 cm. longi, graciles, initio farinoso-stellato-pilosi, demum fere glabri, 

 Cymae multiflorae, densae, 2-3 cm. diam., pedunculatae pedunculo 

 dimidium petiolum subaequante, fasciculato-pilosae; pedicelli circiter 

 1 mm. longi ut calyx sparse f asciculato-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: Ruling, thickets, common, alt. 1200 m., August 1, 1907 

 (No. 1531; bush 1.3 m., flowers rose-purple). Western Hupeh: 



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