VERBENACEAE. — GALLIC ARPA 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-scian," 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 Wen-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, yl. Henr?/ (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. psilocalyx 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, whic^h 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 Bat. Jahrb. XXIX. 548 (1900). 



