丘陵紫珠 qiu ling zi zhu

Callicarpa brevipes (Bentham) Hance f. yingtakensis P'ei.

Shrubs 1-2 m tall. Branchlets terete, yellowish brown stellate tomentose. Petiole ca. 5 mm; leaf blade oblanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, 12-19(-25) X 3-6(-8) cm, abaxially with sparse yellowish brown stellate hairs denser along midvein and obscurely small yellow glands, adaxially glabrous, base cuneate to broadly cuneate, margin sparsely serrulate, apex acuminate to acute. Cymes dense, 1-1.5 cm across; peduncle ca. 5 mm, sparsely yellowish brown stellate tomentose; bracts small. Pedicel ca. 1.5 mm, glabrous. Calyx ca. 1.2 mm, subtruncate, obscurely dentate, glabrous. Corolla white or pinkish, ca. 3 mm; lobes 4, apex obtuse to subrounded. Filaments shorter than corolla tube; anthers exserted. Ovary glabrous. Fruit globose, ca. 2 mm in diam. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Jun-Aug.

* Mountain slopes; 700-1000 m. Guangdong, S Jiangxi.