Callicarpa longipes var. laui Moldenke.

Shrubs 2-3 m tall. Stems with short stellate hairs plus fewer, simple gland-tipped hairs. Branchlets brownish pilose. Petiole 5-8 mm; leaf blade elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, 6-13 2-7 cm, abaxially yellow glandular, base cordate and slightly oblique, margin triangular serrate, apex acute to caudate, veins 8-10 pairs. Cymes ca. 3 cm across, pilose; peduncle 1.5-3 cm. Calyx campanulate, 1-2 mm; teeth 4, acute. Corolla reddish, ca. 4 mm, pilose. Stamens 2 X as long as corolla tube; anthers ovate, ca. 1 mm. Ovary glabrous. Fruit purple, globose, 1.5-2 mm in diam. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Aug-Dec.

* Thickets, mixed forests; 300-500 m. Anhui, Fujian, Guang-dong, Jiangxi.