Callicarpa japonica var. angustata Rehder.

Shrubs ca. 2 m tall. Petiole less than 5 mm; leaf blade purplish green, lanceolate to oblanceolate, 6-10 X 2-3(-4) cm, papery, often glabrous, obscurely glandular, margin serrate above middle, veins 6-8 pairs. Cymes ca. 1.5 cm across; peduncle less than 6 mm. Calyx subtruncate. Corolla ca. 3.5 mm. Fruit ca. 3 mm in diam.

* Forest thickets on mountain slopes or in valleys; below 1300 m. Anhui, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, E Sichuan, Zhejiang.