Lycianthes hupehensis (Bitter) C. Y. Wu & S. C. Huang

Shrubs or subshrubs 1-2 m tall, pubescent throughout with short simple hairs. Leaves unequal paired; petiole 5-10 mm; blade of major leaf elliptic-lanceolate, 7-10 × 3-5 cm, sparsely pubescent adaxially, more densely so abaxially, surfaces of different colors, base cuneate, apex acute; blade of minor leaf ovate, 3-4 × 1.5-2.5 cm, base rounded, decurrent, apex obtuse. Inflorescences 2-4-flowered fascicles in leaf axils. Pedicel 1-1.5 cm. Calyx cup-shaped, 4-5.5 × 4-6 mm; teeth 10, linear-subulate, 1.5-2 mm, pubescent. Corolla purple-blue, 8-9 mm; lobes lanceolate, ca. 6 × 2.5 mm. Filaments ca. 0.5 mm; anthers oblong-ovate, ca. 3 mm, sometimes puberulent. Ovary glabrous. Style 8-10 mm, puberulent. Fruiting pedicel 1.2-1.6 cm. Berry red, 6-8 mm in diam., mucronate. Seeds pale yellow, subdeltate, 2-1.5 × 0.5-1 mm. Fl. May-Aug, fr. Sep-Nov.

Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan (Yongshun Xian), Sichuan, Yunnan.

* Roadsides, forests; 400-1400 m.

Lycianthes biflora subsp. hupehensis Bitter, Abh. Naturwiss. Vereine Bremen 24: 466. 1920.