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rolla not seen. Drupe bright brown, globose, twice as long as 
the calyx, the pericarp much wrinkled.—Forest at Amparimpotsy, 
Baron 1471! A near ally of the last species. 
CLERODENDRON PYRIFOLIUM, n. sp. 
Arboreum, erectum, glabrum, foliis oppositis petiolatis ovatis acutis in- 
tegris utrinque viridibus, cymis in paniculas corymbosas terminales aggre- 
gatis, pedicellis quam calyx longioribus, calyce parvo cyathiformi ore sub- 
truncato, corollz tubo elongato cylindrico, limbo parvo segmentis orbicu- 
laribus, genitalibus longe exsertis. 
An erect tree, glabrous in all its parts, with pale woody terete 
slender lenticellate branchlets. Petiole 4-3 in. long; blade 13-2 
in. long, 1-11 in. broad, acute, entire, deltoid at the base, mode- 
rately firm in texture, green and glabrous on both surfaces, with 
fine immersed arcuate main veins. Flowers in copious flat-topped 
peduncled cymes from the end of the branchlets aud axils of the 
upper leaves; pedicels erect, }-} in. long. Calyx cyathiform, 
glabrous, 4 in. long, the throat nearly truncate, patelliform and 
accrescent in the fruit-stage. Corolla with a glabrous cylindrical 
tube } in. long and a limb not more than 4 in. in diam. Style 
twice as long as the corolla-tube. Fruit obovoid, glabrous, 
blackish, 3 in. long.— Central Madagascar, about 50 miles from 
the east coast, Baron 1445 ! 
CLERODENDRON RAMOSISSIMUM, n. sp. 
Erectum, ramosissimum, ramulis gracilibus pilosis, foliis parvis petiolatis 
obovatis integris subcoriaceis glabris, floribus in cymas densas paniculatas 
terminales ramulis dense hispidis dispositis, calycis dentibus lanceolatis 
patulis quam tubus campanulatus duplo brevioribus, coroll: tubo cylindrico, 
segmentis parvis orbicularibus, genitalibus longe exsertis. 
A much-branched erect shrub, with slender densely pilose terete 
branchlets. Leaves opposite, shortly petioled ; blade 3-3 in. long, 
obtuse, cuneate at the base, thick and rigid in texture, dull green 
and glabrous on both surfaces, the veins fine and obscure. Flowers 
in dense orbicular terminal panicles 1-13 in. in diam.; branches 
and short pedicels densely hispid. Calyx 4 in. long, slightly pilose, 
with a .campanulate tube and 5 spreading segments. Corolla 
with a cylindrical glabrous tube 4 in. long and 4 orbicular seg- 
ments, the expanded limb not above å in. indiam. Style exserted 
4-4 in. from the corolla-tube.— Woods of the province of Imerina, 
Baron 1985! A near ally of C. emirnense, Bojer, which is figured 
in Bot. Mag. tab. 2925. 
