FLORA OF MADAGASCAR. 229 
CLERODENDRON TERNIFOLIUM, n. sp. 
Arboreum, erectum, glabrum, foliis ternatis breviter petiolatis lanceolatis 
integris firmulis utrinque viridibus, floribus in cymas laxas paniculatas 
terminales dispositis, pedicellis brevibus, calycis dentibus deltoideis quam 
tubus oblongus quadruplo brevioribus. 
An erect tree, glabrous in all its parts, with long woody simple 
slender straight ultimate branchlets, with internodes 3-1 in. long. 
Leaves in threes, ascending, shortly petioled, 2-3 in. long, 4 in. 
broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to both ends, rather firm 
in texture, green and glabrous on both surfaces. Flowers in flat- 
topped terminal panicled cymes at the end of the long branchlets ; 
pedicels slender, not more than jin. long. Calyx 4-3 in. long, 
glabrous, 4—4 in. diam. at the throat; teeth deltoid, erect, not 
more than d in. long and broad. Corollanotseen. Ovary small, 
globose.—Central Madagascar, Baron 1680! Allied to C. arena- 
rium and C. laxiflorum. 
CLERODENDRON LAXIFLORUM, N. sp. 
Arboreum, erectum, glabrum, foliis oppositis petiolatis obovato-oblongis 
acutis modice firmis, floribus in cymas laxas paniculatas axillares et termi- 
nales dispositis, pedicellis elongatis, calycis dentibus deltoideo-cuspidatis 
quam tubus oblongus triplo brevioribus, corollz tubo quam calyx duplo lon- 
giore, limbi lutei segmentis orbicularibus vel obovatis, staminibus vix exsertis. 
An erect forest tree, 20-30 feet high, glabrous in all its parts. 
Leaves opposite, shortly petioled ; blade 2-3 in. long, 1-17 in. 
broad, aeute, narrowed from the middle to the base, moderately 
firm in texture, green and glabrous on both surfaces. Flowers 
in lax axillary and, terminal compound corymbose cymes; pedi- 
cels about 4 in. long, with minute linear bracts and bracteoles. 
Calyx 3 in. long, greenish, glabrous, with an oblong tube 1-3 in. 
in diam. and 5 erect segments. Corolla yellow, with a tube an inch 
long, cylindrical below the dilated throat; segments of thelimb 
spreading, 1-4 in. long. Stamens reaching only to the tip of the 
corolla-segments. Style finally a little exserted.— Forests of the 
province of Imerina, Baron 1291! Andrangaloaka, Parker! 
CLERODENDRON RUBELLUM, n. sp. 
Fruticosum, erectum, glabrum, foliis oppositis oblongis obtusis integris 
petiolatis subcoriaceis utrinque viridibus glabris, floribus in cymas pauci- 
floras panieulatas dispositis, pedicellis elongatis, calycis magni segmentis 
deltoideis quam tubus oblongus 3-4plo brevioribus, corolle rubella tubo 
cylindrico calycem subduplo superante, segmentis magnis orbicularibus, 
genitalibus longe exsertis. 
