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CLERODENDRON* hastatum 



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Halberd-leaved Clerodendron. 



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DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA 



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Nat. ord, VerbenacE;^. 



CLERODENDRON. — SuprH, vol. 5. foL 406. 



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C hastatum; foliis oppositis subhastato-cordatis 5-lobis acuminatis rami's 

 pedunculisque villosis, panicula decussata dichotomy ramosa, calyce 

 foliaceo acuto, tubo corollae longissimo filiformi. Wallich MSS. 



C. hastatum (sphalmate C. sagittatum). Wall. cat. herb. ind. num. 1786. : 



Siphonanthus hastata. Rox. hort. heng. p. 46. 



^ Rami on'no&iti. loatentissimi. sub- 



Frutex 4-pedalis^ ramosa, erecta. 

 H, obtus 

 dilute ft 



foliaque 



Folia opposita, 



patentissima, latissime ovato-cordata, subhastata, d-nervia, prcBcipue subtiis 



termedio 



lateralibus brevibus, injimo utrinque divaricatOf nunc ohtusato ; inferiora 

 palmaria et ultrd, longissim^ petiolata, glabriora ; superiora brevius 

 petiolatay scepk triloho-hastata, Jloralia integra, subovata, vel cordato. 



lesfolioq 



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Panicula ampla, ovata^ terminaliSy decussato-patens, villosa. Pedunculi 



cello in bifurcatione. Bractese / 



et villoscBy 



fasciculatcB. Flores albiy odorati, villosi, 

 longissimi. Calyx magnuSy purpurascens, nunc flavescens, persistenSffructus 

 parurn auctus, profunde S-lobus, lobis unguicularibus , lanceolatiSf acutis, 

 dorso concavis, marginibus subrevolutiSy undulatis, duobus superioribus paidlb 

 majoribus. Tubus coroUse longissimuSy gracilis, subjiliformis , calyce mul- 

 toties longior, 5-pollicaris, demum ferh rectus. Limbus subcequaliter 

 5-JiduSy intiis glaber, laciniis oblongis, vix acutis, pollicaribus, recurvato^ 

 patentibus; cestivatione ovatus, cum apice tubi nutans. Stamina 4, didyma, 

 exserta limboque longiora, subparallela, tandem divaricata, Icevta. Fila- 

 menta mox infrlt faucem inserta, Jiliformiay erubescentia. Antherse 

 oblongcB, atropurpurecBj incumbentes. Ovarium oblongum, IcBve, subquadri- 

 sulcatum^ \4oculare, 4-sporum : placentis parietalibus, cruciatim oppositiSy 



• From xAjIgof, chance, and JsyJ^a^, a treej in allusion to the different 

 effects of different species of the genus when used medicinally. 



