Clerodendron. | CI. VERBENACEZ (BAKER). 295 
Cymes lax. 
Corolla-tube very short, 
Leaves sessile or very shortly petioled, 
Stems not winged . . . . . 58. C. myricoides. 
Stems winged , . . . - 59. C. alatum. 
Leaves with a short petiole. 
Leaves small, toothed . . . . - 60. C. Newmayeri. 
Leaves large, entire. . . . - 61, C. Kalbreyeri. 
Leaves long-petioled . . . . . 62. C. carnosulum, 
Corolla-tube 3-} in. long. . . . . 63. C. bukobense. 
Corolla-tube 37-2 in, long. 
Leaves sessile . . . . . . . 64. C. ternatum, 
Leaves distinctly petioled . . . : . 65, C. sansibarense, 
Corolla-tube an inch or more long . : . . 66. C. lanceolatum, 
Cymes dense, ; 
Calyx-lobes orbicular, small . . : . . 67. C. aurantiacum., 
Calyx-lobes ovate or oblong, large . . . 68. C, macrostachyum, 
Tt TStems armed . . . . . . . 69. C. spinescens. 
1. C. acerbianum, Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 536. An erect shrub, 
with densely pubescent branchlets. Leaves 2—4-nate, shortly petioled, 
ovate, acute, entire, rounded at the base or slightly cordate, pubescent, 
especially beneath, the lower 2-3 in. long. Flowers in dense terminal 
and axillary peduncled clusters; bracts linear, as long as the calyx. 
Calyx densely pubescent, # in. long; tube short, campanulate ; lobes 
lanceolate. Corolla white ; tube pubescent, 1 in. long; lobes ovate, 
sub-equal, 4 in. long. Stamens 4 in. long. Fruit globose, 4 in, in 
diam., covered with spongy processes so that it resembles a bramble.— 
Volkameria acerbiana, Visiani, Ic. Pl. Augypt. Nub. 23, t. 4, fig. 1; 
Schauer in DC. Prod. xi. 656. 
Nile Land. Nubia: banks of the Nile, at Ibrim, Letourneuz, 292! Sabooa, 
Kralik ! Derr, Ehrenberg! Abldekerin, Raddi! and Mograd Island, Kotsciy, 359! 
by the White Nile, Schweinfurth, 1055! 1092! Petherick! 
2. C. sinuatum, Hook. in Bot. Mag. t. 4255, and ex Schauer in 
DC. Prod. xi. 665. An erect shrub with pubescent branchlets. Leaves 
Opposite, ovate, distinctly petioled, cuspidate, entire, slightly cordate at 
the base, entire or coarsely serrate, 4-6 in. long, finely pubescent on 
both surfaces, Flowers in dense globose terminal clusters. Calyx very 
hairy, 4 in, long; lobes ovate-lanceolate, as long as the funnel-shaped 
tube. Corolla white; tube 3-1 in. long; lobes oblong, subequal, } in. 
long. Stamens #-1 in. long. —Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 486. | 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Whitfield! and cultivated specimens! Lagos: 
Abeokuta, Harrison, 2! Millen, 151! 
3. C. eupatorioides, Baker. An erect herb, 4-6 ft. nigh with 
slender finely hairy branchlets. Leaves opposite, long-petiole ova e, 
acute, membranous, 3-4 in. long, irregularly crenate, glabrous a ve, 
obscurely pubescent beneath. Flowers in dense globose termina 
clusters; bracts lanceolate. Calyx hairy, } in. long; lobes lanceolate, 
