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Clerodendron. | CI. VERBENACEE (BAKER). 309 
+ in. long; lobes obovate, 4 in. long. Stamens much exserted.—C. ro- 
tundifolium, Giirke in Holst. Pl. Usam. Exsice. No. 8908, not of Oliv. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Usambara ; Kwa Mshuza, Holst, 8908 ! 
54. C. zambesiacum, Baker. An erect shrub, with shortly 
pubescent woody branchlets. Leaves opposite, distinctly petioled, cor- 
date-ovate, entire, cuspidate, membranous, 5-6 in. long, slightly 
pubescent above, more densely pubescent beneath. Cymes few- 
flowered, lax, long-peduncled ; branchlets finely pubescent ; pedicels 
much longer than the calyx. Calyx 1 in. long, densely pubescent ; 
tube short, campanulate ; lobes ovate, acuminate. Corolla white ; tube 
3 in. long, pubescent, dilated at the apex; lobes obovate, subequal, 
3-4 in. long. Stamens above 1 in. long. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Msapa, Buchanan, 359! 
and withont precise locality, Buchanan, 332! Zambesiland, Kirk ! 
55. C. Stuhlmanni, Giirke in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 173. A shrub, 
with velvety branchlets, Leaves distinctly petioled, orbicular or broadly 
ovate, 25—5 in. long, acute or cuspidate, entire, velvety on both sides. 
Cymes peduncled, axillary or forming a terminal panicle; bracts small, 
linear or subulate. Calyx campanulate, velvety, # in. long, 5-partite 
nearly to the base; lobes ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. Corolla-tube 
3 in. long, slender, incurved ; lobes unequal. Stamens and style very 
long. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Karagwe ; Ihangiro, Stuhlmann, 916, 
Lake Ikimba, 3500 ft., Stuhlmann, 1631, and Lake Weranyange, 4000 ft., Stuhlmann, 
1777, 
56. C. Poggei, Giirke in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 171, A tree or 
shrub. Leaves long-petioled, ovate-orbicular, cordate, acuminate, 
8-10 in. long, 5-6 in. broad, repand and strongly toothed, thinly hairy 
on both sides. Inflorescence a compact panicle formed of dense sub- 
sessile cymes; pedicels long ; bracts lanceolate, pubescent, above } in. 
long. Calyx campanulate, 1 in. long ; tube very short; lobes lanceo- 
late, very acuminate. Corolla white; tube curved, 4-5 in. long; lobes 
unequal. Stamens very long. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Lendu Plateau, 4500 ft., Stuhlmann, 2702, 
2710. 
South Central. Congo Free State: Lualaba Dist.; in a Kalebue village, 
Pogge, 1116. 
57. C. thyrsoideum, Baker. A climbing shrub with stems 20 ft. 
long; branchlets glabrous. Leaves opposite, shortly petioled, oblong, 
entire, cuspidate, deltoid at the base, 6-9 in. long by half as broad, 
moderately firm, green and glabrous on both surfaces. Cymes lax, few- 
flowered, forming a leafless thyrsoid panicle 8-12 in. long, with glabrous 
branchlets; pedicels nearly as long as the calyx. Calyx glabrous, } in. 
long ; tube narrowly funnel-shaped ; lobes ovate, much shorter than 
5? ° 
the tube. Corolla-tube straight, slender, glabrous, above an inch long ; 
