500 VERBENACEiE. 



oblong or elliptical, pointed at both ends, glabrescent ; cymes trichotomous, corymbiform, 

 most terminal on short branchicts ; calyx membranaceous, glabrous, infundibular above a 

 hemispherical base, repand-entire, lax around the twice as long corolla-tube ; corolla " yel- 

 low," infundibular: lobes ovate-lanceolate; drape " obloag." — Aubl. t. 25. Manabea, Aubl. 

 — A shrub, confounded with the two following species, distinguished by smaller leaves and 

 the calyx. Leaves l"-2"(-4"), calyx in flower 1'", corolla-tube 2'", lobes 1|'" long.— Hab. 

 Trinidad !, Lockh., Cr., on hilly, abandoned land ; [Venezuela !, Guiana !]. 



39. A. martinicensis, L. Branches 4-gonal or subcylindrical, glabrate; leaves 

 chartaceous, large, lanceolate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate or pointleted, acute at 

 the base, glabrous; cymes trichotomous, ' corymbiform, terminal or in a terminal panicle ; 

 calyx membranaceous, glabrous, turbinate-infandibular, acute at the base, truncate, lax 

 around the twice as long corolla-tube ; corolla " white," infundibular : lobes ovate, blunt ; 

 drupe ovoid-globose, thrice as long as the spreading calyx. — Lam. III. t. 70. /. 1. — A. 

 glabra, Lam. A. Manabea, Sw. (exclus. syn. Aubl). — A shrub ; leaves 8"-4", calyx 1"', 

 corolla-tube 2"'-2i'", lobes 1'", red drupe 4"'-6"' long.— Hab. Jamaica (Sw.) ; Antigua !, 

 Wullschl., Dominica!, Imr., S. Vincent !, Guild.; Trinidad!, Sieb. Tr. 85 ; [Cuba and 

 Panama ! to Guiana !]. 



40. A. elata, Sw. Branches subcylindrical, glabrate ; leaves leathery, ovate-oblong, 

 with a bluntish point, bluntish or rounded at the base, glabrous : petiole thiclcish at the 

 persistent base; cymes trichotomous, corymbiform, most terminal or paniculate; calyx 

 herbaceous, turbinate -infundibular, acute at the base or subcoustrictcd above it, shortly 

 4-lobed, lax around the twice as long corolla-tube; corolla " yellowish :" lobes oblong, 

 blunt, spreading ; drupe subglobose, twice as long as the eupulate calvx. — Br. Jam. t. 3. 



/. 3.— An erect or scaudent shrub, 20'-6' high ; leaves 6"-3"'(-8"), calyx W"-2'", corolla- 

 tube 3"'-4'", lobes 2'" long ; drupe yellow, 4'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., common ; 

 Trinidad !, Cr. ; [Cuba ! to Guiana ! and equat. Brazil] . 



13. CLERODENDRON, L. 



(Volkameria, Ovieda, Siphouanthus, X.) 



Calyx 5-fid or 5-dentate, rarely truncate. Corolla salver-shaped or infundibular : tube 

 slender : lobes 5, slightly unequal. Stamens 4, exserted, unequal. Stigma shortly bifid : 

 lobes pointed. Drupe of JEgijihila, or pyrense cohering in pairs.- — Leaves simple : petiole 

 jointed near the base ; cymes trichotomous or contracted. 



41. C. aculeatum, Gr. Branches rusty-puberulous, armed with short, subcorneal, 

 spreading spines, left by the fallen-off petioles ; leaves chartaceous, glabrescent, elliptical or 

 elliptical-lanceolate, entire, tapering into the petiole; cymes axillary, peduncled, 7-3- 

 flowered: pedicels spreading; calyx shortly 5 -fid, much shorter than the corolla: lobes 

 ovate, deltoid ; corolla-lobes oblong, about one-third as long as the tube ; drupe globose, 

 2-pyrenous : pvrena; 2-celled.— SI. t. 166. f. 2, 3. Br. Jam. t. 30. /. 2. Jacq. Amer. 

 Pict. t. 177.— Volkameria, L.— A shrub, 5 V -12' high ; spines l'"-2"', leaves 2"-l", calyx 

 1J'", corolla-tube 8"'-10'" long ; flowers white, long-exserted stamens purple. — Hab. Ja- 

 maica !, Macf, Pd-, March, common iu gravelly soil ; S. Kitts !, Antigua !, Nichols., 

 Wullschl., Dominica 1, Finh, Imr., S. Vincent !, Guild. ; [Cuba ! to Guiana !, equat. Brazil]- 



42*. C. fragrans, W. Pubescent, unarmed ; leaves ovate-deltoid, unequally dentate, 

 long-petioled ; cyme terminal, subsessile, contracted ; calyx 5-fid, little exceeded by the 

 corolla-tube : lobes lanceolate-acuminate ; corolla-lobes obovate-roundish. — Vent. Malm, 

 t. 70. — Volkameria japonica, Jacq. — A shrub ; flowers rosy, usually double in the natura- 

 lized plant. — Hab. Naturalized iu Antigua!, Wullschl.; [and from Cuba ! to Brazil, intro- 

 duced from China]. 



43*. C. Siphouanthus, R. Br. Suffruticose, erect, glabrous ; leaves whorled, oblong- 

 linear or lanceolate, acuminate, entire, subsessile ,- cymes in a large, lax, terminal panicle : 

 pedicels spreading; calyx deeply 5-fid, much shorter than the filiform, curved corolla-tube : 

 lobes ovate, pointed; corolla- lobes obovate and oblong, about one-eighth as long as the tube ; 

 drupe globose, shining. — Lam. III. t. 79. /. sup.— C. longicolle, Mey. Ovieda mitis, L. 

 Siphonanthus iudiens, L.— Leaves 10"-3" long ; corolla white : tube 3"-4" loug : drupe 



