Tas. 5294, 
CLERODENDRON CALAMITOSUM. 
Hurtful Clerodendron. 
Nat. Ord. VERBENACE%.—DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Gen. Char. Calyx campanulatus, rarius tubulosus, interdum pentagonus et 
subinflatus, 5-fidus vel 5-dentatus, rarissime truncatus. Corolla infundibularis 
vel subhypocraterimorpha ; tubo seepissime calycem conspicue excedente interdum 
longissimo ; Jimbo 5-partito laciniis superioribus paulo magis approximatis sub- 
ineequali, vel laciniis inferioribus magis minusve adscendentibus obliquo, immo 
subsecundo. Stamina 4, corolle tubo inserta, longe exserta, subdidynama; an- 
there supra basin insertz, basi fissee, biloculares, /ocu/is parallelis, rima longitu- 
dinali dehiscentibus. Ovarium 4-loculare, loculis 1-ovulatis; ovulo in spermo- 
phoro angulo centrali adnato, pendulo. Stylus filiformis, exsertus, stigmate bifido 
acuto. Drupa calyce ampliato insidens vel inclusa, baccata vel carnosa, quadri- 
vel seepius abortu mono-di-tri-pyrena, sepius 2—4-loba, pyrenis maturitate dis- 
tinctis unilocularibus, putamine lignoso levi. Semen solitarium, erectum. Coty- 
ledones oleose, applicatee ; radicula brevis, infera.—Frutices vel arbores inter tro- 
picos veteris orbis, imprimis vero Asia, copiose, in America vero parce crescentes. 
Folia opposita vel terna, simplicia, integra vel rarius lobata, phyllopodio interdum 
prominente persistenti insidentia. Cyme trichotome vel azxillares, vel in paniculam 
terminalem collecte. Schau. 
CLERODENDRON calamitosum ; ramulis obsolete tetragonis petiolis pedunculisque = 
pube hirtella subcanescentibus, foliis membranaceis oppositis ellipticis in 
petiolum acuminatis vel attenuatis obtusis acuminatisve a medio grosse et 
ineequaliter serrato-dentatis adultis utrinque preter nervos glabriusculis — 
opacis, panicula terminali subfastigiata brachiata inferne foliosa, cymis se- _ 
mel bisve trifidis folium subzquantibus brevioribusve, calyce puberulo 5-par- 
tito patente, laciniis linearibus acutis, corolle tubo puberulo calycem qua- 
druplo excedente. Schau. 
papers a da calamitosum. Zinn. Mant. v. 1. p. 90. De Cand. Prodr. v.11. 
p- 663. 
VoLKaMERIA alternifolia. Burm. Fl. Ind. p. 137. t. 44. 
This is a modest, unobtrusive plant, with its pure white blos- 
soms, as compared with the gorgeous scarlet-flowered species _ 
now commonly cultivated in our stoves, such as Clerodendron in- 
Sortunatum, squamatum, fallax, glandulosum, Bethuneanum, etc. — : 
It is a native of Java, but though figured and described by — 
FEBRUARY Ist, 1862. - 
