Tas. 6561. 
CLERODENDRON TRICHOTOMUM. 
Native of Japan. 
Nat. Ord. Verpenacex.—Tribe Viticex. 
Genus CLEropENpRon, Linn. : (Benth. et Hook. SJ: Gen. Pi. vol. ii. p. 1155.) 
CLERODENDRON trichotomum; fraticosum, glabrum, pubescens v. subtomentosum, 
ramis cylindraceis crassiusculis, foliis amplis oppositis longe petiolatis basi 
triplinerviis opacis integerrimis v. margine obtuse subserratis inferioribus 
magnis trilobis superioribus lato ovatis v. rotundato-ovatis longe acuminatis, 
cymis terminalibus et axillaribus trichotomis laxifloris longe pedunculatis 
pubescentibus, pedunculis pedivellisque gracilibus, bracteis minutis v. obsoletis, 
calycibus ovoideis inflatis 5-gonis rubrofuscis acute 5-fidis, corolla albe tubo 
gracili lobis zqualibus oblongo-ovatis obtusis, anthcris longe exsertis. 
C. trichotomum, Thunb. FI. Japon. p. 256; Schauer in DC. Prodr, vol. xi. p. 668 ; 
Kempf. Aman. p. 827, t. 22. 
A native of Japan, of which I have seen specimens also 
from the Loochoo Island, Formosa, and China, at Amoy 
and Shanghai, though whether it is a native of the latter 
countries may be doubted. That it is indigenous in Japan 
can, | think, hardly admit of a question, for it seems to be 
found from Hakodadi to Yokohama, and it was described 
by Keempfer and Thunberg, the latter of whom states that 
the wood of the branches is inhabited by a larva which is 
used as a vermifuge for children. : 
Clerodendron trichotomum was introduced into this 
country some years ago, and has proved hitherto quite 
hardy, flowering copiously in September, when it nel 
very handsome appearance, but whether it has stood t e 
unusual severity of this present winter remains to be seen ; 
its foliage is early cut by autumnal frosts, and it has not 
fruited at Kew. In native specimens the corolla-tube is 
always exserted, sometimes twice as long as the calyx, and 
slightly curved, but in the Kew specimens it is not exserted 
for more than a quarter of aninch, ‘The whole plant has 
JUNE Ist, 1881. 
