Tab. 7922. 



CLERODENDRON cephalantiium. 



Native of Zanzibar Island. 



Nat. Ord. Verbenace.k. 

 Genus Clerodexdron, Linn. ; (Beuth. et Hooh.f. Gen. Plant, vol. ii. p. 1155.) 



Clerodendron cephalantiium ; frniex ope petiolorum alte scandens, rmdiqne 

 glaber vel cito glabrescens, petiolis noniuillis incrassatis indurati-s spini- 

 formibus recurvis armatus ; planta in horto Kewensi culta caulibua 

 pluribus fere 20 ped. longis usque ad £ poll, diametro cavis, foliis 

 oppositis vel interdum alternis distincte petiolatis teuuibus demum 

 coriaceis ovato-lanceolatis vel oblongo-lanceolatis usque ad 10 poll, longis 

 • sed sa3pius minoribus acuminatis subobtusis basi cuueatis vel rotundatis, 

 venis primariis lateralibus utrinque 3 vel 4 subtus elevatis, petiolis 

 nonnullis medio abscissis auctis persistentibus, floribus dense cymoso- 

 capitatis albo-roseis cum staminibus exsertis 4-5 poll, longis brevissime 

 pedicellatis, inflorescentiis saepius terminalibus interdum 9-10 poll, 

 diametro, additis nonnnllis lateralibtfs minoribus, bracteis bracteolisque 

 parvis lanceolatis ovatisve, calycis roseo-purpurei lobis oblongo-lanceolatis 

 apiculatis tnbo longioribus 4-5 lin. longis, corollas albas tubo gracllimo 

 apicem versus curvato 3-3J poll. longo, lirabi lobis oblongis leviter 

 recurvis ina?qualibus 6-9 lin. longis, Btaminibus longe exsertis, filamentia 

 filiformibus rubris, stylo stamina asquante. 



C. cephalantbum, Oliver in Hook. Ie. PI. t. 1559. Gard. Ghron. 1888, vol. i. 

 p. 652. 



C. capitatum var. cepbalantbum, Baker in Dyer Fl. Trop. Afr. vol. v. p. 30o. 



This handsome climbing shrub was brought to Kew by- 

 Sir John Kirk from the Island of Zanzibar, in 1886, and 

 it grows vigorously and flowers freely in the Palm House. 

 There are flowering specimens in the Herbarium from this 

 source bearing the dates, May 9th, 1888, and June 19th, 

 1889 ; and the inflorescence here figured was produced in 

 March of the present year. It is of only medium dimen- 

 sions, as our space is insufficient to show the largest ones. 

 Though not so brilliantly coloured as some of its con- 

 geners, Clerodendron cephalanthum is a very showy object 

 where it has space to develop. Mr. J. G. Baker, in the place 

 cited above, treats it as a variety of G. capitatum, Solium. 

 & Thonn. (Bob. Mag. t. 4355), and it has very slender 

 claims to specific rank; but from a horticultural stand- 

 point it is quite distinct from typical capitatum. It 

 climbs, in part at least, by means of the modified petioles 

 of some of the leaves. During development, the lower 



November 1st, 1903. 



