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CLERODENDRON HASTATUM. HALBERD-LEAVED 
CLERODENDRON. 
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Class and Order. 
Dipynamia ANGIOSPERMIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Versenacez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-fidus (nunc 5-dentatus). Cor. tubo cylindrico ; 
limbo 5-partito, patente, laciniis subzqualibus. Stam. - 
es faucem inserta, exserta, adscendentia: antherarum 
oculis parallelis. Bacca pyrenis 4, monospermis. Br. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
CLERopENDRON hastatwm ; foliis oppositis subhastato-cor- 
datis 5-lobis acuminatis, ramis pedunculisque villosis, 
panicula decussata dichotoma ramosa, calyce foliaceo 
acuto, tubo corolle longissimo filiformi. Wall, in Bot. 
Reg. 
Cathovkxpudn hastatum (sphalmate C. sagittatum). Wail. 
Cat. Herb. Ind. num. 1786. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1307. 
Sipnonantuus hastata. Roxb. Hort. Beng. p. 46. 
_ A-valuable acquisition to our stoves, for which we are 
indebted to Dr. Waxuicu, who introduced it by seeds pro- 
duced in the Botanical Garden of Calcutta. It is a native 
of Sylhet, where it was discovered by Mr. Smrrn, who sent 
it to Dr. Roxpuren, in 1811. Our drawing was made at 
Wentworth Gardens, in October, 1834: but the flowers 
were so long, and the panicle and foliage so large, that not 
even a quarto plate would have done justice to the subject. 
he blossoms are delightfully fragrant. 
. Descr. A shrub from five to six feet in height, branch- 
mg Mostly at the top; branches spreading, square with ob- 
tuse angles. Leaves opposite, a span and more long, hal- 
, berd-shaped, 
