Tas. 4485. 
CLERODENDRON Beruuneanum. 
Captain Bethune’s Clerodendron. 
Nat. Onp. Verspenace®.—D1pDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tan. 4255.) 
CLERODENDRON Bethuneanum; elatum fruticosum, ramis 4-sulcatis, foliis am- 
plissimis cordatis acuminulatis obscure serratis glabris basi profunde bilobis 
subtus sparse lepidotis, paniculis terminalibus maximis thyrsoideo-pyrami- 
datis bracteatis, bracteis lineari-spathulatis coloratis, calycibus magnis 
conicis acute 5-angulatis, limbo erecto 5-lobo, cordlle (coccinere) tubo 
calycem vix superante, limbo 5-lobo ineequali obliquo lobis oblongis obtusis 
reflexis superiore longiore basi albo, staminibus longissimis. 
CLERODENDRON Bethuneanum. Lowe in Hist. of Borneo, and in Hook. Bot. Mag. - 
Comp, (1848) v. 74. p. 30. . 
Whoever had the gratification of seeing the superb panicle of 
flowers of this Clerodendron in the stove of Messrs. Lucombe, 
Pince, and Co., of Exeter Nursery, in the month of September 
of this year, with the equally large and striking foliage, could 
form some idea of the treasures yet to be expected from the 
researches of Mr. Lowe, jun., m Borneo. Nor is the charm of 
this plant confined to the general aspect alone. ach flower is 
exceedingly beautiful in itself: peduncles, pedicels, bracts, calyx, 
corolla, the very long and graceful stamens, all are of the deepest 
crimson, while the two side-lobes of the corolla have a purple 
spot near the base (not easily represented in the figure) and the 
upper lobe has a much larger white spot. “ Four species of 
Clerodendron,” Mr. Lowe, jun., says, in the work above quoted, 
“ adorn the banks of the Sarawak river: two of them, which are 
fragrant, bear white flowers, another is scarlet, and another 
crimson. ‘The latter is the handsomest: it forms a shrub ten 
feet high, each branch terminated by a large lax panicle three 
feet long, of rich crimson blossoms, forming, with the equally 
crimson bracts and branches, a magnificent pyramid of bloom, 
every flower relieved by its white centre and protruding stamens ; 
the foliage is likewise ornamental, being large, dense, and heart- 
shaped.” “This Clerodendron,” Mr. Lowe continues, “ which 
now grows well in England, has been named after Capt. Bethune, 
R.N., who brought it and several other fine plants from Borneo.* 
When its flowering season is past, the C. Bethuneanum does not 
lose all its charms; for the crimson bracts and calyces persist, 
. Amongst them the noble Nepenthes Rafflesiana, figured in our Bot. Mag. 
4285. 
DECEMBER Ist, 1849. 
