Tas. 8235. 
: CLERODENDRON vcGaANDENSE. 
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Tropical Africa. 
VERBENACEAE. Tribe VITICEAE. 
CLERODENDEON, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 1155. 
Clerodendron (Cyclonema) ugandense, Prain; species C. myricoidi, R. Br., 
quam maxime affinis, calycis lobis multo minoribus, corollae tubo mani- 
feste breviore aliisque notis satis diffe: t. 
Frutec 1-8 m. altus, ramis glabris. Folia saepius opposita, elliptica vel 
anguste obovata, grosse serrata, apice acuta, basi in petiolum brevem 
angustata, 4-12 cm. longa, 2-6 em. lata, glabra vel glabriuscula. 
Cymae laxae, pauciflorae, paniculatae. Culyx glaber, 6-7 mm. longus, 
campanulatus; lobi rotundati, apice rubescentes. Corolla valde ZYg0- 
morpha ; tubus 5-6 mm. longus, sursum curvatus; lobus anticus 2 em. 
longus, concavus, ambitu pyriformis, caeruleo-violaceus ; ceteri 1 em. longi, 
plani, obovati, pallide caerulei. Filamenta purpurea, valde exserta, 
ascendentia, incurva, inferne barbata; antherae caerulescentes. Ovarium 
orbiculare, 3 mm. diametro; stylus filamenta paullo superans, apice 
inaequaliter 2-fidus.—D. Pratn. 
The species of Clerodendron referable to the section 
Cyclonema are characterised by having the lowest corolla- 
lobe considerably larger than the other lobes. The section 
includes ten or twelve distinct forms, all of which are 
African, Of these only one has hitherto been figured in 
this work (B. M. t. 5838) as Cyclonema myricoides, Hochst. 
(Clerodendron myricoides, R. Br.), itself, as at present under- 
_ Stood, a somewhat variable species. From C. myricoides as 
there delineated the form now figured differs in having 
much shorter semi-orbicular calyx-lobes, a shorter corolla- 
tube and larger more deeply coloured corolla-lobes, 
Cutrivatton.—Seeds of C. ugandense were forwarded 
to Kew in 1906 by Mr. M. T. Dawe, who had collected 
them in Voi, Uganda, at 2,000 ft. above sea-level, The 
plants have grown freely in an intermediate house, quickly 
forming shrubs from 2-3 ft. in height, with long slender 
leafy branches terminated by loose racemes of beautiful 
blue flowers. Cuttings formed of the young shoots root 
Januaky, 1909, 
