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CLERODENDRI QUIBUSDAM SPECIEBUS. 



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F. A. GUIL. MIQUEL 



1. Clerodendron minahassae teysm. ct binnend. in Nat. Tijdschrift v. NcerL Ind. vol. 

 XXV. p. 409. Frutex; rami tetragoni; folia longiuscule petiolata e basi rotundata vel acuta elliptico- 



oblonga oblongave acuminata glabra tenerrime subglandulosc puncticulata, costulis utrinqne 8 10 



transverse venosis supra sulcatis subtus cxsertis parenchymate subrugoso ; panicula terminalis glabra 

 ramis brevibus apice cymose 3 — 1-floris ; calycis florentis ellipsoideo-oblongi 5-fidi lobi lineari-lanccolati 

 acuti sanguineo-rubentes, muturescens ovoideus auctus, maturus magnus 5 -partitus explanatus coriaceus 

 purpureus, lobis lanceolatis drupam atrocoerulcam alarum instar ambientibus; corollae albidae tubus 

 longissimus gracilis tetragonus fauce incur vulo-dilatata, lim.bi lobi anguste sublincari-lanceolati sub- 

 aequales deorsum leviter attenuati, apice 3 inferiores acuti, 2 superiores obtusuli; styli pars cxscrta 

 cum staminibus purpurea. 



C. longifloro decaisn., in Timor crescenti, omnino affine, diversum et certe sui iuris: glabritie, foliis basi saene 

 obtusis, costulis numero inaiore, corollae laci nil's elongatis angustis nee ovatis, calyce fructifero multo maiore, 

 lobis scil. circiter bipollicaribus, in specie timorensi multo minore, baud adeo profunde partito, lobis oblongo- 

 ovatis 2 lin. parum superantibus. In C. longifloro petioli antice piano -canaliculati et subpuberi, cito glabrati. — 

 Frutex robustus; rami biennes lignosi subteretes cortice pallescente; ramuli tetragoni glabri sed sparse rubi- 

 ginoso-verrucellosi. Petioli J — 2 J poll, longi, in eodem iugo longitadine magis minusve diversi, antice cana- 

 liculati, canalis marginibus obtusis, exsiccatione acutioribus ; folia e basi rotundata interdum acuta elliptico- 

 oblonga vel lato-elliptica, passim fere ovata, mediocriter vel breviter acuminata integerrima, in siccis chartacea, 

 in vivis cultis herbacea, costulis utrinque 8 — 10 erecto patulis leviter arcuatis prope marginem in anastomoses 

 laxe reticulatas evanescentibns, caeterum venis transversis distantibus sub angulo recto ortis inter se unitis, 

 supra saturate viridia nervatione ubique sulcato-impressa, subtus pallidiora nervis pallidis exsertis notata, pa- 

 renchymate interiecto ruguloso, glaberrima, sub lente fortiore in statu vivo glandulis (non pellucidis) atro- 

 viridibus primum elevatis dein depressis partimque liberatis squamellas exilissimas fingentibus in utraque pa- 

 gina puncticnlata, 3 — 9 poll, longa, \\ — 3 lata, raro 7 poll, longa et 5 lata. Pa?iiculae ramulos terminantes, 

 axi circiter 4-pollicari, simplices, glabrae, pedunculis seu ramis primariis oppositis Iracteis deciduis exilibus an- 

 gustis puberulis suffultis, circiter quinque-iugatis, 1^ — 1 poll, longis, iuferioribus 3-, reliquis 2 — 1-floris, pe- 

 dicellis circiter pollicaribus pallide viridulis. Calyx subcoriaceus sub antliesi ellipsoideo oblongus fere pollicaris 

 pallide flavidulo-viridulus J — j quinquefidus, laciniis anguste lanceolatis acutis sanguineo-rubentibus ; defloratus 

 increscens ovoideo-tumens pedicelli apice obconico-incrassato insessus, profundius divisus, inferne viridis, \ 

 .superne atropurpurascens; maturus drupifer ad basin usque 5-partitus, lobis obloiigo-lanceolatis acutis subcon- 

 formibus, in eodem calyce 1-} — 2 J poll, longis, 6 lin. circiter latis, coriaceis, saturate sanguineis, drupam atro- 

 coerulcam vulgo trispermam explanato-ambientibus. Corolla iu alabastro flavidulo-viridulo-pallida, florens albida 

 cum levi flavedine, tubo gracillimo tetragono leviter arcuato quadripollicari in faucem obliquam subinfundibu- 

 liformem subabrupte terminato, limbi lobis peracta fecundatione leviter flavescentibus subrecurvo-patentibus 

 anguste lanceolatis aequilongis, baud omnino aequilatis, tribus acutis parumper angustioribus, duobus obtusu- 

 lis, sursum paullisper latioribus, circiter 1} poll, longis. Filamenta fauci inserta ob limbum patentem exserta, 



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