on the Hortus Malabaricus, Part II. 293 
M. Poiret (Enc. Meth. v. 163.) perceived the error of Will- 
denow respecting the Petasites agrestis of Rumphius; but he 
was scarcely more fortunate in quoting the Titius litorea ( Rumph. 
Herb. Amb. iii. 39. t. 20.) As, however, he afterwards per- 
ceived this error, and corrected it (Enc. Meth. Sup. iv. 352.), 
I need not dwell longer on this subject. M. Poiret like Will- 
denow considers the Clerodendron of the elder Burman as a 
distinct variety from Peragu, and to this I have no particular 
objection. 
As the specific name infortunatum has perhaps been given to 
the Planta fortunata of the Ceylonese, I should have entirely 
concurred with the authors of the Hortus Kewensis (iv. 63.) and 
Encyclopédie (Enc. Meth. Sup. iv. 352.) in calling the Peragu the 
Clerodendrum viscosum, had the plant, which they evidently de- 
scribed under this name, been the Peragu: but the C. viscosum 
has serrated leaves, and is, I have no doubt, that which Dr. Rox- 
burgh called the Volkameria infortunata (Hort. Beng. 46.), having 
been sent by him to Kew Garden. Dr. Roxburgh, however, or 
perhaps rather Dr. Carey, does not quote the Peragu, and in this 
he acted judiciously ; for the leaves of the C. viscosum are not 
only serrated on the edges, but are very seldom, and that but 
slightly, cordate. We are not therefore yet warranted to reject 
altogether as species the Planta fortunata and infortunata of 
Hermann, and to refer them to the C. viscosum. It is true, that 
neither Dr. Roxburgh nor I have seen the plants; but I cannot 
think that his Volkameria infortunata, which I perfectly know, is 
either one or other; and to enable the reader to judge, I shall 
here give some account of the points in which it differs. 
Clerodendron viscosum. Enc. Meth. Sup. iv. 252.; Hort. Kew. iv. 
63. (excluso synonymo Rheedii.) 
Volkameria infortunata. Hort. Beng. 46. 
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