Clerodendron VERBENACEAE Premna 



c. Corolla-tube short, not over 1cm. long; fls. numerous: 

 Ivs. lanceolate-elliptic (rarely ovate), acute or 



acuminate, 3-8x7-20 cm.; margins mostly entire .. 1. C. cyrtophyllum 

 cc. Corolla-tube longer, to 3.5cm. long; fls. few: lvs. ovate 

 to oblong, acute or acuminate, 5-15 cm. long; margins 



mostly entire, sometimes coarsely dentate 2. C. trichotomum 



bb. Axes of the infl. stout, tomentose; infl. a terminal cyme 

 dividing from the base into 5 or 7 robust divaricate 

 primary brs. ; calyx lobes slender and elongated: If. blades 



pubescent, ovate, 7-16 x 14-28 cm 3. C. mandarinorum 



aa. Infl. dense, cymose or head-like; axes of the infl. stout; bracts 

 leaf-like. 

 Calyx and bracts shorter than or equal to the fruit, with large 

 peltate glands; bracts mostly deciduous; style shorter than 



or equal to the stamens 4. C. bungei 



Calyx and bracts much longer than the fruit, without large peltate 



glands; bracts persistent; style longer than the stamens.. 5. C. viscostim 



1. Clerodendron cyrtophyllum Turcz. (Cordia venosa Hemsl.) j^n (Ta Ch'ing; Large 

 Youth) (P'ei 147). Shrub, to 4 m.; fls. white VII-VIII; fr. black, VIII-IX. South- 

 ern, central and western China, Formosa, Indo-China; locally in An., Che., Hun., 

 Ki., Ku. Forest. 



2. Clerodendron trichotomum Thunb. WM^lU (Hai Chou Ch'ang Shan) (R.M.805). 

 Shrub or tree, to 8 m.; fls. reddish, VIII-IX; fr. blue, IX-X. Eastern and central 

 China, Formosa, Japan, Korea, Philippines; locally in Che., Hup., Ki., Ku. Forest. 

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2a. Clerodendron trichotomum Thunb. var. fargesii (Dode) Rehd. (R.M.805). Brts. 

 and lvs. glabrous or glabrescent: lvs. smaller: calyx lobes narrower. An., Che., 

 Hup., Ki., Ku. 



3. Clerodendron mandarinorum Diels (P'ei 145). Shrub or tree, to 7 m.; fls. white, 

 VII; fr. blue-black, X. Central, western and southern China; locally in Hup., Ki. 

 Forest. 



4. Clerodendron bungei Steud. (C. foetidum Bunge, not D. Don) J^^ti 3 ]- (Ch'ou Mu 

 Tan; Stinking Peony) (R.M.806). Shrub, to 2 m.; fls. pink, red, VI-X. China; 

 locally in An., Che., Hun., Ku. Forest. 



5. Clerodendron viscosum Vent. (P'ei 130). Shrub or tree, to 5 m.; fls. white, VI; 

 fr. blue-black with red bracts, IX-X. Central, southern and western China; 

 locally in Che., Ki. Woodland. 



3. Premna Linn. |y^p|| (Ch'ou Niang Tzu Shu) 



Trees or shrubs, sometimes climbing, with opposite simple lvs. and small (about 

 5 mm. long) greenish or yellowish white often polygamous fls. in lax clusters; corolla 

 tubular, sometimes almost equally 4-lobed; the throat hairy; stamens 4, didynamous; 

 style linear, bifid: fr. a globose to oblong drupe with one nutlet. 40 species, in eastern 

 Asia; 10 in China. (Greek term meaning "stump", referring to the short stems of 

 some species). 



1. Premna microphylla Turcz. 0/01^1 (Ch'ou Huang Chin; Ill-smelling Vitex) (P'ei 

 81). Shrub, to 3 m.; fls. yellow, VI; fr. black, VIII. China, Japan; locally in An., 

 Che., Ki., Ku. Woodland. 



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