76 BOTANY, 



FRAGRANT CLERODENDRON. 



In the most arid parts of the forests, during the hottest 

 months of the dry season, the path of the traveller is per- 

 fumed by the fragrant flowers of a large leaved species of 

 clerodendron. Major Macfarquhar sent specimens to the 

 Agricultural and Horticultural Society of Calcutta a few 

 years ago, but they were unable to determine the species 

 satisfactorily. 



Clerodendron. 



DOUBLE FLOWERED CLERODENDRON. 



The Burmese cultivate a fragrant double clerodendron, 

 which appears to be a variety of the last species. 

 Clerodendron. 



CHANG ABLE LA NT ANA 



This straggling shrub appears to be quite naturalized 



in the neighborhood of Maulmain ; though rarely seen in 



other parts of the Provinces. The flowers are yellow when 



they first open out, but afterwards change to a rose color. 



L ant ana niuea, mutabilis, 



OOGp@o5a 



CHASTE TREE. 



Tins is a shrub much cultivated by the Burrnans that 

 bears a handsome little blue flower. Both leaves and flow- 

 ers are " rather agreeably heavy scented." 

 Vitex trifolia. 



STROPHANTHUS. 



There js a shrub about Amherst that bears a flower 

 resembling the nerium, but with very long linear filaments 

 to the end of each segment of the corolla. It is a specie? 

 •)f strophantus and well deserving of cultivation 

 Strophantkus, 



