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CLERODENDRON* hastc4tum. 

 Halberd-leaved Clerodendron. 



DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 



Nat. ord. VERBENACEyE. 



CLERODENDRON. — Supn), voL 5. fol. 406. 



C. hastatum ; foliis oppositis subhastato-cordatis 5-lobis acuminatis ramis 

 pedunculisque villosis, panicula decussata dichotomy ramosa, calyce 

 foliaceo acuto, tubo corollas longissimo filiformi. Wallich MSS. 

 C. hastatum (sphalmate C. sagittatum). Wall. cat. herb. ind. num. 1786. 

 Siphonanthus hastata. Rox. liort. beng. p. 46. 



Frutex 4-pedalis, ramosa, erecfa. Rami oppositi, patentissimi, sub- 

 divaricati, obtuse A-angulares, pedunculi foliaque utrinque pilis mollibus, 

 copiosis, dilute ferrugineis villosi ; (Btate glabriores, grisei. Folia o/jposz7a, 

 patentissima, latissime ovato-cordata, subhastata, 3-7iervia, prcecipue subtus 

 villosa, 5-loba, lobis ovatis, acuminatis, iyitegerrimis, intermedio maximo, 

 lateralibus brevibus, hifimo utrinque divaricato, nunc obtusato ; inferiora 

 palmaria et ultra, longissime petiolata, glabriora ; superiora breviiis 

 petiolata, scepe trilobo-hastata, jioralia integra, subovata, vel cordata. 

 Petioli pilosi, suprc) plano-sulcati, utrinque parum intumescentes ; inferiores 

 SAO-pollicares, quin pedales foliaque longiores ; superiores iisdem breviores. 

 Panicula a?npla, ovata, terminalis, decussato-patens, villosa. Pedunculi 

 oppositi, subcompressi ; ramijicationes parum elongati, dichotomi, cum pedi- 

 cello in bifurcatione . Bractese foliacecB, lanceolatcB, ciliatce, et villosce, 

 pollicares, deciduce, quandoque fusciculatce . Flores albi, odorati, villosi, 

 longissimi. Calyx magnus, purpurascens, nunc Jlavescens, persistens,fructus 

 pariim auctus, profunde 5-lobus, lobis unguicularibus, lanceolatis, acutis, 

 dorso concavis, marginibus subrevolutis, undulatis, duobus superioribus paidlh 

 majoribus. Tubus corollge longissimus, gracilis, subjiliformis , calyce mul- 

 toties longior, 5-pollicaris, demum fere rectus. Limbus subcequaliter 

 5-fidus, intus glaber, laciniis oblongis, vix acutis, pollicaribus, recurvato- 

 patentibus ; cestivatione ovatus, cum apice tubi nutans. Stamina 4, didynia, 

 exserta limhoque longiora, subparallela, tandem divaricata, Icevia. Fila- 

 menta mox infrU faucem inserta, filiformia, erubescentia. Antheree 

 oblongce, atropurpurecB, incumbentes. Ovarium oblongum, Iceve, subquadri- 

 sulcatum, l-loculare, A-sporum : placentis parietalibus, cruciatim oppositis, 



* From y-A?go?, chance, and ^tv^^ov, a tree ; in allusion to the different 

 effects of different species of the genus when used medicinally. 



