A402 A FLORA OF MANILA 
*1. C. THOMPSONAE Balfour. 
A slender woody vine 2 to 5 m in length, the stems obscurely 4-angled. 
Leaves oblong, 6 to 10 cm long, acuminate, base 3-nerved, rounded. Cymes 
terminal and in the upper axils, 8 to 12 cm long, lax, forked. Calyx sharply 
angled, the tube very short, green, the lobes more or less spreading, white, 
broadly lanceolate, acuminate, the limb about 3 em in diameter, persistent. 
Corolla-tube slender, greenish, 2 cm long, the limb spreading, dark-red 1.5 
cm in diameter, the lobes elliptic. Stamens exserted, curled. 
Frequently cultivated for ornamental purposes, fl. most of the year. A 
native of tropical Africa, now widely distributed in cultivation. 
2. C. minahassae T. & B. Bagauac (Tag.). © 
A shrub 1.5 to 4 m high, glabrous throughout. Leaves oblong to elliptic- 
oblong, shortly acuminate, subentire or slightly toothed, 11 to 18 cm 
long, 5 to 9 em wide, base rounded, the petioles 4 to 10 cm long. Flowers in 
terminal cymose panicles, fragrant. Calyx oblong-ovoid, inflated, at time of 
flowering green, about 2.5 cm long, 1 cm in diameter, enlarged in fruit. Co- 
rolla-tube slender, cylindric, 5 to 8 cm long, straw-colored or whitish, the 
lobes narrowly-oblong or linear-oblong, spreading, about 2.5 cm long. Fila- 
ments exserted, purple. Fruit fleshy, blue, subglobose, about 1 cm in 
diameter, the calyx thickened, red or purple, split into five, 2.5 to 3 cm long 
lobes, spreading when the fruit is mature. (FI. Filip. pl. 223, C. blancoi.) 
In thickets, San Pedro Macati, Masambong, etc., rather common, fi. July— 
Sept.; widely distributed in the Philippines. Celebes. | 
3. C. quadriloculare (Blanco) Merr. Bagauac (Tag.). 
An erect, glabrous or nearly glabrous shrub or small tree 2 to 5 m 
high. Leaves oblong, 15 to 20 cm long, apex shortly acuminate, base 
rounded, the upper surface green, the lower surface usually uniformly 
dark-purple. Cymes terminal, panicled, usually many-flowered. Calyx ur- 
ceolate, purple about 1 cm long, 5-toothed. Corolla white, the tube slender, 
cylindric, 6 to 8 cm long, about 2 mm in diameter, the limb spreading, 
the lobes oblong-elliptic, about 1.5 cm long. Fruit ellipsoid, 1 to 1.5 cm 
long, purplish, the persistent calyx red and 1 to 1.5 em long. (FI. Filip. 
pl. 225, C. longiflorum.) 
Cultivated for its ornamental foliage and its showy flowers, fl. Nov.—Jan.; 
widely distributed in the Philippines in forests, apparently endemic. 
* 4, C. FRAGRANS Vent. 
An erect, branched, somewhat pubescent shrub, 1 to 2 m high. Leaves 
broadly ovate, acute, base truncate, up to 25 cm in length. Cymes short- 
peduncled, terminal, densely many-flowered, 6 to 12 cm in diameter. Flow- 
ers fragrant, the pedicels 1 to 2 cm long. Calyx-tube rather slender below, 
enlarged above, the lobes 5 or 6, reddish-purple, lanceolate, acuminate, 
about 1.5 cm long. Corolla white, 3 to 3.5 cm in diameter, the tube 1 to 1.5 
em long. (FI. Filip. pl. 222.) 
Frequently cultivated for ornamental purposes, fl. most of the year. 
A native of China, now cultivated in many tropical countries. I have seen 
only the double-flowered variety in the Philippnes. 
5. C. intermedium Cham. Casopanguil (Tag.). 
An erect, branched, shrubby or suffrutescent plant 1 to 2 m high, the 
stems green, 4-angled. Leaves ovate, 9 to 20 em long, acuminate, base 
prominently cordate, margins shallowly toothed, the lower surface with 
