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60 Verbenacece. \Clerodendron. 



spreading; cor. glabrous, tube very slender, \-\\ in., hairy 

 within, slightly split down back, lobes nearly equal, about 

 f in., oblong, obtuse or subacute, spreading or reflexed, stam, 

 and style very much exserted; fruit f in., pyriform, very 

 blunt, dry, smooth, brown, splitting into 4 woody pyrenes. 



On the seashore; very common. Fl. July-December; white, tinged 

 externally with pink, fil. and style purplish. 



Also in India and Burma. 



The foliage has a peculiar fetid but rather aromatic odour when 

 bruised, and a hot taste ; and the vernacular names are the same as for 

 Celtis ci7tnaniomea^ the scent of which is very much more offensive (q. v.). 

 I do not know that it is used in native medicine here, but in India the 

 plant is much esteemed as an alterative and tonic. 



2. C. Phlomidis, L.f. Siippi. PI. 292 (1781 ;. Vatamadaklii, T. 



Moon Cat. 46. Thw. Enum. 243. C. P. 1950. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 590 {C. phlonioides). Wight, Ic. t. 1473. 



A semi-scandent bush or small tree, branches pubescent, 

 whitish-grey; 1. small, 1-2 in., readily disarticulating, deltoid- 

 ovate, often broader than long, truncate or subcordate at 

 base, obtuse, often apiculate, coarsely crenate-dentate, undu- 

 late, rather thick, puberulous beneath, petiole h-i in.; fl. 

 moderate-sized, on slender pubescent ped., cymes small, 

 dichotomous, axillary, combined to form a rounded, terminal 

 panicle, bracts small, leafy, oblong, obtuse, mucronate; cal. 

 large, over | in., segm. cut fully half way, ovate, acuminate, 

 glabrous, veiny; cor.-tube f in., slightly pubescent outside, 

 lobes \ in., very nearly equal, oval, obtuse ; drupe not seen, 

 ' much as in C. inej'me.' 



Dry and desert districts; rather rare. Batticaloa; Kirinda, S. Prov.j 

 Mantai, N. Prov. Fl. Dec-March; bright rose-pink, rarely white. 

 Also in dry parts of India. 

 The specific name is usually but incorrectly given as '' phloinoides? 



3. C. serratum, Spreng. Syst. Veg. ii. 758 (1825). Ken-henda, 

 .s'. Vatamadakki, T. 



Moon Cat. 46. Thw. Enum. 243. C. P. 195 1. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 592. Wight, Ic. t. 1472. Bot. Mag. t. 2536 (C macro- 

 phylluin). 



A shrub, stem 4-8 ft., slightly branched, bluntly qua- 

 drangular, bark yellow, smooth, }'oung parts glabrous ; 1. large, 

 4-8 in., passing into bracts above, oval or ovate-oval, acute at 

 both ends, very coarsely and sharply serrate, glabrous, petiole 

 very short, stout ; fl. large, on short, stout, compressed, 

 pubescent, deflexed ped., cymes numerous, lax, pubescent, 

 dichotomous, with a pair of acute bracts at each branching 

 and a flower in the fork, each in axil of a large leafy bract, 

 and collectively forming a long, la.x, terminal, erect panicle; 



