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1. Clerodendron inerme, Gcertn. Fruct. v. 1 (1788) p. 271, t. 57, 

 %. 1. A straggling much-branched shrub 3-7 ft. long, sometimes 

 scandent ; bark pale-brown ; branches twiggy. Leaves opposite (rarely 

 ternate), |-2 by 5-I in., elliptic or obovate, obtuse, glabrous or nearly 

 so, base acute ; petioles ^-| in. long. Flowers in axillary pedunculate 

 cymes 3-9 (commonly 3) -flowered ; peduncles long, slender, |-1| in. 

 long ; bracts minute, linear or subulate. Calyx i in. long, enlarged in 

 fruit, glabrous or puberulous, somewhat leathery; teeth about oV ^"• 

 long, triangular, acute. Corolla white ; tube long, slender, reaching 

 1 in. long or even more, glabrous outside, very hairy inside ; lobes sub- 

 equal, |-| in. long, oblong, obtuse, with slightly crenulate margins. 

 Filaments very long, hairy at the base, muchexserted. Ovary glabrous; 

 style glabrous, much exserted ; stigma acutely 2-lobed. Drupe pyri- 

 form, |-|- in. long, seated in the veined persistent enlarged calyx, 

 separating into 4 woody pyrenes. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 589 ; Grrah. Cat. 

 p. 157 ; Dalz. & Gibs, j).' 2U0 ; Trim. Fl. Cejl. v. 3, p. 359 ; Talb. Trees, 

 Bomb. ed. 2, p. 272 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12(1899) p. 359 ; 

 Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 372. — Flowers : Nov.-Jan. Vern. 

 Yanjai. 



Common along the sea-coast. Konkan : Laiu ! ; on the verge of high-water mark 

 along the west face of the Island of Bombay, Graham ; Salsette, Graham ; Island of 

 Eombay, Cooke\, Woodroiv I Gujarat: Woodrow. —Distris. Throughout India near 

 the sea ; Ceylon. 



2. Clerodendron Phlomidis, Zmn. /. Sujjpl (1781) p. 292. A 

 large bush or small tree, reaching 30 ft. high, with more or less pubescent 

 branches. Leaves 14-2| by 1^-1| in., ovate or subrhomboid, obtuse or 

 acute, coarsely crenate-dentate or subentire, itndulate, glabrous above, 

 more or less puberulous beneath, base truncate or subcordate ; petioles 

 i-| in. long. Flowers moderate-sized, fragrant, in small dichotomous 

 axillary cymes arranged so as to form a rounded terminal panicle ; bracts 

 obovate or lanceolate, acute, leafy. Calyx | in. long or more, divided 

 about |-way down, glabrous, not enlarged in fruit ; segments ovate, 

 acutely acuminate, veined. Corolla white or pinkish ; tube |-1 in. 

 long, slightly pubescent outside, glabrous inside ; lobes nearly equal, 

 exceeding \ in. long, elliptic, obtuse, veined. Filaments slightly pubes- 

 cent below. Ovary and style glabrous. Drupe i in. long, broadly 

 obovoid, depressed, the top about level with the points of the persistent 

 calyx-lobes, normally 4-lobed with 1 pyrene in each lobe (1-3 some- 

 times suppressed). Vahl, Symb. v. 2 (1791) p. 74; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, 

 p. 360. Clerodendron pldomoides, Willd. Sp. PI. v. 3 (1800) p. 386 ; 

 C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. FL B. I. v. 4, p. 590 ; Grab. Cat. p. 157 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 200 ; Wight, Icon. t. 1473 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, 

 p. 272; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 359; Watt, 

 Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 374. — Flowers : Aug.-Feb. Vern. Iran. 



The name given to the plant by Linuteus f. is C. Phlomidis not 

 C. plilomoides. 



Common in hedges throughout the Presidency, especially in the drier parts. 

 XoNKAN : Thana, Woodrow ! Deccan : in hedges and about villages, Graham. 

 S. M. Country: Padshapur, Ritchie, 1961! ; common in the soutli of Dharwar and 

 the Belgaum district, Talhof. Gujarat: common in hedges, Balzell Sj Gibson; 

 Broach, Kanitkar'.; Surat, Woodrow.— 'Dkiui^. Througliout India in the drier parts ; 

 Ceylon. 



