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KoNKAN : Vingoi'la, Balzell cf- Gibson ; Belgamn and Vingorla road, Woodrow ! ; 

 Amboli Gliafc, Kanitkar\ S. M. Country: common about Belgauin, Graham; 

 Londa, Bhiva ! ; Castlerock, Cooke ! Kanaka : very common in N. Kanara, Talbot. — 

 DisTRiB. Throughout India ; Ceylon, Malaya. 



The leaves of the plant have been used as a cheap substitute for chiretta as a tonic 

 and antiperiodic. See Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 1. c. 



Clerodendron calamitosum, Linn. Maut. (1767) p. 90. A shrub, a 

 native of Malacca and Java, often grown in gardens. It has elliptic 

 leaves 4 by 2 in. and panicles of white flowers with a corolla-tube 1 iu. 

 long. The flowers appear in September and October. Fl. B. I. v. 4, 

 p. 591 ; Bot. Mag. t. 5294 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) 

 p. 360. 



Clerodendron nutans, Wall. Cat. (1828) 1793. A shrub 6 ft. high, a 

 native of Madagascar. Leaves reaching 8 in. long, narrowly obovate or 

 lanceolate ; calyx divided nearly to the base, red in fruit. Flowers 

 Avhite, in long drooping panicles ; corolla-tube ^ in. long. Fl. B. I. v. 4, 

 p. 591 ; Bot. Mag. t. 3049 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 69 ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 360 & Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 419.— 

 Flowers : Aug.-Sept. 



Clerodendron squamatum, Vahl, Symb. v. 2 (1791) p. 74. A shrub 

 2-5 ft. high, a native of China and Sumatra. Leaves broadly ovate, 

 cordate. Flowers scarlet, in large panicles, the corolla-tube 1 in. long. 

 Fl. B. L V. 4, p. 593 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 69 ; Woodr. Gard. in 

 Ind. ed. 5, p. 419. 



Clerodendron fragrans, R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, v. 4 (1812) 

 p, 63. The double-flowered variety, a native of China, is frequently 

 cultivated in gardens. The leaves are large, wrinkled, foetid when 

 bruised, the flowers white merging into dark purple, very fragrant. 

 Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 589 ; Grab. Cat. p. 157 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 69 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 360 & Gard. in lud. ed. 5, 

 p. 419. Volkameria fragrans, Vent. Jard. Malm. (1803) t. 70. — 

 Flowers : Sept.-Nov. 



Clerodendron Siplionantlms , R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, v. 4 

 (1812) p. 65. A shrub 4-8 ft. high, with narrowly lanceolate shortly 

 acuminate oleander-like leaves 6 by 1 in., a native of Sikkim, Assam, 

 and Sumatra, extensively cultivated in both hemispheres. The flowers 

 are white, in large terminal panicles, with a fleshy curved corolla-tube 

 3-4 in. long. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 595 ; Grab. Cat. p. 157 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Suppl p. 69; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 360 & 

 Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 419. — Flowers : Sept.-Oct. 



Clerodendron aculeatum, Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I. (1861) p. 500. A 

 shrub 5-10 ft. high, armed with short axillary spines, a native of the 

 West Indies. It has elliptic-lanceolate leaves and small fragrant 

 white flowers with long-exserted purple stamens. It is very suitable 

 for fences. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 5S9 ; Grab. Cat. p. 157 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Suppl. p. 69 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 360 & 

 Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 420.— Flowers : Oct. 



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