Ill 



vel oblanceolata, apice abrupte longeque acuminata, basi rotundata 

 vel aliquanto attenuata, utrinque glabra, 20-40 cm. longa, 

 5-15 cm. lata ; nervi utrinque 8-12, graciles, par infimum a basi 

 rectum, reliquia curvata in nervulum intramarginalem sinuatum 

 desinentia, nervulis transversis irregularibus ; petioli 2'5-7'5 cm. 

 longi, flaccidi. Panicvlae ex axillis superioribus elongatae, 

 laxae, paullo curvatae, glabrae, 10-15 cm. longae ; pedunculi 

 graciles, 10-18 cm. lon^i ; rami divaricati, recti, cymulis pauci- 

 floris ; rhachis complanata, paullo a lata ; bracteae foliosae, lanceo- 

 latae, ad 2-5 cm. longae ; bracteolae multae, lineari-setaceae ; 

 pedicelli graciles, puberuli, 2 , 5-12 , 5 mm. longi. Calyx albus vel 

 viridescens, f ructu ruber, glaber vel paullo puberulus,fere ad basin 

 fissus, lobis ovato-acuminatis cuspulatis 15 mm. longis, in fructu 

 accrescentibus. Corolla alba, rubro-tincta : tubus gracilis* cylin- 

 dricus, 10-15 mm. longus ; lobi spathulati, apice rotundati, tubo 

 aequilongi. Stamina exserta, filamentis glabris, antherarum 

 loculis parallelis. Ovarium rotundatum, obtusum, stylo gracil- 

 limo, stigmatis lobis 2 brevibus. Brupa nigra, carnosa, globosa, 

 12-5 mm. diametro, pyrenis 4 vel paucioribus. Semina rotundata, 

 6 mm. diametro, cotvledonibus carnosis. 



Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. Perak; at Kapayong 



Kinta,irm?/, 167 ; in dense jungle 1,000-1,100 m., King's Collector, 

 722,^6959, 8268 ; Scortechini, 2198 ; Berry, 3704, 10,712 ; Curtis, 

 3116; at Bujong Malacca, Ridley , 9700. Sumatra: in the 

 Lampongs, Forbes, 1333, 1565. 



473. Clerodendron Ridleyi, King et Gamble [Verbenaceaej ; 

 species distinctissima subgeneris Siphonanthi, multis notis a 

 C. Siphonantho, Br. differt, praecipue foliis oppositis ellipticis 

 vel ovatis, panicula brevi pauciflora, et drupa rubra nee caerulea. 



Arbor parva, gracilis, ad 5 m. alta; ramuli quadrangulares, 

 lucidi. Folia opposita, membranacea, integra, elliptica, elliptico- 

 lanceolata vel ovata, apice caudato-acuminata, basi rotundata vel 

 cuneata, utrinque glabra, subtus etiam pallida, 7-5-18 cm. longa, 

 2'5-7'5 cm. lata, nervi paria 5-7, par in6mum ex basi oblique 

 ascendens, alia magis patentia, omnia in nervulum intra mar- 

 ginalem sinuatum congruentia, nervulis transversis paucis et 

 reticulatione haud manifesta : petioli gracili, 2-5 cm. longi, 

 lineis decurrentibus alati. Panicula t* rminalis, pauciflora, 

 cum pedunculo vix ad 15 cm. longa et 75 cm. lata ; rami 

 divaricati ; bracteae foliosae, lanceolatae, acuminatae, caducae ; 

 bracteolae lineares ; pedicelli graciles, 6 mm. longi ; alabastra 

 longissima, apice clavata. Flore* albi vel pallide lutei. Caly.r 

 erectus, profunde fissus: lobi glabri, lanceolati, caudati, 12-18 mm. 

 longi, saepe glandulis paucis peltatis munit'i : calyx fructifer auctus, 

 ruber, 3-1 cm. longus, drupam amplectens. Corollae tubus 

 cylindricus, apice paullo infundibularis, 7-9 cm. longus, gracil- 

 limus; lobi obovati, obtusi. 12-13 mm. longi, subaeqnales. 

 Stamina longe exserta, antherarum loculis uarallelis. Ovarium 

 glabrum, obtusum, 4-lobatum ; stylo longissimo gracilis, stigmatis 

 ramis brevissimis. Drupa purpureo-nigra, levis, globosa, carnosa, 

 12-13 mm. diametro, pyrenis 4-1 pyriformibus striatis. Semina 

 drupa conformia, testa membranacea, cotvledonibus crassis 

 carnosis. 





