PLate 2241. 
CLERODEN DRON BARONIANUM, Oliv. 
VERBENACER. Tribe Viticer. 
C. baronianum, Oliv. (sp. nov.); ramulis glabris cortice aibido 
obductis, foliis ellipticis breviter obtuse apiculatis coriaceis pallidis 
subnitentibus petiolatis, venis primariis ntrinque 5-6 subtus pro- 
minulis, floribus in cymis brevibus 3-floris breviter pedunculatis v. 
sessilibus axillaribus v. umbellatim congestis quasi-terminalibus, 
bracteis minutis lineari-subulatis, pedicellis }-pollicaribus calyce cam- 
panulato-tubuloso brevioribus, calycis coriucei rigidi dentibus 5 
deltoideo-lanceolatis acutis, corolla tubo elongato calyce 4-5-plo 
longiore gracili, limbo profunde 5-fido lobis subsequalibus ellipticis v. 
oblongo-ellipticis obtusis, filamentis gracilibus longe exsertis, antheris 
ellipticis, stylo e ongato, stigmate bifide lobis anguste subulatis, 
Has. Northern Madagascar, Baron (No. 6,616). 
Folia 13-24 poll. longa; petiolus ec. 3 poll. longus. Culyx 1-1} 
poll. longus. Corolla c. 4 poll. longa. 
A fine species allied to ©. macrocalycinum, Baker, and somewhat 
resembling C. petunivides, Baker, in foliage and calyx, but with very 
different corolla. We were previously indebted to Mr. Baron for 
Several peculiar endemic species of this genus.—D. Ouiver. 
Fig. 1. Stamen, back and front view. 2. Base of calyx-tube and ovary, 3. Stigma, 
4. Transverse section of ovary, All enlarged, 
