Clerodendron . ] 



CI. VERBENACK^ (baKEr). 



295 



Cymes lax. 



Corolla-tube very short. 



Leaves sessile or very shortly petioled 

 Stems not winged 

 Stems winged . , 



Leaves with a short petiole. 

 Leaves small, toothed . 

 Leaves large, entire 

 Leaves loiig-petioled 

 Corolla-tube ^~\ in. long 

 Corolla-tube .y-| in. long. 



Leaves sessile . '. , . 



Leaves distinctly petioled . 

 Corolla-tube an inch or more long . 

 Cymes dense. 



Calyx-lobes orbicular, small . 

 Calyx-lobes ovate or oblong, large 

 ff Stems armed .... 



58. C. inyricoii/es. 



59. C. aid/um. 



60. C. Neuma^ieri. 



61. C. Kalhrciitri. 



62. C. carnusulum. 



63. C. hukobense. 



64. C. ternatum. 



65. C. sayisiha reuse. 



66. C. lanceolalum. 



67. C. aurantiacum. 



68. C. macrostachyum. 



69. C. spinescens. 



1. C. acerbianuxn, Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 580. An erect shrub, 

 with densely pubescent branchlets. Leaves 2-4-nate, shortly petioled, 

 ovate, acute, entire, rounded at the base or slightly cordate, pubescent, 

 especially beneath, the lower 2-3 in. long. Flowers in dense terminal 

 and axillary peduncled clusters ; bracts linear, as long as the calyx. 

 Calyx densely pubescent, | in. long; tube short, campanulate ; lobes 

 lanceolate. Corolla white ; tube pubescent, 1 in. long ; lobes ovate, 

 sub-equal, J in. long. Stamens h in. long. Fruit globose, J in. in 

 diani., covered with spongy processes so that it resembles a bramble. — 

 Volkameria acerbiana, Yisiani, Ic. PI. ^gypt. Nub. 23, t. 4, tig. 1 ; 

 Schauer in DO. Prod. xi. G56. 



Wile Iiand. Nubia : banks of the Nile, at Ibrim, Lefotinieux, 292 ! Sabooa, 

 Kralik ! \)e\-Y, Ehrenherg ! AbUlekerin, i?«(Wt.' and Mograd Island, Kotschi/, 'io^'. 

 by the White Nile, Schweinfurth, 1055! 1092! Fetherick! 



2. C. sinuatum. Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 4255, and ex Schauer in 

 DC. Prod. xi. GO 5. An erect shrub with pubescent branchlets. Leaves 

 opposite, ovate, distinctly petioled, cuspidate, entire, slightly cordate at 

 the base, entire or coarsely serrate, 4-G in. long, tinely pubescent on 

 both surfaces. Flowers in dense globose terminal clusters. Calyx very 

 hairy, J in. long ; lobes ovate-lanceolate, as long as the funnel-shaped 

 tube. Corolla white ; tube |-1 in. long; lobes oblong, subecjual, J in. 

 long. Stamens -J- 1 in. long. -Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 48G. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Whitfield ! and cultivated specimens ! Lagos : 

 Abeokuta, Harrison, 2 ! Millen, 151 ! 



8. C. eupatorioides. Baker. An erect herb, 4-G ft. high, with 

 slender finely hairy branchlets. Leaves opposite, long-petioled, ovate, 

 acute, membranous, 3-4 in. long, irregularly crenate, glabrous above, 

 obscurely pubescent beneath. Flowers in dense globose terminal 

 clusters ; bracts lanceolate. Calyx hairy, J in 



long ; lobes lanceolate, 



