308 CI. VERBEXACE^ (baker). [Clerodendron . 



Var. macrosiphon, Baker. Brancblets, calyx, and corolla-tube pubescent — C. 

 macrosiphon. Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 6695. 



XMozaxnb. Slst. (Terman East Africa : in Usaramo, Kirk ! 

 Introduced into cultivation by Sir Jobn Kirk in 1881. 



50. C. rotundifolium, Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 182, t. 89. 

 A shrub, with densely pubescent woody branchlets. Leaves opposite, 

 distinctly petioled, orbicular, not cordate, crenate, about 8 in. long and 

 broad, obscurely pubescent above when mature, densely pubescent 

 beneath. Cymes terminal, peduncled, lax, few-flowered ; pedicels long, 

 pubescent ; bracts linear. Calyx pubescent, J in. long ; tube short, 

 campanulate ; lobes ovate, acuminate. Corolla-tube slender, pubescent, 

 2 J in. long, dilated at the apex ; lobes obovate, J-J in. long. Stamens 

 8 times the length of the corolla-lobes. 



Xile Iiand. ^British East Africa : Ruwenzori ; Mubuku Valley, in the Toru 

 district, 4000 ft., Scoit-Elliot, 7571 ! 



Mozamb. I>lst. German East Africa : Karagwe, Speke Sf Grant, 461 ! 



51. C. Gre3ni, Baker. A shrub, with finely pubescent branchlets. 

 Leaves opposite, shortly petioled, cordate- ovate, obscurely crenate, del- 

 toid at the apex, 2 in. long and broad, densely pubescent on both sides. 

 Cymes few-flowered, peduncled, forming a lax ample terminal panicle ; 

 branchlets finely pubescent ; pedicels short. Calyx finely pubescent, 

 ■g- in. long; tube campanulate; teeth ovate, rather shorter than the 

 tube. Corolla-tube above 1 in. long; limb oblique, Jin. long; lobes 

 obovate, not reaching down to the base. Stamens curved, twice as long 

 as the limb. 



vrest Tropical Africa. Without locality. Grey ! 



52. C. Welwitschii, Gilrke in Engl. Jahrh. xviii. 174. A climbing 

 shrub, with woody shortly pubescent branchlets. Leaves opposite, 

 distinctly petioled, cordate-ovate, entire, cuspidate, 4-5 in. long, 

 slightly pubescent above, more densely pubescent beneath. Cymes 

 few-flowered, peduncled, terminal and produced from the axils of the 

 upper leaves ; branchlets and short pedicels densely hairy. Calyx 

 densely pubescent, finally J in. long ; tube short, campanulate ; lobes 

 large, ovate, acute. Corolla white; tube IJ in. long, finely pubescent; 

 seiJfments obovate, subequal, -^ in. long. Stamens twice as long as the 

 corolla-lobes. 



JaO'weT Guinea. Angola : province of Golungo Alto, Welwitsch, 5648 ! 



53. C, Guerkei, Baker. An erect shrub or small tree, with finely 

 hairy branchlets. Leaves long-petioled, broadly cordate -ovate, 3-6 in. 

 long, acute, entire, deeply cordate at the base, moderately firm, slightly 

 pubescent above, densely pubescent beneath. Cymes lax, produced from 

 the axils of the leaves, forming a small panicle ; pedicels densely pubes- 

 cent, sometimes 1 in. long. Calyx very pubescent, ^ in. long ; lobes 

 ovate, acute, as long as the campanulate tube. Corolla-tube slender, 



