272 verbenacEjE. [Clerodendron. 



lobes about 4 lines. Stamens much longer. Drupe ovoid, about twice as 

 long as the calyx. 



Very common near the sea, Champion and others. Widely spread along the seacoasts of 

 tropical Asia, the Archipelago, and islands of the Pacific. 



2. C. lividum, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 945. A low glabrous shrub. Leaves 

 varying from broadly oblong and about 3 in. long, to narrow oblong-lanceo- 

 late and 5 or 6 in. long, entire or coarsely and irregularly toothed. Cymes 

 axillary, 5- to 9 -flowered, much shorter than the leaves. Calyx of a livid 

 purple, inflated, 5 -angled, 5-lobed, about 5 lines long. Corolla nearly white ; 

 the tube about as long as the calyx. Stamens shortly exserted. — C. pen- 

 tagonum, Hance in Walp. Ann. iii. 238. 



Hongkong, Champion, Hance, Wright, Wilford. In the Happy Valley, Seemann. Also 

 on the adjacent continent, but not known out of S. China. 



3. C. canescens, Wall.; Schau. in DC. Prod. xi. 665. A small tree; 

 the branches, young leaves, and inflorescences softly pubescent. Leaves 

 broadly cordate-ovate, acuminate, coarsely toothed, 4 or 5 in. long. Mowers 

 in dense capitate pedunculate cymes, forming a short terminal corymb or flat 

 panicle, each head surrounded by ovate imbricate bracts as long as the calyx. 

 Calyx 5-lobed, about 3 lines long when in flower, becoming much enlarged, 

 spreading and red when in fruit. Corolla-tube slender, above i in. long. 

 Stamens much exserted. Drupe globular, shorter than the calyx. — C. hcema- 

 tocalyx, Hance in Walp. Ann. iii. 238 . 



Common near the level of the sea, Champion and others. Also on the adjoining conti- 

 nent, but not known out of S. China 



7. GMELINA, Linn. 



Calyx 4- or 5 -toothed. Corolla obliquely campanulate or funnel-shaped, 

 narrowed into a short tube ; the limb broadly 4- or 5-lobed. Stamens 4, in 

 pairs, shorter than the corolla. Ovary 2- or 4-celled. Ovules pendulous or 

 laterally attached. Style unequally 2-lobed at the top. Fruit a drupe with 

 a 2- or 4-celled kernel. — Trees or tall shrubs. Flowers large for the Order, 

 yellow or pale pink, in irregular terminal panicles, sometimes almost reduced 

 to simple racemes. Calyx often bearing a few scattered glands. 



A small genus, extending over tropical Asia and the Archipelago to North Australia. 



1. G. chinensis, Bentk., n. sp. Leaves stalked, ovate, acute or acumi- 

 nate, entire, 3 or 4 in. long, cuneate and 3 -nerved at the base, glabrous above, 

 hoary with a minute meal underneath, with occasionally 2 or 3 glands at the 

 base between the nerves. Panicle short and narrow, slightly tomentose or 

 pubescent. Bracts small, oblong. Calyx campanulate, about 4 lines long 

 when in flower, truncate at the top with 5 minute distant teeth, slightly hoary 

 outside with a few small glands. Corolla above an inch long, not downy, 

 but only whitish with a minute meal, broader, less oblique, and with a shorter 

 tube than the other species known to me, iisually 4-lobed, but one flower of 

 the specimen has 5. Ovary 4-celled. Smaller lobe of the style very minute. 



Hongkong, Wright. 1 have seen only one specimen, and it is not in any other collection. 



