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CLERODENDRON 



CLERODENDRON 



Calyx campanulate or rarely tubular, 5-toothed or 5- 

 lobert : corolla tube usually slender and cylindrical, the 

 limb 5-parted and spreading : stamens 4, affixed ou tbe 

 corolla-tube, long-exserted and curved : style exserted, 

 2-cleft at the end : ovary 4-loculed : fr. a drupe enclosed 

 in the calyx. Lvs. opposite or in 3's, usually entire, 

 never compound. 



A. Climhing shrubs. 

 Thbmpsonae, Balfour {O. BdUouri, Hort.). Fig. 493. 

 Tall, twining, glabrous evergreen: lvs. opposite, oblong- 

 ovate and acuminate, strongly several- 

 nerved: fls. in axillary and terminal fork- 

 ing panicles ; calyx strongly angled, nar- 

 rowed at the apex, white ; corolla-limb 

 red and spreading. W. Afr. B.M. 5313. 

 K. H. 1867:310. -A warmhouse plant of 

 great merit, and the most popular of the 

 tender species. Hlnonis profusely on the 

 young wood. Var. delictum, Hort. (C. 

 delMum and C. tUlicViiiii. Hurt.). Pani- 

 cles very large: calyx pure white or green- 

 tinged: corolla large, rose magenta. 



AA. Erect shntbs or sub-shrubs. 

 R. CnrnUa 'tube little if any longer than the I' 

 fls. white or light blush. 



frigrans. Vent. (f. rorniiiyria, Hort. ?). Pubescent, 

 half slinihliy, with aniilcil liranches, 3-5 ft.: lvs. broadly 

 ovatr, with truni.-ate or cardate base, acuminate, coarsely 

 toothed: ds. white or blush, in terminal, compact, hy- 

 drangea-like corymbs, usually double. China, Japan. 

 B. M. 1834. — Very desirable and fragrant plant for the 

 coolhouse. Hardy in Fla. Lvs. ill-scented. 



viscdsum.Vent. Height 5-7 ft., pubescent, with square 

 branches : lvs. opposite and stalked, cordate-ovate, 

 toothed: fls. iu a loose terminal panicle, white, with a 

 flesh-colored center, flaring, the tube projecting beyond 

 the loose, hairy, large, 5-angled calyx. E. Ind. B. M. 

 1805. — Fls. sweet-scented. Greenhouse. C. infortu- 

 nitum, Gffirtn., is said to be the same species (and the 

 name is older), but it has scarlet fls.- perhaps a result 

 of domestication. Even if the same species, it is better 

 to keep the forms separate for horticultural purposes. 



trich6tomum, Thunb. {C. seritinum, Carr. Voika- 

 iH.'ri.i ./»/.,;»/(•», Hort., not Thunb.). Fig. 494. Slender 

 but erect, graceful, pubescent sub-shrub, 4-10 ft. high or 

 even higher : lvs. mostly opposite, soft and flaccid 

 ovate-acuminate, uarrowi-d ;il tin- base, very cli.scly ser 

 rate or entire, hairy: fls. \rh.iti-, with a rcdilish brown 

 calyx, on forking, sleneler, ndilish peduncles, the corolla- 

 tube sometimes twice as long as the calvx. Japan. B.M 

 6561. Gn.43:914; 51, p. 320. Jl. H. 1867, p. 351. -A very 

 handsome, hardy shrub, in the N. if> kills to the ground 

 but sprouts up if the crown is protected. 



BB. Corolla-tube fhAee or more longer than the 

 small caljjx. 

 p. Fls. white. 

 tomentdsum, R. Br. Shrubby and erect, pubescent, 

 3-5 ft. and more, often purplish : lvs. opposite and peti- 

 oled, ovate-oblong, entire or sparingly toothed, pubes- 

 cent on both sides, but thickly so on the under side: 



fls. in few-fld. opposite, forking cymes, the c 

 larged, the slim corolla-tube long-exserted 



alyx not en- 

 (.3-4 times 





493. Clerodendron Tho 



494. Clerodendron 



trichotomum (X ^a). 



length of calyx), and the clear white corolla-lobes re- 

 flexed-curled ; anthers yellow. Austral. B. M. 1518.— 

 Cult, in S. Calif. 



macroslplion. Hook. f. Elegant erect shrub, finely 

 pubescent : lvs. opposite, oblanceolate-oblong, acumi- 

 nate, notched: fls. in a nearly sessile terminal cyme, 

 pure white ; calyx green, very small ; corolla-tube 

 very narrow, 4-5 in. long, hairy, the limb 1-sided. 

 Zanzibar. B.M. C695.— Warmhouse plant of merit. 



Siphoninthus, Ti.Br.i Siphominthus /«(/ icn, Linn. ). 

 Turk's TriiHAS. Shrub, 2-6 ft. high : fls. long- 

 tubed iiuil wliiti'. in vi-ry large ferniiual racemes, 

 but sni:dl and iKit showy: fr. a very showy, red and 

 purple berry, which persists a long time, and for 

 which the plant is chiefly grown. E. Ind. — Hardy 

 in Fla. 



cc. Fls. red or distinctly lilac. 

 squamMum, Vahl. {C. Kcempferi, Sieb.). Grows 

 l>-10 ft. high, pubescent: lvs. opposite, round-cordate, 

 entire, abruptly pointed : inflores- 

 ence and fls. brilliant scarlet; fls. 

 rith small red calyx and reflexed, 

 lireading. unequal corolla - lobes. 



