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CLERODENDRON 



CLERODENDRON 



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

 lobed: corolla tube usually slender and cylindrical, the 

 limb 5-parted and spreading : stamens 4, affixed on the 

 corolla-tube, lorig-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. Climbing shrubs. 



Th6mpsonae, Balfour (G. Bdlfouri, Hort.). Fig. 493. 

 Tall, twining, glabrous evergreen: Ivs. 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. 

 R. H. 1867:310. A warmhouse plant of 

 great merit, and the most popular of the 

 tender species. Blooms profusely on the 

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

 delectum and C. delicdtum, Hort.). Pani- 

 cles very large : calyx pure white or green- 

 tinged : corolla large, rose magenta. 



AA. Erect shrubs or sub-shrubs. 



B. Corolla-tube little if any longer than the large calyx : 

 fls. ivhite or light blush. 



fragrans, Vent. (C. coronaria, Hort. ?). Pubescent, 

 half shrubby, with angled branches, 3-5 ft. : Ivs. broadly 

 ovate, with truncate or cordate base, acuminate, coarsely 

 toothed: fls. 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 : Ivs. opposite and stalked, cordate -ovate, 

 toothed: fls. in 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- 

 natum, Gsertn., 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. 



trichdtomum, Thunb. (C. serdtinum, Carr. Volka- 

 meria Japonica, Hort., not Thunb.). Fig. 494. Slender 

 but erect, graceful, pubescent sub-shrub, 410 ft. high or 

 even higher : Ivs. mostly opposite, soft and flaccid, 

 ovate-acuminate, narrowed at the base, very closely ser- 

 rate or entire, hairy: fls. white, with a reddish brown 

 calyx, on forking, slender, reddish peduncles, the corolla- 

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

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

 handsome, hardy shrub, fn th.e N. it kills to the ground, 

 but sprouts up if the crown is protected. 



BB. Corolla-tube flirdcv or more longer than the 

 small calyx. 



c. Fls. white. 



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

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

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

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



fls. in few-fld. opposite, forking cymes, the calyx not en- 

 larged, the slim corolla-tube long-exserted (3-4 times 



493. Clerodendron Thomsonae (X 



494. Clerodendron 



trichotomum (X %). 



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



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



Cult, in S. Calif. 

 macrosiphon, Hook, f . Elegant erect shrub, finely 



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

 nate, notched: tts. 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. 6695. Warmhouse plant of merit. 



Siphonanthus, R.Br. ( Siphondnthus /ndtea,Linn. ) . 

 TURK'S TURBAN. Shrub, 2-6 ft. high : fls. long- 

 tubed and white, in very large terminal racemes, 

 but small and not 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. 



squamatum, Vahl. (C. Kcempferi, Sieb.). Grows 

 6-10 ft. high, pubescent: Ivs. opposite, round -cordate r 

 entire, abruptly pointed : inflores- 

 cence and fls. brilliant scarlet; fls. 

 with small red calyx and reflexed, 

 spreading, unequal corolla - lobes. 



