CLERODENDRON 



leaves, and is hardy, with some protection, to Massachusetts, CHA-II- 

 TRKK (50(i) Vitex Agnus-e.astus. Another species about as hardy, 

 though not so beautiful iu flower, has the leaf-blades deeply and irregu- 

 larly cut, or in some cases divided, CUT-LEAVIM ( 'n \STK-TKI .\: (-")07) - 

 Vitcx incisa. There are other species of the genus, but probably these 

 are the only ones in cultivation. 



[Seeds, in spring ; twig cuttings ; layers.] 





FIG. 508. Japan Clerodendron. FIG. 509. Chinese Clerodeiidron. 



Clerodendron. The CLERODENDRONS are mainly tropic plants with 

 beautiful flowers. Some are climbing, others shrubby and erect, still 

 others are herbaceous ; none are fully hardy North. The most hardy 

 species in cultivation is a hairy, somewhat woody plant, 4 to 12 feet high, 

 with mainly opposite, soft, nearly entire-edged leaves. The flowers are 

 in large terminal clusters, with a reddish-brown calyx surrounding a 

 white corolla, and long stamens, JAPAN CLERODEXDHON (508) Cleroden- 

 dron trichotomum. All the Clerodendrons can be known by the 5-toothed 

 usually inflated calyx of one color, and a broadly spreading, 5-lobed, 

 .slightly irregular corolla, often of a different color. The corolla has a 

 slender and usually long tubular portion, with 4 very long stamens. 



There are many species in cultivation in Florida and California. One. 

 TURK'S TURBAN Clerodendron Siphonanthus, -- has very showy red 



