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CLERODENDRON 



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

 lobed: corolla tube usually slender and cylindrical, the 

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

 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. Climbing shrnbs. 

 Th6mpson8e, Balfmir (C. B'iUvuri. Hort.). Fig. 493 

 Tall, twining, ghil.r.iii- < v- i. 

 ovate and acuiiiin.i ■ 

 nerved: fls. in axill: i m! - mul fork- 

 ing panicles ; c:iiy\ .ir-ii.i, :iiii;lr.l, nar- 

 rowed at the ape.v. «uUf; idculla-limb 

 red and spreading. \V. 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. delictum, Hort. {C. 

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

 cles very large: calj'x pure white or green- 

 tinged : corolla large, rose magenta. 



AA. Erect shrubs or suh-sliruhs . 



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



fls. white or light blush. 



fiigrans. Vent. {C. corondria, Sort. 1). Pubescent, 

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



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

 branches : lvs. opposite and stalked, cordate 

 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- 

 n&tmn, 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. 



trich6tomum, Thunb. (C. serdtinum, Carr. Volha- 

 miria Japdnica, Hon., natThunh.). Pig. 494. Slender 

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

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

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

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

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

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

 6561. Gn.43:914; 51, p. 320. JK. H. 1807, p. 351. -A very 

 handsome, hardy shrub. In the N. it> kills to the ground, 

 but sprouts up if the crown is protected. 



BB. CoroUn-tuhe fltricv or more longer than the 



small calyx. 



C. Fls. white. 



tomentdsum, R Br. Shrubby and erect, pubescent, 



.S-> ft .md more, often purplish \\ s. opposite and ])eti 



oled, ovate oblong, entire or sparingly toothed, pubes 



ocnt on both sides, but thickly so on the under side • 



493. Clerodendron ThomsonEE (X ^i). 



CLERODENDRON 



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

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



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

 flexed curled anthers \ellow Austral B M lol8.— 

 Cult ill !? Calif 



macroslphon, Hook f Elegant erect shrub finely 



pubescent lvs opposite oblanceolate oblong acumi- 



nitp notched fls in a nearly sessile terminal cyme, 



piir \\hit ih-x green ^er\ small corolla tube 



I I nr ^^ 4-i m long hairy, the limb 1 sided. 



/ I / 1 1 I Al ( 1)95 —Warmhouse plant of merit. 



Siphonanthus R Br ( Siphonanthu^ Indica Linn.). 

 I 1 1 I 1 I \N Minih 2-6 ft high fls long- 



I I I I It 11 i\ large terminal racemes, 

 1 I I I I I 1 I \ fr a very showy red and 



II 111 \ 1 I 1 I 1 ists a long time and for 

 li h th 1.1 lilt 1 hi ti\ grown E Ind -Hardy 



.n Fl 1 

 ■M cc Fh ted or distinctly lilac 



Bquamatum, Vahl (C Kmmpferi Sieb ) Grows 

 10 ft high pubescent lvs opposite round cordate, 

 entire abruptly pointed inflores- 

 cence and fls brilliant scarlet fls. 

 with small red calyx and reflexed, 

 spreading, unequal corolla - lobes. 



