366 (5(0) 



VERBENACEAE. Juss, in annal du 



mus, 7. P' 63. 



Vitices, Juss. gen» 



Calyx tiibulosus, persistens. 



Corolla hypogyna, monopetala, tubulosa^ limLo ple- 

 rumqiie irregulari, decidua. 



Stamina saepius 4> dydynama, raro aequalia, nunc 2. 



Ovarium 2 — 4"lo^^^^^^'^ 9 OYulis erectis, solitariis v. 

 geminis. Stylus 1. Stigma bifidum v. indivisum* 



Perlcarpium drupaceum. v* baccatum. 



jilhumen nullum v. parcum, 



Embryo erectus. 



uirhores v. Frutices^ rarius Herhae, Folia exstipu- 

 lata, saepius opposita, simplicia v. composi(a. Flo- 

 res or^xiosiie corymbosi, autalterne spicati3 nunc 

 capitato-conferti j raro axillares solitarii. 



CLERODENDRUM. L. Juss, 



Volkameriae pleraeque (an omnes?) L, Ovieda. L. 



Calyx campannlatus, 5-fidus v. 5-dentatus. Corolla tubo cylin- 

 draceo saepius elongato; limbo 5-partito, laciniis aequali- 

 bus. Stamina 4, didynama, exserta, seciinda. Ovarium 

 4-loculare, localis iiionospermis. Stigma hiudum, acntum. 

 Bacca tetrapyrena, calyce saepius ampliato cincta. 



Arbores v. Fratices. Folia opposita, simplicia, indivisaj 

 nunc lohata, petioloruni basi persistente, Corymbi ternii" 

 nales et axillares j, trichotomi, 



I. Calyx ^-fidus, fructifer ampliatus^ coloratus, carnosus, 



1. C. ionientosum^ foliis ellipticis acutis integris calycibusque 



tomentosis^ corymbis coiigestis. (I. T.) 1^. 1'. 

 Volkameria tomentosa. Vent, malm, 84. 



2. C. medium J foliis ellipticis breve acurninatis subtus tomen- 



