Clerodendron] LXXXII. VERBENACEJE 507 



pyrenes. Species about inn. in the warmer regions of the Old World, a few 

 in America. 



I. Corolla-tube under li in. long. 



A. Cymes axillary. 



1. C. inerme, Gsertn. Vein. Batraj, Beng. 



A straggling almost scandent evergreen shrub, young shoots minutely grey- 

 jmbescent. L. dark green, as a rule opposite, entire, elliptic or obovate, nearly 

 coriaceous, blade 1-2, petiole J-J in. long. Fl. white, in axillary, pedunculate, 

 3-lt-fld. cymes. ' Calyx-teeth short, corolla-tube 1 in., lobes oblong. Drupe dry 

 h in. long, pear-shaped, separating into 4 woody pyrenes. 



Tidal jungles and sea coast "f Bengal and both Peninsulas. Fl. throughout the 

 year, chiefly Jiily-Nov. — Ceylon, Malay Aj-chipelago, China, New Guinea. North 

 Australia, Formosa, Polynesia. Closely allied, classed by Kurz as a variety, *2. C. 

 neriifolium, Wall. Sea coast of Chittogong, Axacan and Tenasserim, 1. frequently 

 ternate, linear or lanceolate. 21 in. lonjr. drupe larger. 



3. C. phlomoides, Linn. fil. ; Wight, Ic. t. 1473. Vera. Urni, Hind. 

 Iran, Ami, Guzerat. 



A tall pubescent shrub, branches cinereous. L. ovate or rhomboid, more or 

 less sinuate-crenate, blade 1-2, petiole J— f in. Fl. white or pink, fragrant, 

 in axillary 3-9-fld. pubescent cymes, forminga terminal rounded leafy thyrsus. 

 Calyx cleft half-way down, corolla-tube 1 in., lobes elliptic, drupe dry, ^-.V in. 

 long, separating into 4 pyrenes. 



Baluchistan, Punjab, Upper Gangetic plain, Oudh, Rajput ana. Behar, Chut ia Nagpur, 

 Orissa, the Deccan, common in hedges ami in Babul Koruns. Fl. Nov. Dec also at 

 other times. — Ceylon dry region. 



B. Inflorescence terminal. 



a Inflorescence corymbiform or capitate. 

 o. Corolla-tube under | in. long. 



4. C. infortunatum, Gsertn.; Wight Ic. t. 1471: Kurz F. Fl. ii. 267. 

 Vera. Knru, Iun-i, Bh&nt, Hind.: Ghentu, Beng.; Bokkudu, Tel. : Ka-aung 

 .'///'', Bonn. 



A tall gregarious shrub, branches, petioles, underside of 1. and inflorescence 

 softly pubescent. L. ovate, often from a cordate base, entire or dentate, blade 

 5-9, petiole 1-6 in. long. PI. white, tinged with pink, in an ample terminal 

 trichotomous corymbiform thyrsus. Calyx cleft to near the base, segments 

 lanceolate, corolla-tube longer than calyx-segments. Dru)>e fleshy, slightly 

 4-lobed, J in.di.im., black, shining, enclosed in the enlarged red leathery calyx. 

 Subhimolayon tract toon the Jumna eastwards, often as underwood in Sal forest, 

 attaining 12 ft. (iangetir Plain in Mango groves. Singliliuiu. (Vntr. Prov, Both 

 Peninsulas. PI, Nov.— April. Ceylon, moist region, Malaj Pen ins. and Archip, The 



roots go deep: a >|»',i,.s t,, l mployed when reclaiming waste lands in tie' plains. 



">. C. villosum, ISIume. Kohima, Nags hill- 1,500 ft. Martaban hills east of the Sitang 



river,2 1,000 ft., i mon on deserted Toungy as. Tenasserim, Malay Penins. Densely 



and softly tomentose, 1. cordate, nearly entire, corolla-tube not longer than the glandular 

 calyx-segments. 



fi. Corolla-tube slender I in. long. 



6. c. Gritflthianura, i '. B. Clarke. Assam. Upper Burma. Yunnan. A -mall tree, 

 branchlets, petioles and underside of I. along midrib and nerves olothed with long 

 hairs 1, lanceolate, blade 8 ~. pet j 1 In. long. Fl. white in lax cymes, teminoJ and 

 from the axils of the uppermost Informing a corymbiform thyrsus, calyx pubescent, 

 lobes lai late, longer than the oomponulate tube, corolla glabrous, tube l in. long. 



7. C. Colebrookiaaum, Walpera. Sikkiin from the foot of the hill- to 6,000 ft., common 



iii second growth forest. A— am, BIhasi hills. Burma. A small evergreep nee. with 



a strong disagreeable - U, bark Bilvory-grey, 1. nearly glabrous, brood-ovate often 



'.i in. diam., pet, I S in. PI. white, on short pedicels, densely clustered in broad 

 corymbiform compound cymes, calyx-teeth short, corolla tube slender, I in. long. 

 Drupe bright turquoise-blue, s . C. lasiocephalum. Clarke. Mishmi and l'ntla hills. 

 Kha-i hills, shan hills, Upper Burma Branchlets and L pubescent or lament 



