508 LXXXII. VERBENACEjE [Clerodendron 



L. ovate dentate, base cuneate or rounded, blade 6-10 pet. 2-6 in. long. Cymes com- 

 pact, corymbiform almost capitate, calyx-segments \-% in. long, lanceolate, tip filiform, 

 corolla-tube slender 1 in. long. 9. C. bracteatum, Wall. Sikkim 2-1,000 ft., chiefly in 

 clearings. Assam, Khasi hills. Manipur. Cachar. A shrub or small tree, branchlets 

 and underside of ]. fulvous-villous. L. ovate, entire, blade 5-8, pet. 1-i in. long. PI. 

 in bracteate pedunculate heads, forming a leafy corymbiform thyrsus, bracts § in. long, 

 tomentose, calyx | in. long, deeply divided, segments ovate-lanceolate, corolla white, 

 pubescent, tube 1 in. long. Drupe purple. 



(b) Thyrsus erect, elongate, bracts conspicuous, calyx-teeth very short. 



10. C. serratum, Sprengel ; Wight Ic. 1. 1472 ; Brandis P. Fl. 364; Kurz P. Fl. ii. 267. 

 Vern. Beyyo, Burm. Subhimalayan tract and outer ranges, ascending to 5,000 ft. 

 Assam, Bengal. Singbhum valleys and shady slopes, not common. Central Prov. 

 Both Peninsulas. Tall annual stems from a thick woody rootstock, youngest shoots 

 and inflorescence pubescent. L. glabrous, opposite or in whorls of three, lanceolate or 

 elliptic-lanceolate, as a rule deeply serrate, 4-8 in. long, narrowed into a very short 

 petiole. Fl. blue, cymes trichotomous, forming a terminal more or less cylindrical 

 thyrsus, bracts ovate, often coloured, bracteoles lanceolate. Calyx campanulate, corolla- 

 tube not more Chan twice the length of calyx, mouth oblique. Drupe succulent, 

 lobed, shining black, J in. diam. A specimen from the Winyo Forest, Attaran (D. B. 

 July 1858), has 1. entire, almost sessile, with a broad base, bracts prominent, calyx 

 truncate, possibly a new species. 11. C. venosum, Wall. Assam, Khasi hills. Upper 

 Burma. A tree, glabrous, only thyrsus and calyx with minute grey pubescence. L. 

 elliptic-lanceolate serrate, blade 6-8, narrowed into pet. 1-2 in. long. Fl. blue with a 

 greenish-white tinge, thyrsus pyramidal, bracts leaf-like, 1-2 in. long. 



(c) Thyrsus erect, lax, pyramidal, calyx divided to near the base, petioles 

 connected by a ring of hairs, underside of 1. with numerous round raised 

 glands. 



12. C. paniculatum, Linn. Pegu, Tenasserim. Malay Peninsula. Siam, Cochinchina, 

 China, Formosa. A shrub with herbaceous branches, 1. nearly glabrous, ovate, 

 serrate, often lobed, base usually deeply cordate, blade 6-9, pet 1-3 in. long, thyrsus 

 4-12 in., calyx in fl.J-J in. long. 13. C. squamatum, Vahl. Sikkim to 3,000 ft. Assam, 

 Silhet. Singapore. China. Often cultivated. Similar to 12, 1. not lobed, calyx in 

 fl. \-\ in. long. 



(d) Thyrsus long, lax, drooping. 



14. C. nutans, Wall. Sikkim, ascending to 5,000 ft., Assam, Khasi hills. Chittagong. 

 Upper Burma (Kinmauh hagyi). Malay Peninsula. A glabrous shrub, 1. lanceolate 

 or oblanceolate, remotely repand-toothed, 4-7 in. long, narrowed into a short petiole. 

 Fl. white on slender pedicels, in lax cymes, forming an elongated racemiform drooping 

 terminal glabrous thyrsus, bracts subulate, minute. Calyx ample, deeply cleft, seg- 

 ments triangular, corolla glabrous, tube longer than calyx-segments, lobes obovate 

 § in. long. Drupe succulent, dark purple, i in. diam., supported by the stellately 

 spreading crimson calyx. 15. C. penduliflorum, Wall. Lower Burma. Malay Penins. 

 L. lanceolate or elongate-elliptic, blade 5-7, pet. 1-2 in. long. Fl. white, on filiform 

 pedicels in few-fid. cymes, forming an elongated pendulous slender thyrsus, 8-12 in. 

 long, calyx-segments linear or elongate-triangular, corolla-lobes oblanceolate. 16. C. 

 macrostachyum, Turcz. On limestone above Chela, Khasi hills. Tenasserim on lime- 

 stone rocks. Herbaceous, 1. cordate, toothed, almost lobed, blade 4-7, pet. 1-6 in. long. 

 Fl. pale blue or purple, in several long slender thyrsi in the axils of the uppermost 1., 

 forming a large terminal panicle, pedicels filiform, calyx truncate, small. 



11. Corolla-tube more than 3 in. long. 



17. C. Siphonanthus, B. Br.; Wight 111. t. 173. Vern. Baranyi, Hind.; Chinydri, 

 Dehra Dun. Common in many parts of India and Burma. Savannahs in the Duars. 

 Sundriban. Often as an escape from cultivation. A tall, straight-stemmed glabrous 

 shrub, branches herbaceous, hollow, channelled. L. opposite or whorled, linear-lanceo- 

 late, almost sessile, pale beneath, 6-9 in. long. Fl. white when opening, changing 

 gradually into cream-colour, in lax pedunculate axillary cymes, forming a large 

 terminal thyrsus. Calyx campanulate, cleft more than half-way, segments ovate, 

 corolla-tube slender, 2-4 in. long, curved. Drupes 1-4, blue, ovoid, joined at the base 

 and supported by the enlarged red spreading calyx. 18. C. hastatum, Lindley. Silhet, 

 Khasi hills. Pubescent, 1. hastate, often lobed, cymes dense, forming a broad corymbi- 

 form terminal inflorescence. Corolla white, tube 4 in. long, drupe succulent, black- 

 purple, supported by the enlarged dark red calyx. 



