462 FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE 



LEMON VERBENA 



Natural Order Verbenace^. Genus Lippia 



LiPPiA (named in honour of Dr. Augustus Lippi, a French traveller). 

 A genus of about ninety shrubs or sub-shrubs, rarely herbs, with opposite 

 or whorled leaves, and small flowers in heads or spikes. The calyx is 

 two- or four-toothed, the corolla two-lipped. The fruit is a two-celled 

 capsule. They are for the most part American. Only one species is 

 gt^nerally cultivated, and that for its strongly fragrant leaves. 



Lippia citriodora (Lemon-scented). Lemon Plant. 

 principaispecies.g^^^^ 3 feet high. Leaves naiTow-lance-shaped, in whorls 

 of three. Flowers small, nearly white, in a panicle ; June to October. 

 Introduced from Chili, 1794. Greenhouse shrub, except in South of 

 England, where it will grow outside. 



A rich light soil is essential for success in growing it, 



Cultivation, g-^j^^^. ^^^^0^.3 qj, o^^^ Propagation is effected by cuttings 



made from the branches, and inserted in sandy soil in a close warm 



CLERODENDRONS 



Natural Order Verbenace^. Genus Clerodendron 



Clerodendron (Greek, kleros, lot or chance, and dendron, tree ; 

 supposed to be uncertain in its medicinal action). A genus of about 

 seventy species of stove or greenhouse, erect and climbing shrubs with 

 undivided leaves, opposite or in whorls of three. The flowers consist of 

 a somewhat bell-shaped calyx with five lobes or teeth, a slender corolla- 

 tube with five nearly equal spreading lobes, and four stamens. The fruit 

 is fleshy, surrounded by the calyx, and its kernel separates into four 

 nutlets. They are chiefly natives of Tropical Asia, though some are 

 found in Africa and America. Clerodendron fcetidum will thrive outside 

 in South-West England, as also will G. tHchotomiim. 



Clerodendron fallax (deceptive). Stem erect, 4 

 'feet high. Leaves large, heart-shaped, slightly lobed. 

 Flowers bright scarlet, in erect, terminal, many -flowered panicles; 

 August and September. Native of Java. Stove. 



C. fcetidum (fcBtid). Stem erect, annual, rough, 5 feet high. 

 Leaves large, heart-shaped, downy, toothed. Flowers lilac-rose, in dense 



