402 A FLORA OP MANILA 



* 1. C. THOMPSONAE Balfour. 



A slender woody Vine 2 to 5 m in length, the stems obscurely 4-angled. 

 Leaves oblong, 6 to 10 cm long, acuminate, base 3-nerved, rounded. Cymes 

 terminal and in the upper axils, 8 to 12 cm long, lax, forked. Calyx sharply 

 angled, the tube very short, green, the lobes more or less spreading, white, 

 broadly lanceolate, acuminate, the limb about 3 cm in diameter, persistent. 

 Corolla-tube slender, greenish, 2 cm long, the limb spreading, dark-red 1.5 

 cm in diameter, the lobes elliptic. Stamens exserted, curled. 



Frequently cultivated for ornamental purposes, fl. most of the year. A 

 native of tropical Africa, now widely distributed in cultivation. 



2. C. minahassae T. & B. Bagauac (Tag.). 



A shrub 1.5 to 4 m high, glabrous throughout. Leaves oblong to elliptic- 

 oblong, shortly acuminate, subentire or slightly toothed, 11 to 18 cm 

 long, 5 to 9 cm wide, base rounded, the petioles 4 to 10 cm long. Flowers in 

 terminal cymose panicles, fragrant. Calyx pblong-ovoid, inflated, at time of 

 flowering green, about 2.5 cm long, 1 cm in diameter, enlarged in fruit. Co- 

 rolla-tube slender, cylindric, 5 to 8 cm long, straw-colored or whitish, the 

 lobes narrowly-oblong or linear-oblong, spreading, about 2.5 cm long. Fila- 

 ments exserted, purple. Fruit fleshy, blue, subglobose, about 1 cm in 

 diameter, the calyx thickened, red or purple, split into five, 2.5 to 3 cm long 

 lobes, spreading when the fruit is mature. (Fl. Filip. pi. 223, C. blaneoi.) 



In thickets, San Pedro Macati, Masambong, etc., rather common, fl. July- 

 Sept. ; widely distributed in the Philippines. ■ Celebes. 



3. C. quadriloculare (Blanco) Merr. Bagauac (Tag.). 



An erect, glabrous or nearly glabrous shrub or small tree 2 to 5 m 

 high. Leaves oblong, 15 to 20 cm long, apex shortly acuminate, base 

 rounded, the upper surface green^ the lower surface usually uniformly 

 dark-purple. Cymes terminal, panicled, usually many-flowered. Calyx ur- 

 ceolate, purple about 1 cm long, 5-toothed. Corolla white, the tube slender, 

 cylindric, 6 to 8 cm long, about 2 mm in diameter, the limb spreading, 

 the lobes oblong-elliptic, about 1.5 cm long. Fruit ellipsoid, 1 to 1.5 cm 

 long, purplish, the persistent calyx red and 1 to 1.5 cm long. (Fl. Filip. 

 pi. 225, C. longiflorum.) 



Cultivated for its ornamental foliage and its showy flowers, fl. Nov.-Jan. ; 

 widely distributed in the Philippines in forests, apparently endemic. 



* 4. C. FRAGRANS Vent. 



An erect, branched, somewhat pubescent shrub, 1 to -2 m high. Leaves 

 broadly ovate, acute, base truncate, up to 25 cm in length. Cymes short- 

 peduncled, terminal, densely many-flowered, 6 to 12 cm in diameter. Flow- 

 ers fragrant, the pedicels 1 to 2 cm long. Calyx-tube rather slender below, 

 enlarged above, the lobes 5 or 6, reddish-purple, lanceolate, acuminate, 

 about 1.5 cm long. Corolla white, 3 to 3.5 cm in diameter, the tube 1 to 1.5 

 cm long. (Fl. Filip. pi. 222.) 



Frequently cultivated for ornamental purposes, fl. most of the year. 

 A native of China, now cultivated in many tropical countries. 1 have seen 

 only the double-flowered variety in the Philippnes. 



6. C. Intermedium Cham. Casopanguil (Tag.). 



An erect, branched, shrubby or suifrutescent plant 1 to 2 m high, the 

 stems green, 4-angled. Leaves ovate, 9 to 20 cm long, Acuminate, base 

 prominently cordate, margins shallowly toothed, the lower surface with 



