364 LX. VERBENACE^. {Clerodendron. 



elliptic, entire, acuminate, subcoriaceous, shining ; Uade 2-3 in., petiole 

 I in. long. Flowers white, in axillary, pedunculate, 3-9-flowered cymes. 

 Calyx campanulate, nearly truncate, with 5 short acute teeth. . Corollar 

 tube 1 in. long. Fruit dry, pear-shaped, 1 in. long, separating when ripe 

 into four 1 -seeded segments. 



Common along the sea-coast of Bengal and the peninsula, probably also in 

 Sindh. A widely-spread sea-coast plant. Ind. Aicnip., Australia, China. Fl. 

 nearly throughout the year. Often planted as a hedge in gardens. 



4. C. serratum, Spreng. ; Wight Ic. t. 1472. — Syn. ,C. ternifolium, 

 D. Don. Volkameria serrata, Linn. ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 62. V. farinosa, 

 Eoxb. ibid. 64. Vern. Barangi. 



A large shrub, youngest shoots and inflorescence pubescent. Leaves 

 glabrous, opposite, or in whorls of three, oblong, elliptic-oblong, oblanceo- 

 late, serrate, shortly petiolate, 4-8 in. long. Flowers blue, in a terminal 

 thyrsus, cylindrical in flower,^pyramidal in fruit, composed of short lateral 

 trichotomous cymes. Bracts ovate, bractlets lanceolate. Calyx campanu- 

 late, truncate or with 5 short teeth. Corolla-tube short, not more than 

 twice the length of calyx, mouth oblique. Berry succulent, ^ in. across, 

 shining black when ripe, lobed, with 1-4 lobes. 



Himalaya from the Sutlej to Assam ascending to 5000 ft. Kasia hiUs, 

 Nilgiris and Western Ghats. Fl. May- Aug. 



5. C. Siphonanthus, R Brown ; Wight 111. t. 173.— Syn. SipJwnan- 

 tlius indiea, Linn. ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 67. Vern. Barangi. 



A large glabrous shrub, branches herbaceous, hoUow, channelled. Leaves 

 in whorls of 3-5, Unear-lanceolate, subsessile, pale beneath, 6-9 in. long. 

 Flowers white when first opening, gradually changing into cream colour, 

 in a large terminal loose thyrsus, composed of pedunculate cymes in the 

 axils of leaves. Calyx campanulate, cleft half-way into 5 ovate segments. 

 Corolla-tube slender, 2-3 in. long, curved. Berries 1-4, ovoid, dark blue, 

 joined at the base, and supported by the enlarged, spreading red calyxs 



Cultivated in gardens throughout India. Wild in Kamaon, Bengal, Burma, 

 and the Dekkan. Fl. hot season and autumn. Boot and leaves used in native 

 medicine. 



3. GMELINA, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs with undivided leaves. Calyx 4- or 5-toothed. Cor- 

 oUa-tube short, widening gradually into a wide open mouth, limb oblique, 

 with 4 or 5 spreading unequal lobes. Ovary 4-celled, 1 ovule in each 

 cell ; style filiform, unequally 2-lobed. Fruit a succulent drupe, with a 

 hard 1-4-celled kernel. Seeds solitary in each cell, exalbuminous. 



An unarmed tree, with cordate leaves . . . . 1. G. arborea. 

 A spinescent shrub, with ovate leaves . . . . 2. O. asiatica. 



1. G. arborea, Eoxb. Cor. PI. t. 246 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 84 ; Wight Ic. t. 



