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CLERODENDEON 



CLEBODENDRON 



Calyx campanulate or rarely tubular, 5-tootlied or 5- 

 lobed : corolla tube usually slender and cylindrical, the 

 limb 5-parted and spreading : stamens 4, affixed on the 

 ■corolla-tube, long-exserted and curved : style exserted, 

 2-clef t at the end : ovary 4-loculed : f r. a drupe enclosed 

 in the calyx. Lvs. opposite or in 3's, usually entire, 

 never compound. 



A. Glimting shrubs. 

 Th6mpsonae, Balfour (O. Bilfouri, Hort.). Fig. 493. 

 Tall, twining, glabrous evergreen: lvs. opposite, oblong- 

 ovate and acuminate, strongly several- 

 nerved: fls. in axillary and terminal fork- 

 ing panicles ; calyx strongly angled, nar- 

 rowed at the apex, white ; corolla-limb 

 red and spreading. W. Afr. B.M. 5313. 

 R. H. 1867:310. -A warmhouse plant of 

 great merit, and the most popular of the 

 tender species. Blooms profusely on the 

 young wood. Var. delictum, Hort. (£7. 

 deUctum and O. delicAtuin, Hort.). Pani- 

 cles very large : calyx pure white or green- 

 tinged : corolla large, rose magenta, 



AA. Mrect shrubs or sitt-sliruis. 



B. Corolla-tube little if any longer than the large calyx : 

 fls. white or light blush. 



frigrans, Vent. {C. coronAria, Hort. ?). Pubescent, 

 half shrubby, with angled branches, 3-5 ft. : lvs. broadly 

 ovate, with truncate or cordate base, acuminate, coarsely 

 toothed: fls. white or blush, in terminal, compact, hy- 

 drangea-like corymbs, usually double. China, Japan. 

 B. M. 1834.— Very desirable and fragrant plant for the 

 coolhouse. Hardy in Fla. Lvs. ill-scented. 



vi3c6sum,Vent. Height 5-7 ft., pubescent, with square 

 branches : lvs. opposite and stalked, cordate-ovate, 

 toothed: fls. iu a loose terminal panicle, white, with a 

 flesh-colored center, flaring, the tube projecting beyond 

 the loose, hairy, large, 5-angled calyx. E. lud. B. M. 

 1805. — Fls. sweet-scented. Greenhouse. C. infortu- 

 n^tum, Gsertn., is said to be the same species (and the 

 name is older), but it has scarlet fls.— perhaps a result 

 ■of domestication. Even if the same species, it is better 

 to keep the forms separate for horticultural purposes. 



trichfttomum, Thunb. (C serdtinum, Carr. Volka- 

 miria Japdnica, Hort., not Thunb.). Pig. 494. Slender 

 but erect, graceful, pubescent sub-shrub, 4-10 ft. high or 

 even higher : lvs. mostly opposite, soft and flaccid, 

 ovate-acuminate, narrowed at the base, very closely ser- 

 rate or entire, hairy: fls. white, with a reddish brown 

 «alyx, on forking, slender, reddish peduncles, the corolla- 

 tube sometimes twice as long as the calyx. Japan. B.M. 

 ■6561. Gn. 43:914; 51, p. 320. Ji. H. 1867, p. 351. -A very 

 handsome, hardy shrub. In the N. it kills to the ground, 

 but sprouts up if the crown is protected. 



fls. in few-fld. opposite, forking cymes, the calyx not en- 

 larged, the slim coroUa-tube long-exserted (3-4 times 



Corolla-tube fhriee or more 

 small ealyx. 



C. Fls. white. 



longer than the 



tomentdsum, R. Br. Shrubby and erect, pubescent, 

 3-5 ft. and more, often purplish: lvs. opposite and peti- 

 oled, ovate-oblong, entire or sparingly toothed, pubes- 

 cent on both sides, but thickly so on the under side: 



493. Clerodendron Thomsonse (X K) 



494. Clerodendron 



trichotomum (X K)- 



length of calyx), and the clear white corolla-lobes re- 

 flexed-curled ; anthers yellow. Austral. B.M. 1518.— 

 Cult, in S. Calif. 



maorosiphon, Hook. f. Elegant erect shrub, flnely 

 pubescent : lvs. opposite, oblanceolate-oblong, acumi- 

 nate, notched: fls. in a nearly sessile terminal cyme, 

 pure white ; calyx green, very small ; corolla-tube 

 very narrow, 4-5 in. long, hairy, the limb 1-sided. 

 Zanzibar. B.M. 6695.-W,armhouse plant of merit. 



Siphoniuthus, R.Br. ( Siphondnthus J»dica,Linu. ) . 

 Turk's Tueban. Shrub, 2-6 ft. high : fls. long- 

 tubed and white, in very large terminal racemes, 

 but small and not showy : fr. a very showy, red and 

 purple berry, which persists a long time, and for 

 which the plant is chiefly grown. E. Ind.— Hardy 

 in Pla. 



CO. Fls . red or distinctly lilac. 

 squamitum, Vahl. {O. Kmmpferi, Sieb.). Grows 

 6-10 ft. high, pubescent: lvs. opposite, round-cordate, 

 entire, abruptly pointed : inflores 

 cence and fls. brilliant scarlet; fls, 

 with small red calyx and reflexed. 

 spreading, unequal corolla - lobesi 



