Clerodendron. 261 



Perhaps this species is identical with the preceding one, but 

 as we saw only a leaf (which in its margins was different from 

 C. fcagrans) we could not combine it with that species. As C. 

 fragrans it has an affinity with some Panzcu/ate-species, as 

 C. faHax and C. Horspeldii, but is well distinguished by its 

 dense inflorescences. 



11. C. Ricdelii Oliv., Journ. Linn. Soc. XV, 100 (1876); 

 Koord. Med. 's Lands PI. tuin Btzg. XIX, 559. — An 

 undershrub (/(Toorcfers) ; branchlets pubescent; leaves ovate- 

 rotundate, base truncate or subcordate, subabruptly, cuneately 

 attenuate, apex acute, margins entire; rather hirsute; 15—20 

 by 1 5 — 20 cM. ; petioles 5— 6 Vs cM. ; inflorescences terminal, 

 dense, hemispherical, shorter than the leaves, 6^/^ cM. in 

 diam.; bracts narrowly ovate, somewhat shorter than the 

 calyx; calyx partly puberulous, 1.8 cM., the 5 lobes 

 acuminate, as long as the tube; corolla glabrous, somewhat 

 longer than the calyx; tube 1.8^ — 2.5 cM. ; lobes obovate- 

 rotundate. 



Distribution: N. -Celebes. 



This species seems very nearly allied to the 2 preceding ones, 

 but seems distinguishable by the little difference in length of 

 calyx and corolla, and by the entire leaves. 



12. C. elliptifolium Merrill, Phil. Journ. Sci. Bot. VII, 

 341 (1912). — A shrub or small tree, 1 M. high; branchlets 

 somewhat tetragonous, glabrous; leaves chartaceous or 

 submembranous, elliptical or elliptical-ovate; base rotundate 

 or subcordate, apex acuminate; margins undulate, the 

 undulations 1 — 1 Vs cM. apart; upper 'surface glabrous, 

 shining, lower one glabrous, dull; pairs of nerves 5 — 6; 

 12—15 by 7—11 cM.; petioles 3—3 Vs cM.; inflorescences 

 terminal, dense, subsessile, more or less puberulous, many- 

 flowered; 10 cM. in diam.; flowers white or nearly so; 

 calyx 0.6 cM., hardly 5-toothed, somewhat puberulous 

 without; corolla glabrous, 1.8 cM. long, 1.2 cM. in diam.; 

 ovary glabrous. 



Distribution: Mindanao. 



