262 Clerodendron. 



it seems, according to Merrill, allied to C. Klemmei, C. Nave- 

 sianum and C. mindorense, all of them belonging to the section 

 Siphonanthus, but its corolla-tube is much shorter. Some species 

 of this section too, possess a dense inflorescence, a beautiful 

 illustration of the fact, that all artificial subdivision of living 

 organisms is imperfect. 



13. C. condensatum Miq. Fl. Ind. bat. II. ^74 (1856) 

 and suppl. I, 242. . — A shrub?; branchlets tetragonous, 

 with petioles and inflorescences densely tomentose; leaves 

 oblong-ovate, base subcordate, truncate or subcuneate, 

 apex rather long acuminate; chartaceous; margins entire; 

 upper surface somewhat pubescent, glabrescent, lower one 

 densely tomentose, both sides densely glandular; pairs of 

 nerves 4—6; 5— ISVs by 4— 6 Vs cM.; petioles 2—6 cM.; 

 inflorescences very dense, subumbelliform, terminal; bracts 

 large, subinvolucral, as long as calyx; calyx densely pu- 

 bescent, glandular, 0.6 — 0.9 cM.; segments linear-lanceolate, 

 0.45^ — 0.7 cM. long, acute, ciliate; corolla densely pubes- 

 cent, 1.8 — 2.2 cM. in bud; tube very slender; lobes narrow, 

 0.5 by 0.15—0.2 cM. 



Sumatra: Miquel? in H. A. R.-T. sub no. 049917 (H. 

 Bog. no. 1167), nr. Alahan-Padjang. — de Vriese in H. 

 L — B. sub no. 908.266—618. - Beccari no. 261, Mt. 

 Singalang, flow, in June^ — July 1878. 



14. C. Cumingianum Schauer, DC, Prodr. XI, 666 

 (1847); Miq., Fl. Ind. bat. II, 875; Hall, f., Med. 's Rijks 

 Herb. Leid. no. 37, 69. — A shrub?; branchlets quadran- 

 gular, woolly; leaves membranous, subcordate-ovate, acu- 

 minate, margins entire or irregularly dentate; upper side 

 hirsute, lower one softly woolly, glandular beneath the 

 tomentum; 10—15 by 7—10 cM.; petioles pubescent, 

 272^ — ^ cM.; inflorescences terminal, dense, many-flowered; 

 calyx 1.2 cM.; the segments very acute; corolla with 

 puberulous, 2V2 cM. long tube; limb 0.6 cM.; stamens 

 1.2 cM. long. 



Distribution: Philippines (Cebu: Hallier, I.e.). 



