Clerodendron. 273 



25. C. trichotomum Thunb. Fl. Japon. 256 (1784); 

 Schauer, DC, Prodr. XI, 668; Forbes and Hemsley, Fl. 

 Sin. II, 262; Bot. Mag. t. 6561; Maxim. Bull. Ac. Imp. 

 Sc. St. Pet. XXXI, 85; Merrill. Phil. Journ. Sci. Bot. Ill, 

 432; Miquel, Ann. .Mus. L— B. II, 99; Hassk. 2e Cat. 

 's Lands PI. tuin Btzg., 136; Hall. f. Med. 's Rijks Herb. 

 Leid. no. 37, 69 — A shrub?; branchlets glabrous; leaves 

 membranous, entire, pale beneath, upper ones ovate and 

 long acuminate, lower ones 3'lobed; base 3-nerved; both 

 sides glabrous, somewhat pubescent on the nerves, lower 

 side glandular; petioles long; panfc/es terminal, very large; 

 cymes trichotomous, many-flowered, with small caducous 

 bracteoles; calyx membranous, attenuate at the base, 1.3 

 cM., on long pedicel, somewhat inflated and 5-angular; 

 segments 5, acute; coroZ/a-tube, twice as long as the calyx, 

 glabrous; stamens very long exsert; drupe seated on the 

 spreading and somewhat enlarged calyx. 



Distribution: Japan, (Bot. Gardens of Buitenzorg, (Hal- 

 Her)), Formosa (Matsamara and Hayata), S. -China, Luzon, 

 Batan (Merrill) 



26. C. magnificum Warb. Engl. Jhrb. XIII, 428 (1891); 

 Pulle in Lorentz, Nova-Guinea VIII, 2, 402 and VIII, 4, 

 687; K. Schum. u. Laaterb. Fl. D. Siidsee, 525. - A 

 shrub, 1—2 M. high, or a small tree {v. isomer); (branchlets 

 ± quadrangular, with petioles and panicles glabrous; leaves 

 membranous, broadly ovate, base cuneate or subtruncate, 

 apex shortly acuminate; margins entire; pairs of nerves 

 5—7; both surfaces glabrous, or the upper one with some 

 hairs; base sometimes subcordate, sometimes attenuate; 

 13^30 by 8—15 cM.; petioles glabrous, 6—12 cM.; 

 panicles terminal, pyramidate, 15—26 cM. long, 10—15 

 cM. in diam.; calyx on 0.3-1 cM. long pedicel, very 

 wide, 1.3—1.7 cM. long, 1.5 cM. wide, 5-cleft more than 

 halfway down, the segments membranous, broadly ovate, 

 acute; glabrous; coroWa-tube subinfundibuliform, 1.4—1.8 



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