274 Clerodendron. 



cM. long, glabrous; lobes broadly ovate, rounded, 1 — 1.5 

 cM. long, glabrous; stamens with the shortly bifid style 

 7 cM. exsert, inserted in the throat; ovary glabrous. 



New-Guinea: Versteeg no. 1732, Dutch-N.-G., flow, 

 on 18-IX-1907. — V. Romec nos. 501 (Dutch-N.-G., a 

 tree, flow, dark red, on 13-VIII-1909) and 593 (same loc, 

 a shrub, flow, on 17-X-1909). — Gjellemp no. 216, Dutch- 

 N.-G., Begowri-river, nr. a salt-spring, flow, on 25- VI- 

 1910; 170 M. in alt.; flrs. bright red, anthers brown-red, 

 stigma pink, branchlets of inflorescences red- violet; bark 

 whitish; id. no. 819, N.-Dutch-N.-G , Gautier Mts., 300 

 M. in alt., flow, on 3-XI-1911. - Verz. J. no. 170, 

 Giriwori-river, flow, in July 1912. — Kaarnbach no. 69, 

 Kais.-W.-land, Nuselang-station on Sattel-Mt., road to 

 Sahang, 930 M. in alt., flow, on ll-XII-1893, flrs. bright 

 red. — Schlechtec no. 16895, Kais.-W.-land, Djamu-river, 

 400 M. in alt., flow, on 26-IX-1907. 



27. C. tracyanum F. v. Muell. in Benth. and v. Muell. 

 Fl. Aust. V, 62 (1870) and Descr. Not. pap. pi. V, 91. - 

 A shrub or small tree; branchlets + hirsutely pubescent; 

 haves broadly ovate, base rounded or broadly cordate, 

 apex shortly acuminate, pubescent when young; 10—20 

 cM. long or more; petioles 2V3~10 cM.; panicles terminal; 

 cymes trichotomous, 7V2~10 cM. in diam. (in fruit); bracts 

 small, caducous"; pedicels short; calyx pubescent without, 

 glabrous within, 0.65 cM., 5-cleft halfway down, enlarged 

 in fruit up to 1 cM. in diam.; lobes acute; drupe 0.7—1 

 cM. in diam. 



Distribution: N.-Australia, New-Guinea. 

 In the description we could not find any difference with the 

 following species. 



28. C. buruanum Miquel, Ann. Mus. L.— B. Ill, 252 

 (1867). — A shrub?; branchlets obtusely tetragonous, with 

 petioles and panicles greyish pubescent; leaves oblong or 

 elliptical, base subcuneate, truncate or subcordate, some- 



