288 Clerodendron. 



cM. longo; panicula terminalis, 10^14 cM. longa, 8 cM. 

 lata, pedunculo 2V2— 5 cM. longo; bracteae parvae, folia- 

 ceee; cymi oppositi, di-r vel trichotomi; pedlcelli 0.4— -0.6 

 cM, longi. bracteola una suffulti; calyx cyathimofphus, 

 0.4 cM. longus, sparse pubescens; dentibus 5, deltoideis, 

 0.1 cM. longis; corolla alba, glabra vel sparsissime pube- 

 rulus; tubus 1.2—1.5 cM. longus, cylindricus; lobi ovati, 

 rotundati; stamina 1.5—1.8 cM. exserta, fauce inserta, 

 filamentis gracilibus, antheris ovoideis, 0.125 cM. longis, 

 thecis non divaricatis, connatis; stylus \.5 — 1.8 cM. 

 exsertus, stigmate bifido; drupa glabra, atra, calyce aucto, 

 0.9—1.1 cM. diam., insidens. 



Var. ^ puberulum H. J. Lam nov. var. — folia utrin- 

 que molliter pubescentia. 



? New-Guinea; Zippel in H. L.— B. sub. no. 908. 

 ,266—637. 



Var. |S glabrior (Gibbs) H. J. Lam, nov. var. — C.' 

 Lindawianum Lauterb. var. glabrior Gibbs in Dutch.- 

 N.-W.-New-Guinea, 218 (July 1917) — folia supra sub- 

 glabrata, neryis pubescentia, subtus sparse pubescentia. 



New-Guinea (Dutch-): Gibbs no. 6264, Humboldt- 

 bay, 400 M. in alt., flow and fr. in Jan. 



This plant is, though closely allied to C. Lindawianum, 

 distinctly different from it by its oblong or elliptical, never 

 cordate leaves, its glabrous corolla-lobes, and longer corolla-tube 

 (in C. Lind. 0.6—1 cM.). 



47. C, Curranii Elm., Leafl. Phil. Bot. V. 1847 (1913); 

 Hall. f. Med. 's Rijks Herb. Leid. no. 37, 66 — An erect 

 and slender shrub, sometimes tree-Uke; branchlets, petioles 

 and panicles densely yellowish tomentose; leaves subcor- 

 date- or cordate-oblong, apex long acuminate, margins 

 usually irregularly serrate except near base and apex; 

 both sides pubescent, the nerves white with dense hairs; 

 pairs of nerves 4—5; subchartaceous ; G^j^^M^I^ by 8— 9 

 cM. (22 by 16 cM., Elmer); petioles 4—8 (Elmer 10) cM. 



