Clerodendron. 295 



deep; apex shortly acuminate, margins more or less coarsely 

 dentate; membranous; upper side with some thick hairs, 

 lower one glabrous, with some scales; pairs of nerves 

 6 — 8, the lowest pair with strong transverse nerflets towards 

 the base; 13—40 by 15—35 cM., petioles 3Vs— 27 cM., 

 stout; panicles large, extraordinarily dense, club-shaped, 

 with numerous leafy ovate-lanceolate bracts, 10— 20 cM. 

 long, 7 — 9 cM. in diam., peduncles 2—472 cM,; pedicels 1.2 

 cM.; calyx glabrous, 2 cM. long, segments ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, 1.4 cM.; coroWa-tube subinfundibuliform, gla- 

 brous, 2V2— 3 cM., lobes rotundate, 0.6 — 0.8 cM. long; 

 stamens inserted near the throat; ovary glabrous, 4-lobed; 

 drupe glabrous, deeply 4-lobed, included in the calyx, 0.5 

 cM. long, 0.8 cM. in diam. 



Amboyna: de Fretes in H. A. R.-T. sub no. 011572. 



Ceram: in H. A. R.-T. sub no. 011571. 



Distribution: Amboyna, Ceram!, Saparua! {Hallier), Buru 

 (Miquel). 



55. C. paniculatum L. Mant. I, 90 (1767); Blume. 

 Bijdr. 811; Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss. ser. II, T. V, 

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

 Fl. sin. II. 261; HooAr. /"., Fl. Br. Ind. IV, 593; King and 

 Gamble, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. LXXIV. 4, 838; Hall. f.. 

 Med. 's Rijks Herb. Leid. no. 37, 81; Bot. Mag. t. 7141; 

 Miq.. Fl. Ind. bat. II, 879 and suppl. I, 243 and 568; 

 Hassk. 2e Cat. 's Lands PI. tuin Btz., 136; Koord., Exk. 

 fl. V. Java III, 138; Maxim.. Bull. Ac. Imp. Sci. St. Pet. 

 XXXI, 86: Zoll. u. Mor., Syst. Verz. 53. - C. pyra- 

 midale Andr.. Bot. Rep. t. 628 (1799—1881). — C. 

 splendidum Wall., Cat. no. 1803 (1828). — A shrub, 

 1.3—2 M. high {King and Gamble): branchlets quadran- 

 gular, with petioles sulcate and glabrous or somewhat 

 puberulous, as are panicles; leaves chartaceous, 5. — 7-lobed, 

 lobes deltoid, subobtuse; base minutely cordate; margins 

 entire, or very minutely denticulate; both surfaces glabrous; 



