316 Clerodendron. 



Section III. Tridens H. J. Lam, nov. sect. — 

 Calyx tripartitus. 



77. C. Elberti Hall. f.. Med. s Rijks Herb. Leid. no. 

 37, 83 — A shrub?; branchlets fistular, round, with petioles 

 and panicles glabrous; leaves subcordate-rotundate, base 

 slightly cordate or rotundate, apex acuminate; margins 

 entire; both sides entirely glabrous; chartaceous; pairs of 

 nerves 6—7; with small, caducous scales above; 6V2— 21 

 by 4V2 — l^Vs cM.; petioles 2 — 10 cM.; panfcZes terminal, 

 reaching 20 cM. in length, 25 cM. in breadth; peduncles 

 4 cM., bracteoles small; pedicels 0.3^ — 0.5 cM.; calyx 

 membranous, wide, 3-partite three-fourths down, the seg- 

 ments acute, ovate, 0.8 cM. broad; 1.2 — 1.5 cM. long, 

 glabrous, irregularly veined, crimson; corolla glabrous; tube 

 slender, somewhat funnel-shaped in the upper part, 1.8—2.5 

 cM. long, upper part glandular as are the lobes without; 

 lobes spathulate, obtuse, 1.2 by 0.3 cM.; stamens inserted 

 in the throat, 4—5 cM. exsert, as is the shortly bifid 

 style; ovary glabrous, 4-lobed. 



Distribution: Sumbawa! 



78. C. Hcttee Hall, f., Med. 's Rijks Herb. Leid. no. 

 37, 82. — A shrub?; branchlets round, fistular, with 

 petioles and panicles glabrous; leaves membranous, sub- 

 cordate-rotundate, base abruptly attenuate, apex acuminate, 

 margins entire; both sides glabrous; with some glands and 

 minutely punctulate beneath; pairs of nerves 7 — 8; 9—28 

 by 10—20 cM.; petioles 372-30 cM., minutely striate; 

 panicles terminal; bracteoles 1 by 0.1 — 0.2 cM.; pedicels 

 0.2 — 0.8 cM,; calyx glabrous, membranous or subchar- 

 taceous, irregularly veined, 1.8—2.5 cM. long, 1.2—1.7 

 cM. wide at the top; 3-partite about one-third down; 

 lobes ovate, unequal, sometimes minutely bidentate at 

 apex, acute; corolla glabrous; tube cylindric and slender 

 in the lower, funnel-shaped in the upper part, 2.5 — 3.3 



