500 VEEBENACEjE. 



oblong or eUiptical, pointed at both ends, glabresoent ; cymes trichotomous, coiymbiforai, 

 most terminal on short branchlets ; calyx raemhranaceous, glabrous, infundibular above a 

 hemisfhericallase, remand-entire, lax around the twice as long corolla-tube ; corolla " yel- 

 low," infundibular: lobes o?ate-Ianceolate ; drupe " oblong." — Anbl. t. 25. Manabea, ^ai/. 

 — A shrub, confounded with the two following species, distinguished by smaller leaves and 

 the calyx, leaves l"-2"(-4"), calyx in flower 1"', corolla-tube 2'", lobes \\"' long. — Hab. 

 Trinidad !, Lockh., Cr., on hUly, abandoned land ; [Venezuela !, Guiana !] . 



39. A. martmiceusis, Z. Branches 4-gDnal or subcylindrical, glabrate; leaves 

 chartaceous, large, lanceolate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate or pointleted, acute at * 

 the base, glabrous ; cymes trichotomous, corymbiform, terminal or in a tenninal panicle ; 

 calyx membranaceous, glabrous, turbinate-infandibular, acute at the base, truncate, lax 

 around the twice as long corolla-tube ; corolla " white," infundibular : lobes ovate, blunt ; 

 drupe ovoid-globose, thrice as long as the spreading calyx. — Lam. III. t. 70. /. 1. — ^A. 

 glabra. Lam. A. Mauabea, Sw. {exclus. syn. Aubl.). — A shrub ; leaves 8"— 4", calyx 1'", 

 corolla-tube 2"'-2i"', lobes 1'", red drupe 4"'-6"' long.— Hab. Jamaica (5».) ; Antigua!, 

 Wullschl., Dominica !, Imr., S. Vincent !,■ Guild. ; Trinidad !, Sieb. Tr. 85 ; [Cuba and 

 Fandma ! to Guiana !]. 



40. A. data, Sw. Branches subcylindrical, glabrate ; leaves leathery, ovate-oblong, 

 with a bluntish point, bluntish or rounded at the base, glabrous : petiole thickish at the 

 persistent base; cymes trichotomous, corymbiform, most terminal or paniculate; calyx 

 herbaceous, turbinate-infundibular, acute at the base or snbconstricted above it, shortly 

 4s-lobed, lax around the twice as long corolla-tube ; corolla " yellowish :" lobes oblong, 

 blunt, spreading ; drupe subglobose, twice as long as the cupulate calyx. — Br. Jam. t. 3. 



/. 3.— An erect or scandent shrub, 20'-6' high ; leaves 6"-3"'(-8"), calyx li"'-2"', corolla- 

 tube 3"'-4"', lobes 2'" long ; drupe yellow, 4'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica i, all coll., common ; 

 Trinidad !, Cr. ,- [Cuba ! to Guiana ! and equat. Brazil] . 



13,. CLERODENDKON, L. 



(Volkameria, Ovieda, Siphonanthus, L.) 



Calyx 5-fid or 5-dentate, rarely truncate. Corolla salver-shaped or infundibular : tube ■ 

 slender : lobes 5, slightly unequal. Stamens 4, exserted, unequal. Stigma shortly bifid : 

 lobes pointed. Drupe of Mgifhila, or pyrenae cohering in pairs. — Leaves simple : petiole 

 jointed near the base; cymes triclwtomous or contracted. 



' 41. O. aculeatum, Gr. Branches rusty-puberulous, armed with short, subconical, 

 spreading spnes, left by the fallen -off petioles ; leaves ehartaceous, glabresoent, elliptical or 

 elliptical-laaceolate, entire, tapering into the petiole; cymes axUlary, peduncled, 7-3- 

 flowered: pedicels spreading; calyx shortly 5-fid, much shorter than the corolla: lobes 

 ovate, deltoid ; corolla-lobes oblong, about one-third as long as the tube ; drupe globose, 

 2-pyrenous : pyrense 2-eelled.— ffi. t. 166. / 2, 3. Br. Jam. t. 30. /. 2. Jacq. Amer. 

 Fid. t. 177.— Volkameria, L.—A. shrub, 5'-12' high ; spines l"'-2"', leaves 2"-l", calyx 

 1^'", corolla-tube 8"'-10"' long ; flowers white, long-exserted stamens purple. — Hab. Ja- 

 maica!, Macf., Pd., March, common in gravelly soil; S. Kitts !, Antigua!, Nichols., 

 Wullschl., Dominica !, Finl., Imr., S. Vincent !, Guild. ; [Cuba ! to Guiana !, equat. Brazil]. 



/ 42*. C. fragrans, W. Pubescent, unarmed ; leaves ovate-deltoid, unequally dentate, 

 long-petioled ; oyme terminal, subsessile, contracted ; calyx 5-fid, little exceeded by the 

 corolla,-tube : lobes lanceolate-acuminate; corolla-lobes obovate-roundish. — Vent. Malm, 

 i. 70. — Volkameria japonica, Jacq. — A shrub ; flowers rosy, usually double in the natura- 

 lized plant. — Hab. Naturalized in Antigua !, Wullschl. ,- [and from Cuba ! to Brazil, intro- 

 duced from China]. 



43*. C. Siphonanthus, iJ. JSr. Suffruticose, erect, glabrous ; feawi whorled, oblong- 

 linear or lanceolate, acuminate, entire, subsessile; cymes in a large, lax, terminal joareicte:' 

 pedicels spreading; calyx deeply 5-fid, much shorter than tlui filiform, curved corolla-tube : 

 lobes ovate, pointed; coroUa-lobes obovate and oblong, about oue-eighlh as long as the tube ; 

 drupe globose, shining.— ifflm. III. t. 79. /. mjo.— C. longieolle, Mey. Ovieda mitis, L. 

 Siphonanthus indicus, i.— Leaves 10"-3" long ; corolla white : tube 3"-^4" long : drupe 



