Clerodendron.'] cxi. VERBENACEis. (C. B. Clarke.) 593 



13. Cdeflexum, Wall. Ft. As. Bar. iii. 10, t. 215, and Oaf. 1808; 

 leaves elliptic or oblong acuminate subentire mature softly pubescent 

 beneath, bracts narrow, a few leaf-like often added. Sehauer in DC. Prodr. 

 xi. 665. 



P](NAif G 1 Wallieh. Malacca and SiNaAPOEE ; Griffith, &c. 



A Bhrab, 4 ft. (Wallicb) ; branches pubescent. Leanes opposite, 13 by 4 in., base 

 cuneate or ronnded, mature glabrate above ; petiole 1 in. Peduncles 1-5 in., axillary, 

 or sometimes one pseudo-terminal lateral deflexed, with 1 rarely 3 heads. Panicles 

 1-3 in. diam., pubescent, red. Calyx \-\ in., divided more than half-way down j 

 lobes lanceolate, suberect, scarcely acuminate, sparingly pubescent. Corolla slightly 

 pubescent, white suffused rose-purple ; tube | in. ; lobes i in., elliptic. Drnpe i^ in. 

 diam., succulent, purple. — Hardly any of Schauer's section of aifilliflora have the 

 inflorescence so exclusively axillary as this, which he places in a section defined as 

 having a terminal panicle. 



14 C. bracteatum, Wall. Cat. 1800 ; leaves ovate acuminate entire 

 mature villous, bracts numerous ovate or oblong. Walp. Bep. iv. 106 ; 

 Sehauer in DO. Prodr. xi. 665. — Clerodendron, Griff. Itin. Notes, 34, n. 563. 



SiKKiu and Bhotak, alt. 2-5000 ft., frequent. Mishuee ; Ghriffith. Assam, 

 Cachab and Khasia Mts. up to 4000 ft., Wallieh, R.f. ^ T., &c. 



A shrub, 8 ft., or arborescent 20 ft. ; branches f ulvous-villous. I/eaves oppo- 

 site, 6 by 3—4 in., base from cordate to cuneate, mature softly hairy above, villous 

 or almost woolly beneath ; petiole 1-3 in. Infioreseence fulvous-villous ; peduncles 

 3 in., hearing 1 rarely 3 heads; bracts | by J in., prominent. Oalyx ^ in., divided 

 more than half-way down ; segments ovate-lanceolate, suberect. Corolla pubescent, 

 white; tube 1 in.; lobes J in., elliptic. Drupe \ in., purple; calyx enlarged, 

 reddish ; segments subpatent. 



***** Iieaves beneath glabrate, with many round glands ; petioles con- 

 liected by a dense ring of hairs ; panicle terminal, la/rge, open. 



15. C- paniculatum, Linn. Mant. 90 ; leaves cordate-ovate 6-3-lobed, 

 palyx ^ in. divided nearly to the base, segments narrowly oblong. Vahl 

 Si/mb. ii. 74; Bot. Beg. t. 406; Beichb. Fl. Exot. t. 208; Sehauer in BO. 

 Prodr. xi. 668. C. pyramidale, Andr. Bot. Bep. t. 628 ; Wall. Cat. 1802. 

 C. splendidum, Wall. Cat. 1803. Volkameria augulata, Loar. Fl. CocUnch. 

 389. 



Pekaitg ; WaUich. MEaatJi .and Maiacoa ; Griffith.— DiiraTB. Siam, Cochin. 

 China, Java. 



A shrub, 3-6 feet. Leaves 8 in. diam., lobed 1-3 in. deep, denticulate,, above with 

 scattered multicellular hairs or glabrate ; petiole 1-4 in. Panicle 4-12 by 3-8 in., 

 pubescent, often leafy below, very lax, the branches often prolonged subracemose, 

 usually coloured red ; bracteoles linear. Corolla pubescent or nearly glabrous, red 

 orange or nearly white; tube |-| in., filiform ; lobes i-J in. Dru^pe not seen. 



Vae. dioenifolia ; upper leaves not lobed base cordate or hastate. V. diversifolia, 

 Vahl Symh. ii. 75 ; Sehauer I. c— Moulmein ; Parish. 



16. C. squamatum, Vahl Symb. ii. 74 ; leaves cordate roundly ovate 

 shortly acuminate denticulate, calyx i-J in. deeply divided segments broad 

 lanceolate acute. Wall. Cat. 1798; Bot. Beg.t. 649; Maund Bot. t. 13; 

 Sehauer in DC. Prodr. xi. 669. C. dentatum. Wall. Cat. 1799; Sehauer 

 I. V. 674. Volkameria Kaempferi, Jacq. le. PI. Bar. t. 500. V. dentata, 

 Boxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 61. 



SiKKiM, Bhotan, Assam, Khasta Mts. and Siihet, alt. 0-4000 ft. ; Wallieh, 

 S.f. ^ T., &c., frequent.— Widely cultivated. , . , , . 



A shrub, 2-5 ft. ; glabrate, or the panicle and innovations mmutely thinly hau-y. 

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