Clerodendron] LXXXII. VEEBENACEiE 507 



pyrenes. Species about 100, in tlie warmer regions of the Old World, a few 

 in America. 



I. Corolla-tube under 1^ in. long. 



A. Cymes axillary. 



1. C. inerme, Gsertn. Vern. Batraj\ Beng. 



A straggling almost scandent evergreen shrub, young shoots minutely grey- 

 pubescent. L. dark green, as a rule opposite, entire, elliptic or obovate, nearly 

 coriaceous, blade 1-2, petiole J-J in. long. Tl. white, in axillary, pedunculate, 

 3-9-M. cymes. Calyx-teeth short, corolla-tube 1 in., lobes oblong. Drupe dry 

 I in. long, pear-shaped, sepai^ating into 4 woody pyrenes. 



Tidal jungles and sea coast of Bengal and both Peninsulas. I^l. tlirougbout the 

 year, chiefly July-No v.-— Ceylon, Malay Archipelago, China, New Guinea, North 

 Australia, Formosa, Polynesia. Closely allied, classed by Kurz as a variety, 2. C. 

 neriifolium, "Wall. Sea coast of Chittagong, Aracan and Tenasserim, 1. freciuently 

 ternate, linear or lanceolate, 2-4 in. long, druj^e larger. 



3. C. phlomoides, Linn, fil.; Wight, Ic. t. 1473. Vern. Urni, Rmd. 

 IrvM^ Ami, Guzerat. 



A tall pubescent shrub, branches cinereous. L. ovate or rhomboid, more or 

 less sinuate-crenate, blade 1-2, petiole |-| in. Fl. white or pink, fragrant, 

 in axillai*y 3~-9-fid. pubescent cymes, forming a terminal rounded leafy thyrsus. 

 Calyx cleft half-way down, corolla-tube 1 in., lobes elliptic, drupe dry, \-\ in. 

 long, separating into 4 pyrenes. 



Baluchistan, Punjab, Upper Gangetic plain, Oudh, Eajputana, Behar, Chiitia Nagpur, 

 Orissa, the Deccan, common in hedges and in Babul Xoruns. PI. Nov. Dec, also at 

 other times. — Ceylon dry region. 



B. Inflorescence terminal. 



(a) Inflorescence corymbiform or capitate. 

 a. Corolla- tube under f in. long. 



4. C. infortunatum, Gsertn. ; "Wight Ic, t. 1471; Kurz F. Fl. ii. 267. 

 Vern. Karii, Kari, Bhclnf^ Hind. ; Ghentu^ Beng. ; BokkiuhOj Tel. ; Ka-aiing 

 gyi, Burm. 



A tall gregarious shrub, branches, petioles, u.nderside of 1. and inflorescence 

 softly pubescent. L. ovate, often from a cordate base, entire or dentate, blade 

 5-9, petiole 1-G in, long. Fl. white, tinged with pink, in an ample terminal 

 trichotomous corymbiform thyrsus. Calyx cleft to near the base, segments 

 lanceolate, corolla-tube longer than calyx- segments. Drupe fleshy, slightly 

 4-lobed, J in. diam., black, shining, enclosed in the enlarged red leathery calyx. 



Suhhimalayan tract from the Jumna eastwards, often as undei^wood in Sal foi'est, 

 attaining 12 ft. Gangetic Plain in Mango groves. Singbhum. Centr. Prov. Both 

 Peninsulas. PL Nov.-April —Ceylon, moist region. Malay Penins. and Archip. The 

 roots go deep ; a species to be employed when reclaiming waste lands in the plains. 

 5. C. YiUosum, Blume. Kohima, Naga hills 4,500 ft. Martaban hills east of the Bitang 

 river, 2-^,000 ft., common on deserted Toungyas. Tenasserim. Malay Penins. Densely 

 and softly tomentose, 1. cordate, nearly entire, corolla-tube not longer than the glandular 

 calyx-segments. 



(3. Coi-olla-tube slender 1 in. long. 



6. a GiiffitManum, C. B. Clarke. Assam. Upper Burma. Yunnan. A small tree, 

 branohlets, petioles and underside of 1. along midrib and nerves clothed with long soft 

 hairs 1. lanceolate, blade 8-7, pet. J-l in. long. PI. white in lax eymesy teminal and 

 from the axils of the uppermost L, forming a corymbiform thyrsus, calyx pubessent, 

 lobes lanceolate, longer than the oampanulate tube, corolla glabrous, tube 1 in. long. 

 7. 0. ColeljrooMamim, Walpers. Sikkim from the foot of the hills to 6,000 ft., common 

 in second growth forest- Assam, Khasi hills. Burma. A small evergreen tree, with 

 a strong disagreeable smell, bark silvery-grey, 1. nearly glabrous, broad-ovate often 

 9 in. diam., pet. 4-8 in. Fl. white, on short pedicels, densely clustered in broad 

 corymbiform compound cymes, calyx-teeth short, corolla-tube slender, 1 in. long. 

 Drupe bright turquoise-blue. 8. C. lasiocepJialum, Clarke. Mishmi and Dufla hills, 

 Khasi hills. Shan hills, Upper Burma. Branch lets and 1. ptibescent or tomentose. 



