508 LXXXII. VERBENACEJE [Clerodendron 



L. ovate dentate, base cuneate or rounded, blade 6-10 pet. 2-6 in. long. Cymes com- 

 pact, corymbiform almost capitate, calyx-segments J-| in. long, lanceolate, tip filiform, 

 corolla-tube slender 1 In. long. 9. C. "bracteatum, Wall. Sikkim 2-4,000 ft., chiefly in 

 clearings, Assam, Khasi bills. Manipnr. Cacliar. A shrub or small tree, branchlets 

 and underside of 1. fulyous-villous. L. ovate, entire, blade 5-8, pet. 1-4 in. long. Fl, 

 in bracteate pedunculate heads, forming a leafy coi-ymbiform thyrsus, bracts | in. long, 

 tomentose, calyx I in. long, deeply divided, segments ovate-lanceolate, corolla white, 

 pubescent, tube 1 in. long. Drupe x^urple. 



(6) Thyrsus expect, elongatej bracts conspicuous, calyx-teeth very short. 



10. C. serratum, Sprengel ; Wight Ic. 1. 1472 : Brandis F. Fl. 364; Kurz F. Fl. ii. 267. 

 Yern. Beyyo^ Buim. Subhimalayan tract and outer ranges, ascending to 5,000 ft. 

 Assam, Bengal. Singbhum valleys and shady slopes, not common. Central Prov. 

 Both Peninsulas. Tall annual stems from a thick woody rootstock, youngest shoots 

 and inflorescence pubescent. L. glabrous, opposite or in whorls of three, lanceolate or 

 elliptic-lanceolate, as a rule deeply serrate, 4-8 in. long, narrowed into a ver^^ short 

 petiole. Fl. blue, cymes trichotomous, forming a terminal more or less cylindrical 

 thyi biTS, bracts ovate, often coloured, biacteoles lanceolate. Calyx campanulate, corolla- 

 tube not more than twice the length of calyx, mouth oblique. Drupe succulent, 

 lobed, shining black, J in. diam. A specimen from the Wiiiyo Forest, Attaran (B. B. 

 July 1858), has 1. entire, almost sessile, with a bi^oad base, bracts prominent, calyx 

 truncate, possibly a new sjiecies. 11. C. venosum, Wall . Assam, Khasi hills. Upper 

 Burma. A tree, glabrou.s, only thyrsus and calyx with minute grey pubescence. L. 

 elliptic-lanceolate serrate, blade 6-^, narrowed into pet. 1-2 in. long. FL blue wuth a 

 greenish-white tinge, thyrsus pyramidal, bracts leaf-like, 1-2 in. long. 



(c ) Thyrsus erect, lax, pyramidal, calyx divided to near the base, petioles 

 connected by a ring of hairSy underside of I. with numerous round raised 

 glands. 



12. C. paniculatum, Linn. Pegu, Tenasserim. Malay Peninsula. Siam, Cochinchina, 

 China, Formosa. A shrub with herbaceous branches, 1. nearly glabrous, ovate, 

 serrate, often lobed, base usually deeply cordate, blade 6-9, pet 1-3 in. long, thyrsus 

 4-12 in., calyx in fl. J-j in. long. 18. C. sctuamatum, Vahl. Sikkim to 3,000 ft. Assam, 

 Silhet Singapore. China. Often cultivated. Similar to 12, 1. not lobed, calyx in 

 fl. l~\ in. long. 



[d) Thyrsus long, lax, drooping. 



14. C. nutans, Walk Sikkim, ascending to 5,000 ft., Assam, Khasi hills. Cliittagong. 

 Ui)per Burma {Khimauh Tcagyi). Malay Peninsula. A glabrous shrub, 1. lanceolate 

 or oblanceolate, remotely repand-toothed, 4-7 in. long, narrowed into a short petiole. 

 Fl. white on slender pedicels, in lax cymes, forming an elongated racemiform drooping 

 terminal glabrous thyrsus, bracts subulate, minute. Calyx ample, deeply cleft, seg- 

 ments triangular, corolla glabrous, tube longer than calyx-segments, lobes obovate 

 J in. long. Drupe succulent, dark purple, | in. diam., supported by the stellately 

 spreading crimson calyx. 15. 0. penduHflorum, Wall. Lower Burma. Malay Penins. 

 L. lanceolate or elongate-elliptic, blade 5-7, pet. 1-2 in. long. Fl. white, on filiform 

 pedicels in few-fld. cymes, forming an elongated pendulous slender thyrsus, 8-12 in. 

 long, calyx-segments linear or elongate-triangular, corolla-lobes oblanceolate. 16. C. 

 macrostacliyiim, Turcz. On limestone above Chela, Ivhasi hills. Tenasserim on lime- 

 stone rocks. Herbaceous, 1. cordate, toothed, almost lobed, blade 4-7, pet. 1-6 in. long. 

 Fl. pale blue or purple, in several long slender thyr§i in the axils of tlie uppermost 1 , 

 forming a large terminal panicle, pedicels filiform, calyx truncate, small. 



II. Corolla-tube more than 3 in. long. 



17. a Siphonantlius, B. Br.; Wight 111. t. 173. Yern. Barangl, Hind.; Chhtgdri, 

 Dehi^a Bun* Common in many parts of India and Burma. Savannahs in the Buars. 

 Sundriban. Often as an escape from cultivation. A tall, straight-stemmed glabrous 

 shrub, branches herbaceous, hollow, channelled. L, opposite or whorled, linear-lanceo- 

 late, almost sessile, pale beneath, 6-9 in. long. Fl. white when opening, changing 

 gradually into oream-colour, in lax pedunculate axillary cymes, forming a large 

 terminal thyrsus. Calyx campanulate, cleft more than half-way, segments ovate, 

 corolla-tube slender, 2-4 in. long, curved. Drupes 1-4, blue, ovoid, joined at the base 

 and supported by the enlarged I'ed spreading calyx. 18. C. hastatum, Lindley. Silhet, 

 Khasi hills. Pubescent, 1. hastate, often lobed, cymes dense, forming a broad corymbi- 

 form terminal inflorescence. Corolla white, tube 4 in. long, drupe succulent, black- 

 purple, supported by the enlarged dark red calyx. 



