68. VERBEKACEJ^J. 



[ClerodendroKi. 



1. C. inerme, Gaertn. Frnct. 1. 271. t. 57. fig. 1; Fl. Br. I. 4. 589. 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 200 B3 dd. For. Man. 174 ; Brandia For. Fl. 

 863. 



India and Ceylon, near tlie sea. Australia, China. Common near tlie 

 sea coast of the Konkan and North Kdnara. Flowers throughout the 

 year, abundantly daring the rainy season. 



A straggling shrub, sometimes scandent^ quite glabrous. 



The tube of the corolla is nearly 1 inch long. Often planted as a hedge 

 plant. The thick, succulent leaves are used as a febrifage. 



2. C. phlomoides, Linn. f. Suppl. 292 ; Fl. Br. 1. 4. 590 ; Dalz. k 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 200; Bedd. Fl. Sjlv. 174; Brandis For. FL 363. Irun, 

 Vern. ; Airanamula, M. ; Ami, Guz, 



From the North-Western Himalaya, Terai to Ceylon in the drier 

 climates. 



In the dry districts of the presidency, usually in hedges, common in 

 the south of Dharw^r, also in the Belgaum District. Fl. throughout the 

 year. 



A large bush with dark coloured branches. The roots are used as a 

 bitter tonic. 



3. C. infortunatum, Gsertn. Fruct. 1. 271. t. 57. fig. 1 ; Fl. Br. 1. 4. 

 594; Bedd. FL Sylv. 173; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 200. Bhandira, 

 bhat, hari, Vern. 



Common in waste places throughout India and Burma. Throughout 

 the presidency in deciduous forests, very common in North Kanara. Fl. 

 Dec.-Apl. Fr. R. S. A small shrub, often gregarious, the flowers are 

 tinged with red. Calyx in fruit red, leathery. Sometimes this plant 

 attains to a much larger size near the coast of Kanara. 



4. G. Siphonanthus^ Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew Ed. 2. IV. 65 ; Fl. Br. I. 

 4. 595 ; Brandis For. Fl. 364 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. Suppl. 69. 

 Barangif Vern. 



Indigenons in Kumaon, Bengal and South India. Cultivated in 

 gardens and near villages throughout the presidency, sometimes a 

 garden escape. F . June- Oct. Tube of white corolla very long, 4 

 inches. A small shrub. 



5. C. serratum, Spreng. Syst. II. 758 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 592 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 200 ; Brandis For. FL 364. Barungi, Vern. 



Sub-Himalayan tract from the Sutlej eastwards to the Khasia Hills, 

 Western Peninsula and Burma. 



Throughout the presidency, often in deciduous forests Fl. May- Aug. 



A small shrub, scarcely woody, growing in open situations or in the 

 forest. The roots are used in native medicine. 



