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que glabris, paniculis simplicibus racemosis terminalibus, 

 petalis calyce multo brevioribus. 



IX. Clerodendron lividum. Lindhy. 

 A new species of Clerodendron, brought for the Society 

 from China, in 1824, by Mr. Parks, who found it wild in 

 the vicinity of Macao. It is at present a soft-wooded half 

 herbaceous shrub, three feet high, destitute of leaves along 

 its stem, and therefore probably a much taller plant when in 

 perfection. The branches are round, dull green tinged with 

 purple on one side, and covered all over with fine down. 

 The leaves, which are seated on short downy stalks, are ellip- 

 tical, narrowed towards the base, coarsely and simply toothed 

 with a small point, slightly rough to the touch on each side, 

 but nearly destitute of pubescence. They are strongly 

 marked with parallel veins, which give them the appearance 

 of being transversely plaited. The flowers appear in cymes 

 of from three to seven flowers each, which are much shorter 

 than the leaves. The calyx is inflated, quinquefid, with five 

 strong angles, and coloured with dull green purple. The 

 corolla is white, slightly tinged with purple, and not much 

 longer than the calyx. Stamens are, after the bursting of the 

 anthers, rigidly curled back to each side of the corolla; 

 offering a striking example of that kind of motility, which M. 

 Dutrochet, in his Recherches sur la structure intime des 

 Animauoc et des Vegetaux, et sur leur Motilite, calls fixed 

 incurvation. This is a hardy green-house plant, of a livid 

 appearance, and little beauty. It has been figured in the 

 Botanical Register, tab. 945, from a plant in the possession of 

 the Society. 



