CLERODENDRON" SCANDENS. 
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BORONIA TETRANDRA. (Four-Stamened Boronia ) 
Class, Octandria. Order , Monogynia. Nat. Order, Rutaceje .(Rueworts, Veg. Kingd ) 
Generic Character. — Calyx four-parted or four-eleft, 
permanent. Petals four, marcescent. Stamens eight, the 
four opposite the petals shortest, all shorter than the petals ; 
fine, fringed, or tuberculated, linear ; usually dilated at the 
top, whence a very short thread arises, bearing the anther. 
Anthers heart-shaped, usually with a short appendage at 
the apex. Styles four, erect, smooth, approximate or joined 
together, terminated by an equal or capitate four-furrowed 
stigma. Fruit four two- valved carpels. Seeds ovate, com- 
pressed, usually one in each carpel. — Mag. Bot. ix. 123. 
Specific Character. — Plant an evergreen shrub. 
Branches pilose Leaves pinnated ; leaflets four or five pairs, 
linear, obtuse, smooth. Pedicels short, one-flowered. Flowers 
purple-rose. 
Authorities and Synonymes. — Boronia tetrandra, Labill. 
Nov. Holl. i., t. 125. Don’s Syst. i., 792. 
Boronia tetrandra forms a neat growing plant, with a compact habit ; the foliage is not 
unlike that of B. pinnata, but is shorter ; it was originally brought to this country in 
1824, but is supposed to have been lost for some years, uutil its re-introduction a short 
time ago. Perhaps in flowering it scarcely equals some of the other members of the 
genus, but it is a very free bloomer, and from its compact habit of growth may prove an 
acquisition in our Metropolitan Exhibitions. 
Our drawing was made in May from a specimen which flowered in the greenhouse of 
Mr. Henderson, Nurseryman, Wellington Road, St. John’s Wood, London, and which was 
exhibited at the Horticultural Society’s Garden in May last. 
It is a native of New Holland, growing chiefly in Van Leuwin’s Land. 
In its cultivation particular attention should be paid to potting; the pot should 
always be of a proportionately small size ; the drainage must be copious ; a moderate 
supply of water only must be supplied, and that if possible should be soft or rain water ; 
the soil should be composed of a light loamy earth, with a small portion of very sandy 
heath mould; and a light airy situation in the greenhouse should be afforded for its 
growth. 
It is propagated by cuttings planted in sand, and placed in a very moderate heat. 
Dr. Sibthorpe, a collector of plants, who had an Italian servant to accompany him in 
his tours, lost him by an accident at Athens, and commemorated his services in the 
present genus. His name was Francis Borone. 
CLERODENDRON SCANDENS. (Climbing Clerodendron.) 
Class, Didynamia. Order, Angiospermia.- Nat. Order, Verbenacbaz. 
Generic Character. — Calyx campanulate, five-parted, 
five-toothed. Corolla with a cylindrical tube, often elon- 
gated ; limb five-parted ; lobes equal. Stamens four, didy- 
namous, exserted, secund. Germen four- celled, one- seeded. 
Stigma bifid, acute. 
Specific Character.— Plant an evergreen climbing shrub. 
Stems and branches pubescent, indistinctly angular. Leaves 
ovate, entire, membranaceous, somewhat cordate at the base, 
and acuminate at the extremity, pubescent. Petioles slender 
and jointed. Peduncles axillary, many-flowered. Panicle 
leafy. Calyx coloured. Corolla white, tinged with rose- 
colour ; tube much longer than the calyx, rose-coloured ; limb 
spreading ; segments obovate. Stamens and style exserted. 
Authorities and Synonymes.— Clerodendron scandens, 
Sir W. Hooker in Bot. Mag., 4354. Clerodendron umbel- 
latum, Poiret’s Cycl. v., p. 166. Clerodendron splendens 
album of the Nurseries. 
This kind of Clerodendron has been commonly considered a variety of C. splendens, from 
which however it differs in so many particulars that we always were inclined to believe it 
a distinct species, and on closer examination and comparison with the description of 
C. splendens, our opinion appears to be well founded. Sir William Hooker’s fine figure 
in the Botanical Magazine has confirmed all our previous conjectures. 
The plant is little known in collections, although it has been grown in this country for 
several years. It is a native of Sierra Leone, where it was first met with by Mr. Whit- 
field, and through him was introduced by Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and Co., Nurserymen, 
