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15. FARADAYA, F. v. M. 
(After M. Faraday.) 
Calyx closed before flowering, then dividing into 2 valvate segments. Corolla- 
tube dilated upwards, limb 4-lobed, the upper lobe broad and emarginate, the 
three lower nearly equal. Stamens 4, didynamous, exserted. Ovary shortly 
4-lobed, 4-celled in the upper portion, with one ovule in each cell laterally 
attached. Fruit a drupe, the putamen 1 -celled and 1 -seeded by abortion (or 
4-lobed with 4-distinctive pyrenes?). — Woody climbers. Leaves opposite, 
undivided. Flowers rather large, in terminal panicles. 
Besides the Australian species, there are three from the S. Pacific Islands. The nearest 
affinity of the genus appears to be with the New Caledonian Oxera. — Benth. 
1. F. splendida (alluding to its handsome flowers), F. v. M. Fragm. v. 21, 
212 ; Benth. FI. Austr. v. 69. “ Buku,” Tully River, Roth. A tall woody 
climber, quite glabrous. Leaves ovate, acuminate, rounded or cordate at the 
base, 6in. to nearly lffc. long, prominently penniveined, and with glands on the 
base of blades, the petiole 1 to 2in. long. Flowers large, white, in a terminal 
corymbose panicle. Bracts small, subulate. Pedicels f to -|in. long. Calyx 
before expanding obovoid and acuminate, dividing into 2 acuminate segments 8 
to 10 lines long. Corolla-tube above lin. long, the lobes flat, nearly fin. long. 
Filaments sprinkled with hairs below the middle, inserted in the throat of the 
corolla ; anthers with 2 parallel cells. Ovary tomentose, 4-lobed. Drupe the 
size and colour of a hen’s egg, 1 -seeded, contracted at the base, proceeding from 
one lobe of the ovary, the other lobes remaining abortive at the base, epicarp 
fleshy, endocarp corky. 
Hab.: In most tropical scrubs. 
Wood of a brownish colour, course in grain. — Bailei/s Cat. Ql. Woods, Xo. 301 bis. 
Outer bark stripped used as a fish-poison. — Roth. 
16. CLERODENDRON, Linn. 
(Referring to its uncertain medicinal properties.) 
Calyx campanulate or inflated, 5-toothed or 5-lobed, enlarged and spreading 
under the fruit (except in C. liemiderma and in some species not Australian). 
Corolla-tube slender, often very long ; limbs spreading nearly equally 5-lobed. 
Stamens 4, exserted and often very long. Ovary 4-celled, with 1 ovule in each cell 
laterally attached at or above the middle. Style filiform, with 2 short acute 
stigmatic lobes. Fruit a more or less succulent or almost dry drupe, the 
endocarp separating into 4 one-celled or rarely into 2 two-celled pyrenes. — Trees 
or shrubs or rarely herbs or woody climbers. Leaves opposite or in whorls. 
Flowers in loose heads or cymes, usually forming terminal corymbose or thyrsoid 
panicles or rarely axillary. 
A considerable tropical genus, chiefly Asiatic, with a few African or American species. Of 
the Australian species — which are here limited to eight, but might almost equally well be raised 
to ten or eleven, or reduced to four or five — one is a sea coast plant widely spread over tropical 
Asia, the others appear to be endemic. — Benth. 
Calyx minutely toothed. 
Woody climber. Flowers small in compact cymes. Corolla-tube 3 lines 
long. Fruit oblong, pubescent, small 1. C. liemiderma. 
Erect shrub. Flowers few in axillary loose cymes. Corolla-tube lin. 
long Fruit obovoid, glabrous, rather large 2. G.inerme. 
Calyx o-lobed to the middle. 
Corolla-tube about 3 lines long. Stamens shortly exserted. Leaves 
large and broad . . 3. C. Tracyanam. 
Corolla-tube f to nearly lin. long. Stamens long. Leaves usually 
tomentose. 
Leaves usually broad. Flowers mostly in dense terminal corymbs . 4. C. tomentosum. 
Leaves usually narrow. Flowers mostly in axillary cymes .... 5. C. lanceolatum. 
