1182 
XCV. VERBENACEJL 
[Clerodendron. 
Corolla tube 1 to ljin. long. Stamens long. Leaves usually glabrous 
or tomentose only when young 6. C.jtoribundum. 
Corolla-tube 2in. long or more. Stamens long. Leaves of C. ftori- 
bundum 7. C. Cnnninghamii. 
Species insufficiently known, with broad tomentose, very rugose leaves . 8. C. costatum. 
1. C. hemiderma (half-skinned), F. v. M . ; Benth. FI. Austr. v. 61. A 
tall woody climber, the young parts and inflorescence more or less hoary-pubescent, 
the leaves becoming glabrous when full-grown. Leaves shortly petiolate, broadly 
ovate, obtuse or shortly and obtusely acuminate, mostly 2 to 3in. long, green on 
both sides. Flowers small for the genus, numerous, in rather compact trichoto- 
mous cymes either terminal or on short branches or leafless divaricate peduncles 
in the upper axils. Primary bracts sometimes oblong-lanceolate and contracted 
into a petiole, but most of them very small and narrow. Calyx shortly pedicelate, 
narrow-campanulate or obovoid, about 1| lines long, with 5 minute teeth. 
Corolla-tube slender, shortly exserted but not exceeding 3 lines, glabrous inside ; 
lobes about half as long as the tube, more or less silky-pubescent outside. 
Stamens about twice as long as the corolla-lobes. Fruiting calyx often above 2 
lines long but remaining narrow. Fruit oblong, obtuse, pubescent, or hirsute, 3 
to 4 lines long, 4-celled in the upper portion where the endocarp closes round the 
seeds and separates into 4 narrow nuts, the lower seedless portion assuming the 
appearance of a wing to each nut, whilst the lower portion of the dissepiment 
remains attached to the receptacle after the nuts have fallen in a cuneate-obloug 
shape three-toothed at the top and nearly as long as the calyx. — C. ( Hcmidenna ) 
Linnai, F. v. M. Fragm. vi. 151, not of Thwaites. 
Hab.: Cape York, Daemel ; Rockingham Bay, Dallachy ; Selheim River, Bowman ; 
Rockhampton, Thozet; Gilbert River, E. Daintree. 
This plant has a singular resemblance with the Cingalese C. Linncei, Thw. which has the 
same climbing habit, foliage, and inflorescence, but rather larger flowers, the outer bracts much 
larger, broader, and foliaceous, and the fruit, although nearly similar in shape, is much more 
normal, without the flat winglike bases of the nuts or the persistent axis upon which F. v. Mueller 
has founded his sectional character of Hemiderma. — Benth. 
2. C. inerme (unarmed), Pi. Br. Prod. 511; Benth. FI. Austr. v. 61. 
“ Ta-anji,” Batavia River, 'Roth. A shrub attaining 8ft. or more, glabrous or the 
young shoots slightly pubescent, the branches sometimes dilated and hardened 
at the base of the leaves, but not spinescent. Leaves on rather long petioles, 
ovate or elliptical, obtuse or shortly acuminate, entire, mostly 2 to 3in. long. 
Peduncles axillary, often nearly as long as the leaves, bearing usually 3, but 
sometimes a cyme of 7 or even more pedicellate flowers. Bracts minute. Calyx 
campanulate, slightly dilated on the margin, truncate and minutely toothed, 
more open and 3 lines long when in fruit. Corolla-tube about lin. long, the 
lobes about 4 lines. Stamens protuding about lin. beyond the throat. Drupe 
obovoid, usually about 4in. long, but sometimes much larger, the exocarp thick 
and spongy or almost corky, with a crustaceous endocarp. Seeds with thick 
cotyledons and a very short radicle. — Schau. in DC. Prod. xi. 660. 
Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, E. Brown; Bay of Inlets and Endeavour River, 
Banks and Solander ; frequent along the coast from Cape York to Rockhampton, A. Cunningham, 
M'Gillivray, F. v. Mueller, Dallachy, and many others. 
Wood light-coloured, firm and close-grained. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods, Xo. 301a. 
Fruit eaten and wood used for fire-sticks. — Both. 
3. C. Tracyanum (after Dr. R. T. Tracy), F. r. M., Benth. FI. Austr. v. 
62. A tall shrub or small tree, rather bare of foliage, the young branches foliage 
and inflorescence more or less vels'ety-pubescent or hirsute. Leaves broadly 
ovate, shortly acuminate, rounded or broadly cordate at the base, 4 to Sin. long 
or more, on petioles of 1 to 4in. Flowers in terminal trichotomous cymes, very 
dense at the time of flowering, 3 to lin. diameter when in fruit. Bracts very 
