XCV. VERBENACErE. 
1183 
Clerodemlron .] 
small and deciduous. Calyx shortly pedicellate, villous outside glabrous inside, 
turbinate-campanulate and about 2| lines long at the time of flowering, divided 
to near the middle into acute lobes, enlarged and coloured after flowering, in 
some specimens with the fruit apparently ripe broadly campanulate and about 4 
lines diameter, in others still more enlarged and opening almost flat to about 5 
lines diameter. Corolla-tube above 3 lines long, slender, and the 5 lobes of the 
limb nearly equal and spreading as in the rest of the genus. Stamens rather 
longer than the corolla-lobes. Drupe succulent, 3 to 4 lines diameter, enclosing 
4 distinct 1-seeded pyrenes. — Premna Tracyana or Vitex Tracyana, F. v. M. 
Fragm. v. 61. 
Hab.: Rockingham Bay, Dallachy. 
Although the flowers are small, their structure and that of the fruit appears to me to be 
entirely those of Clerodendron, and not at all those of Premna or Vitex. — Benth. 
Wood of a grey colour, easy to work. — Bailey’s Cat. Ql. floods, No. 801b. 
4. C. tomentosum (tomentose), R. Dr. Prod. 510 ; Benth. FI. Austr. v. 
62. A tall shrub or small tree, the foliage and inflorescence usually velvety- 
pubescent, the older leaves rarely quite glabrous. Leaves on rather long petioles, 
ovate elliptical or almost lanceolate, shortly acuminate, acute or rarely rounded 
at the base, 2 to 4in. long. Flowers in the normal state numerous, in compact 
terminal corymbs, with rarely a few peduncles bearing small cymes in the upper 
axils. Calyx campanulate, softly pubescent, about 3 lines long when in flower, 
divided to about the middle into acute or rather obtuse lobes. Corolla-tube under 
lin. long, the lobes 3 to 4 lines. Stamens protruding by from V to lin. Fruit- 
ing calyx expanding to fin. diameter, the drupe black and shining. — Andr. Bot. 
Rep. t. 607 ; Bot. Mag. t. 1518 ; Scliau. in DC. Prod. xi. 662. 
Hab.: Brisbane River, and many other localities ; Gulf of Carpentaria, B. Gull. 
Wood of a yellow colour, close grained, light and easy to work .— Bailey’s Cat. Ql. Woods, 
No. 302. 
Var ? mollissima, very softly villous, referrible perhaps to C. lanceolatum, but with the 
broader leaves and terminal inflorescence of C. tomentosum. 
Ventenat’s plate of Volkameria tomentosa, Jard Malm., t. 84, represents an abnormal garden 
state, flowering very sparingly in the upper axils, connecting this species as well with the 
following C. lanceolatum as with some pubescent small-flowered forms of C. floribundum . — 
Bentli. 
5. C. lanceolatum (leaves lanceolate), F. v. M. Fragm. iii. 145 ; Benth. 
FI. Austr. v. 63. A tall shrub or small tree, the foliage and inflorescence softly 
velvety-pubescent or glabrous. Leaves on rather long petioles, lanceolate or 
ovate-lanceolate, acute or rather obtuse, 2 to 3in. long. Cymes in the upper 
axils several-flowered, shorter than the leaves, on short peduncles. Bracts 
narrow, acute, or the outer ones more leafy. Calyx broadly campanulate about 
2| lines long when in flower, divided to near the middle into obtuse lobes. 
Corolla usually pubescent outside, the tube about fin. long or rather more, the 
lobes scarcely 3 lines. Stamens rather long. Fruiting calyx enlarged, coloured, 
very open, 4 to 5 lines diameter, the lobes recurved. Drupe depressed globular 
or oblong, 4 to 5 lines long, nearly or quite black when ripe. 
Hab : Coomooboolaroo, Mrs. G. Barnard; Torrens, near White Mountains, if. C. Burton; 
and other northern localities. 
The leaves are narrower in most of the glabrous specimens than in the pubescent ones. The 
species is not very definitely separated from C. tomentosum. — Benth. 
6. C. floribundum (free-flowerer), R. Br. Prod. 511 ; Benth. FI. 
Austr. v. 63. “ Thurkoo,” Cloncurry, Palmer. A tall shrub or small 
tree, usually quite glabrous or the young parts tomentose. Leaves 
on rather long petioles, usually ovate or elliptical, but varying from 
broadly ovate and cordate to lanceolate, obtuse acute or acuminate ; acute 
rounded or cordate at the base, usually 2 to Sin. long but sometimes twice 
