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XCV. VERBENACEiE. 
[C 'lerodendron. 
as large. Cymes sometimes all loose and few-flowered in the upper axils, some- 
times forming a broad terminal corymbose panicle. Flowers to the naked eye 
apparently glabrous, but often sprinkled with a minute pubescence visible under 
a lens. Calyx 2^ to 8 lines long, more acute at the base than in C. tomentosum , 
the lobes acute, about as long as the tube or rather shorter. Corolla-tube usually 
from 1 to ljin. long, but sometimes longer, the lobes short in proportion. 
Stamens exserted by about lin. Fruiting-calyx expanding to above -|in. 
diameter, with a narrow base of 1 to 2 lines, the drupe black and shining. — 
Schau. in DC. Prod. xi. 671. 
Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, Henne ; Endeavour River, Banks and Solander ; 
Harvey’s Islands. Keppel Bay and Northumberland Islands, Ii. Brown ; Percy Island and 
Port Curtis, M'Gillivray ; Port Denison, Fitzalan ; Rockingham Bay, Dallachy ; Rockhampton, 
Dallachy and others ; in the interior, Mitchell. 
The species is exceedingly variable. In general it is to be distinguished from C. tomentosum 
by the absence of pubescence, more acute calyxes, longer flowers and looser inflorescence. 
Sometimes the inflorescence approaches that of C. inermis , more frequently it is at least on the 
main branches almost as abundant as in C. Cunninghamii. 
C. ovatum , R. Br. Prod. 511, Schau. in DC. Prod. xi. 671, or C. cardiophyllum, F. v. M. Fragm. 
iii. 144, is a form with large, very broad, somewhat coriaceous leaves and loose inflorescence, 
which may at first sight appear very distinct, but there are quite as many specimens which 
might equally well be referred to this or to some of the commoner varieties. — Benth. 
Wood close-grained and light coloured. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods. No. 302a. 
Two dried sticks of this plant are used by the aborigines to make fire with.— E. Palmer. 
7. C. Cunninghamii (after Allan Cunningham), Benth. FI. Austr. v. 64. 
A tall shrub, either quite glabrous or the underside of the leaves and inflorescence 
more or less tomentose. Leaves ovate, scarcely acuminate, often narrowed at 
the base, sometimes above 6in. long and membranous, sometimes much smaller 
and firmer, the petiole varying from under lin. to above 2in. Flowers numerous 
in a broad terminal corymb sometimes dense sometimes loose, with the calyx and 
structure nearly of C. floribundum , but remarkable for the long slender corolla- 
tube, usually exceeding 2in., the lobes broad, not above 3 lines long. Stamens 
rather long. Fruiting-calyx more or less funnel-shaped, shortly contracted at 
the base, the margins very spreading or recurved. Drupe 4 or 5 lines diameter, 
ripening 2 to 4 distinct pyrenes. 
Hab.: Cape York, Daemel, Jardinc ; Eudeavour River, A. Cunningham; and other northern 
localities. 
8. C. COStatum (ribbed), E. Br. Prod. 511 ; Benth. FI. Austr. v. 64. A 
tall shrub. Leaves very broadly ovate, obtuse, 4 to 5 inches long, reticulate-rugose 
and velvety-tomentose underneath. Inflorescence a terminal corymbose panicle, 
not exceeding the leaves but looser than in C. tomentosum. Flowers not seen. 
Fruiting calyx enlarged and drupe of C. floribundum . — Schau. in DC. Prod, 
xi 671. 
Hab.: Endeavour River, Banks and Solander. 
The foliage is that of Gmclina Leichhardtii, but the fruit undoubtedly that of Clerodendron, 
and not of Gmclina. — Benth. 
17. AVICENNIA, Linn. 
(After Abu Ben Sina (Avicenna), the celebrated Arab physician, of Bokahara, 
who died a.d. 1037. 
Calyx divided to the base into 5 distinct segments or sepals. Corolla-tube 
short and broad ; limb of 4 nearly equal spreading lobes or the upper one rather 
larger. Stamens 4, inserted in the throat, with the anthers slightly protruding. 
Ovary 1-celled, with 4 ovules collaterally suspended from a central column, which 
has 4 angles between the ovules, imperfectly dividing the ovary into 4 cells. 
Fruit a compressed capsule, the pericarp opening in 2 valves. Seed solitary, 
