626 evil, verbenace^e. [ Clerodendron . 
(5) C. penduliflorum Wall. Cat. 1795; Gamble, l.c. 830. 
Slender shrublet about 2 ft. tall. Leaves thin ovate or lanceo¬ 
late, long-acuminate, base acute, glabrous, paler beneath, 5 to 
8 in. long, 1 to 3 in. wide; petioles -5 to 2 in. long. Panicle long 
lax pendent, up to 15 in. long, with distant pairs of branches 
1-5 in. long, slender bearing 3 or 4 flowers at the ends. Calyx 
campanulate, lobes acute deep cut, pinkish. Corolla pure white, 
funnel-shaped, -5 in. long, lobes oblong spathulate, as long as the 
tube. Stamens exsert. Drupe black surrounded by the red 
enlarged calyx. Hab. Woods, not rare. A very charming pot 
plant. Selangor, Batu Caves. Perak, Batu Kurau (Scortechini). 
Penang, Base of Hill and Penara Bukit. Kedah, Gunong Geriang; 
Alor Sta. Kelantan, Chaning. Jalor, Biserat (Annandale). Dis- 
trib. Burma, Nicobars. 
(6) C. umbratile King and Gamble, Kew Bulletin , 1908, p. no; 
Gamble, Journ. , 4 $. Soc. Beng., l.c. 831. 
Shrub 4 to 5 ft. tall. Leaves membranous oblong to nearly 
obovate abruptly acuminate, base blunt or slightly attentuate, 
glabrous, 8 to 16 in. long, 2 to 6 in. wide; petioles 1 to 3 in. long. 
Panicles from upper axils long pendulous; peduncles 4 to 7 in. 
long; branches paired, 2 in. long; bran chiefs 1 in. long. Bracts 
leafy lanceolate. Calyx white turning red, deeply lanceolate- 
acuminate lobed, *5 in. long. Corolla-tube cylindric, -4 to -6 in. 
long; lobes spathulate as long. Stamens long, exsert. Drupe 
'5 in. through, black. Hab. Dark forests usually in mountain 
districts, Malacca, Bukit Kamuning (Derry). Selangor, Ginting 
Bidai. Perak, Thaiping Hills to 3500 ft. altitude; Kwala Dipang 
(Curtis); Bujong Malacca. Distrib. Sumatra. 
(7) C. serratum S fir eng, Syst. Veg. ii. 758. var. Wallicliii 
Clarke in Hook. fil. F.B.I. iv. 592. 
A bushy shrub, upper parts herbaceous; branches angled. 
Leaves membranous obovate-lanceolate or oblanceolate short 
acuminate, narrowed at base, edges serrate or nearly entire, 4 to 
8 in. long, 1-5 to 3 in. wide; petioles usually short, -i in. long, 
sometimes more. Panicle erect, 6 to 12 in. long, rather dense 
pubescent; branches and flowers many. Bracts foliaceous ovate 
acuminate or blunt. Calyx campanulate, lobes very short, not 
enlarged or spreading in fruit. Corolla-tube cylindric, *25 in. 
long, villous inside, lobes in 2 distinct lips, upper lip creamy white, 
lower pale blue, midlobe spathulate longer. Stamens curved 
villous at base, exsert. Drupe black, -25 in. long. Hab. Open 
country; common, Pahang, Tahan River; Pulau Tawar; Raub 
(Machado). Selangor, Pudoh (Goodenough); Bukit Kutu; Kwala 
Lumpur. Perak, Kwala Kangsa; Ipoh (Curtis). Kelantan, Kwala 
Lebir (Gimlette). Distrib. Sikkim, Burma, Cambodia, Sumatra, 
Java, Celebes. Native names: Mata Kesing; Lampin Budak. 
Use: Flowers eaten in childbirth. 
