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CLERODENDRON viscosum. 
Clammy Clerodendron. 
LS : 
DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMTA, 
Nat. ord. VERBENACER. Jussieu in ann. du mus. 7. 63. 
VERBENACER. Cal. tubulosus, persistens. Cor. hypogyna, 
1-petala, tubulosa, limbo plertmque irregulari, decidua. Stam. szpits 4, 
didynama, rard wqualia, nunc2.. Germ. 2-4-loc., ovulis. erectis, solitariis 
v. geminis. Stylus 1. Stig. 2-fidum v. indivisum. Pericarp. drupaceum y. 
baccatum. “Albumen nullum vel parcum. Embryo erectus. Arbores v. Fru- 
tices, rariis Herbe. Fol. exstipulata, sepits opposita, simplicia v. com- 
posita. Flores opposite corymbosi, aut_alterné spicati; nunc capitato-con-~ 
ferti; raré axillares solitarit. Brown prod. 1. 510. 
CLERODENDRON. Supra vol. 5. fol. 406. 
C, viscosum, foliis cordatis, dentatis, corymbo terminali paniculato, calyci- 
bus viscosis laxis dimidio tubi corollz longioribus. Brown in Hort. Kew. 
ed. 2. 4. 63. 
Clerodendron viscosum. Venten. malmais. 25. Kenig in ann. of bot. 1. 
388. Curtis's magaz. 1805. 
Peragu. heede mal. 2. 41. ¢.25; (synonymon a Linneo minis recté Clero- 
dendro infortunato appositum. ) 
Frutex tomentosus, caldario cultus, brachialis, pollicem crassus: caulis 
ramosus, inferné teres, superne sulcato-4-gonus cinereo-virescens, ramis axil- 
laribus oppositis. Folia decussato-opposita, petiolata, cordata, tomentosa, 
acuta, dentata, patentia, cano-virentia, subtis varicoso-nervosa, Jloralia 
plurimuim breviora: pet. articulatus longitudine fer? lamine. Panicule ter- 
minales, laxits spheroidee, decussato-ramose,. rachide Sfusco-rufescente: di- 
visuris bi-trichotomis. Flores rectt, pedicellati, candidi, basi purpurascentes, 
suaveolentes: bractew opposite, sessiles atque articulate vel petiolulo insiden- 
tes, horizontales, ovales, integra, acute, concave, caduce. Cal. campanulatus, 
subpentagonus, inflatus, pubescens, glandulis nonnullis viscosis. conspersus, 
' profundé 5-divisus, persistens, segmentis rectis ovali-oblongis acutis equa- 
libus, margine imbricantibus. Cor. 1-pet., hypogyna, tubulosa, irregularis: 
tubus cylindraceus, angustus, striatus, ee supra jissus, viridi-albi- 
cans, totus feré calyce inclusus; limbi lacinie 5, secunde, subequales, pilis 
parum conspicuis consperse; media recta ovali-oblonga acuta, laterales per 
paria opposite, oblique, adscendentes, ovales, obtuse. Stamina summo 
tubo adnata, corollé duplo longiora: fil. cylindrica, acuta, primd declinata 
curvo semicirculart, inde horizontalia et reflexa, glabra, corolle concolora: 
antherz versatiles, ovales, compresse, bilobe, antice bisulce, saturate pur- 
puree. Germ. liberum, rotundatum, glabrum, virescens: stylus longitudine 
forma atque directione filamentorum: stigma bifidum lobulis brevibus acutis 
divergentibus. Bacca partum succulenta, calyce tecta, globosa, subdepressa, 
lucida, cinerea, tetrapyrena: pyrena ime bacce annexa, erecta, hinc con- 
vexa atque reticularia, illine angulosa atque levia, monosperma: semen 
ovale, obtusum, fuscum.  descriptione Ballinteyeatouati feré versum. 
