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CLERODENDRON lividum. 
Discoloured Giennienarans 
DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Nat. ord. VERBENACER. 
CLERODENDRON. Supra vol. 5. fol. 406. 
C. lvidum; foliis oblongis dentatis utrinque acuminatis lividis: petiolo cos- 
taque tomentosis, calyce inflato pentagono, cymis tomentosis axillaribus 
foliis brevioribus. 
Suffrutex humilis, glaber, non lucidus, undique magis minisve purpu- 
rascens. Folia petiolata, oblonga, acuminata, grossé dentata, versits basin 
integra, petiolo costdque tomentosis. Cymi axillares, pedunculati, tomentosi, 
folits multd breviores. Calyx coloratus, ovatus, acutus, inflatus, alte 5-par- 
titus: laciniis marginibus applicitis angulos quinque formantibus. Corolla 
rubido-alba, hypocrateriformis, tubo recto, subinfundibulari, gracili, calycis 
longitudine, ad basin staminum hirsuto; limbo obliquo, reflexo, 5-partito: 
laciniis regularibus, ovatis, demiim revolutis, inferiore porrecto bilobo. 
Stamina subequalia, corolla longiora, declinata, versits medium tubi inserta, 
demim utrinque gyratim retorta. Anthere glabra, sagittate, atro-brunnee. 
Stylus jiliformis, staminibus brevior. Stigma acutum, bifidum. Ovarium 
subrotundum, glabrum, 4-loculare: ovulis totidem ascendentibus. 
A new and remarkable species. of Clerodendron, 
brought from China, for the Horticultural Society, in 1824, 
_by Mr. J. D. Parkes. Our drawing was made at the 
Chiswick garden, in November of the same year. 
This differs from all the species with which we were 
previously acquainted, in its dull, livid aspect, and inflated 
angular calyx, which increases in size with the growing 
fruit. | fu, 
A low livid bush, almost entirely smooth, and destitute 
of a shining appearance, requiring the protection of a 
common greenhouse, where the largest plants we have yet 
seen have not exceeded 3 feet in height. The eaves are 
