PLATE DCVII.
CLERODENDRUM TOMENTOSUM.
Downy Clerodendrum.
CLASS XII. ORDER II.
DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. Two Chives longer. Seeds covered.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx campanulatus, quinquefidus. Corolla tubo elongato, limbo quinquepartito, æquali. Stamina exserta. Germen quadriloculare, loculis monospermis. Drupa tetrapyrena.
Cup bell-shaped, five-cleft. Tube of the blossom elongated, with the limb equally five-parted. Stamens longer than the tube. Seed-bud four-celled, the cells one-seeded. Fruit a dry berry including four nuts.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Clerodendrum tomentosum, foliis ellipticis acutis integris calycibusque tomentosis; corymbis congestis.—Brown. Prodromus Floræ Novæ Hollandiæ et Insulæ Van Diemen, vol. 1. p. 510.
Downy Clerodendrum with elliptic acute entire leaves downy as well as the cups; corymbs crowded.