4-29-29 Clerodendron Thomsomae Balfour
Fl. St. Georges Public Garden. What
seems a vine only 2 ft or so high
held against wall west of north steps
by Kernilworth dry. Lvs opp as
far as could observe exstipulate, St.
oblong purplish. Lf scale. Long
3/4x1/2 in, abruptly valvately acum,
minute, subcordate at base. Nerves
both sides but minutely ciliate.
Petiole 7/6 in, purple, veins impressed
above, somewhat purplish beneath.
& prominent to touch. St (only one
collected) 3 veined at base. Fls in
peduncled cyms (not noticed
whether terminal or axillary)
Pedicels 1/8-1/4 in enlarging at apex.
Calyx white, 3/4 in high, deeply
cut into 5 olate, sharply tipped
lobes, salutate in bud and much
larger (in bud) than corolla.
Effect is like an inflated calyx
from peduncle to fl. Corolla
gamopetalous. Tube 7/6 in, slightly
enlarged at base, greenish, gland
pubescent, slender, limb rich red,
5 lobed, 1/2 in across.
Stamens 4 inserted shortly below
throat but forming 4 pubescent
lines on tube to its base. Filaments
threadlike, long exerted & after delisc
ing coiled spirally, seem to
be equal to extend when ex
certed hit the 2 upper lobes fl
corolla. Connective (but upper halves
& antlier cells only) is round & seed like.
Pollen lavender. Style filiform, long
exerted. Stigma 3 lobed. Ovary superior,
seemingly 4 celled, each cell rounded.
4-29-29 Crescentia Cujete L. p 353
BMJC.P.688 Fl. picked up from ground.
St. Georges P. H. Fl. greenish rather