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Amasonia (after Thomas Amason, early American traveler). Verbenaceae. About a half-dozen species of under-shrubs of Trop. Amer. Fls. yellow or sulfur-colored in racemose or paniculate clusters; calyx 5-cleft; corolla 5-cleft, almost 2-lipped. May be treated as warmhouse' species of Clerodendron.
 
Amasonia (after Thomas Amason, early American traveler). Verbenaceae. About a half-dozen species of under-shrubs of Trop. Amer. Fls. yellow or sulfur-colored in racemose or paniculate clusters; calyx 5-cleft; corolla 5-cleft, almost 2-lipped. May be treated as warmhouse' species of Clerodendron.
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A. erecta. Linn. A slender, sparingly branched shrub: lvs. alternate and whorled, 4-5 in. long, oblong, crenate-serrate, dark green above, paler beneath: fls. white, racemosely paniculate; bracts scarlet. Guiana.
 
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Amasonia (after Thomas Amason, early American traveler). Verbenaceae. About a half-dozen species of under-shrubs of Trop. Amer. Fls. yellow or sulfur-colored in racemose or paniculate clusters; calyx 5-cleft; corolla 5-cleft, almost 2-lipped. May be treated as warmhouse' species of Clerodendron.

A. erecta. Linn. A slender, sparingly branched shrub: lvs. alternate and whorled, 4-5 in. long, oblong, crenate-serrate, dark green above, paler beneath: fls. white, racemosely paniculate; bracts scarlet. Guiana.


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