SPENCER MOORE: GAMOPETALJA. 169 
secundarim utrinque circa 10, parum aspectabiles. Cymæ circa :5 x 1'5- 
2 em. Pedunculi 1 em. long. vel minus. Bracteæ pubescentes, + 4 mm. 
) mm. long., lobi vix 
1 mm. Corolle tubus 6 mm. long., ima basi 2:2 mm., ore 42 mm. lat. ; lobi 
long. Pedicelli 1-2 mm. long. Flores albi. Calyx : 
postici 2:5 mm. long., laterales 4 mm., anticus segre 5 mm. long. Stamina 
summum 2:5 mm. ex tubo сого eminentia ; antheræ 0°8 mm. long. 
Ovarium superne attenuatum setosumque, 2°5 mm. long.; stylus glaber, 
6:5 mm. long. Васса ignota. 
Near V. Welwitschit, Gürke, from which it can be distinguished on sight 
by its differently shaped leaflets on longer petiolules. 
Vitex Овулосм, S. Moore, sp. nov. 
Frutex grandis, ramis sspe prostratis ramulis deorsum nudis fulvo- 
pubescentibus dein glabrescentibus, foliis petiolis longis gracilibus breviter 
pubescentibus insidentibus sepissime 5-foliolis foliolis sat longe petiolulatis 
lanceolatis vel lanceolato- vel oblaneeolato-oblongis caudato-acuminatis basin 
versus angustatis basi obtusis vel acutis margine ad medium integris abhine 
serrato-crenatis tenuiter membranaceis supra glabris subtus presertim in 
costis costulisque puberulis, cymis axillaribus abbreviatis pedunculatis pauci- 
floris fulvo-sericeis, bracteis linearibus pedicellos excedentibus, calyce cam- 
panulato fulvo-sericeo quam lobi triangulares obtusi longiore, corolle tubo 
extus puberulo calycem bene excedente superne amplificato juxta medium 
valde eurvato lobis extus fulvo-pubescentibus posticis lateralibusque ovatis 
obtusissimis his quam illi duplo longioribus lobo antico magno subquadrato 
patentissimo, staminibus exsertis antheris subparallelis. 
Hab. Open woods at Beira ; in fl. Dec. ; n. 1062. 
Ramuli nudi cirea 2 mm. diam., ad nodos cicatricosi. Foliorum petioli 
5:5-7:5 em. long.; foliola basalia solemniter 2-3 cm. long., 1:2-1:5 em. lat., 
folium terminale 8-11 x 2°5-3°5 cm., foliola in sicco pagina superiore olivacea 
pagina inferiore griseo-viridia ; costz secundaria utrinque 9-12, ut reticulum 
delicatulum faciliter aspectabiles ; foliorum basalium petioluli 2-4 mm. long., 
foliorum intermediorum 4-10 mm., folii terminalis 1:5-2 ст. long. Сута 
cirea Эх 1:5 ст. Pedunculi circa 1 em. long., bracteæœ + 4 mm., pedicelli 
1:2 mm. Calyx 3 mm. long., lobi есте 1 mm. Corolla tubus 8 mm. long., 
basi fere 2 mm., ore vix 5 mm. lat.; lobi postici 3 mm. long., laterales 5 mm., 
anticus 7 mm. Stamina longiora 4 mm. ex tubo corolla eminentia; ап его 
0:5 mm. long. Ovarium ovideum, setosum, vix 2 mm. long. Stylus glaber, 
1 em. long., sub stigmate leviter incrassatus. Васе non suppetunt. 
Differs from the last in the shape and toothing of the leaflets, and in 
several floral details. 
