226 MR. J. G. BAKER ON THE 
oblong, 1-14 in. long, narrowed from the middle to the base, 
moderately thick and firm in texture, green and hispid on both 
surfaces. Flowers in globose heads 4 in. in diam., on peduncles 
at the end of the stem and from the axils of most of the leaves ; 
outer bracts ovate, foliaceous; inner cuneate, membranous, 
truncate, pilose, 2 in. broad, 4l; in. long. Flowers under in. 
long. Pedicel very short. Calyx 1 lin. long, densely hispid. 
Corolla with a funnel-shaped tube reaching to the top of the bract, 
and minute spreading orbicular segments. Genitalia just pro- 
truded from the corolla-tube.— Central Madagascar, Baron 953! 
Allied to L. sessiliflora and L.geminata, but an unbranched annual. 
VITEX IBARENSIS, n. 8p. 
Erecta, glabra, foliis simplicibus petiolatis oblongis subcoriaceis obtusis 
vel acutis utrinque viridibus glabris, cymis congestis sessilibus axillari- 
bus paucifloris, pedicellis brevissimis, calycis tubo infundibulari campanu- 
lato dentibus parvis deltoideo-cuspidatis, corolla tubo elongato subcylin- 
drico piloso rubello segmentis brevissimis, genitalibus exsertis. 
An erect shrub, with slender woody glabrous branchlets. 
Leaves simple, opposite; petiole 4 in. long ; blade 3—4 in. long, 
13 in. broad, acute or obtuse, deltoid at the base, firm in texture, 
green and glabrous on both surfaces, the 5-6-jugate arcuate 
ascending main veins prominent beneath. Cymes 3-4-flowered, 
congested in the axils of the upper leaves; pedicels very short. 
Calyx 4 in. long, clothed with stellate brown pubescence; teeth 
very small. Corolla nearly an inch long, the tube } in. in diam. 
at the throat, the segments very small, semiorbicular. Style pro- 
truded 3-3 in. beyond the corolla-limb.—Ibara country, Langley 
Kitching! A near ally of the next species. 
VITEX PHILLYREXEFOLIA, n. sp. 
Erecta, ramosissima, ramulis apice villosis, foliis simplicibus petiolatis 
oblongis obtusis subcoriaceis utrinque viridibus glabris, floribus axillaribus 
solitariis, pedicellis brevissimis, calycis pilosi tubo infundibulari dentibus 
parvis deltoideis, corollze tubo elongato subcylindrico piloso, limbo parvo. 
A much-branched erect shrub, with slender woody branchlets, 
densely villose towards the top. Leaves opposite; petiole very 
short, villose; blade 1-14 in. long, under an inch broad, very 
obtuse, often emarginate at the apex, deltoid at the base, firm in 
texture, green and glabrous on both surfaces, the side veins fine 
and immersed. Flowers solitary, nearly sessile in the axils of 
the upper leaves. Calyx } in. long, shaggy with brown silky 
