280 CI. VERBENACEZ (BAKER). | Lippia. 
above, pubescent with much-raised veins beneath. Heads globose, in. 
long, 2-4 from the upper nodes on long stiff ascending peduncles ; 
bracts very closely imbricated, pubescent, orbicular, with a large cusp, 
the outer 4 in. broad. Corolla milk-white, not longer than the bract. 
Nile Land. British Somaliland: Serrut Mountains, near Maid, 5800 ft., Hilde- 
brandt, 1443! 
5. L. asperifolia, Rich.; Schauer in DC. Prod, xi. 583. A 
much-branched shrub, reaching a height of 12-15 ft. Stems woody, 
clothed with short whitish stiff hairs. “eaves opposite or ternate, 
shortly petioled, oblong, crenate, very rugose, 14—2 in. long, very pubes- 
cent beneath and the veins raised. Heads from the axils of many of 
the leaves, not more than 4-6 to a node, not forming terminal corymbs 
above the leaves, } in. diam., at first globose, finally oblong; bracts 
broad, ovate, cuspidate, very hairy, the outer 54, in. broad. Corolla 
searcely longer than the bract ; limb whitish. Fruits very small, light 
brown.— JZ. scabra, Hochst. in Flora, 1845, 68. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: Ankober, Roth, 10, 523! British East Africa: Kuapte 
Plateau, 5000-6000 ft., Thomson ! Ukamba, 4000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 6331 ! 
Lower Guinea. Angola, Welwitsch, 5749! 5750! 
South Central. Congo Free State: Mtowa, Deseamps. 
Mozamb. Dist. Zanzibar, Hildebrandt, 995! Bojer ! German East Africa: 
Usambara ; Kwa Mshnza, Holst, 8893! Kilimanjaro, 5000 ft., Volkens, 218! Lower 
Plateau, north of Lake Nyasa, Thomson! Portuguese East Atrica: Mozambique, 
Forbes! Luabo River, Kirk, 17! Lower Zambesi ; Shupanga, Kirk ! Lower Valley 
of the River Shire, Meller! at the foot of Morambala Mountain, Kirk! British 
Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Mount Chiradzulu, 4000 ft., Whyte! Matabeleland, 
Elliott ! Oates! 
Also at the Cape and in Tropical America. 
6. L. adoensis, Hochst.; Schauer in DC. Prod. xi. 578. An 
erect undershrub reaching a height of 5-7 ft., with shortly pubescent 
branchlets. Leaves 2—4 or sometimes more in a whorl, nearly or quite 
sessile, oblong or oblanceolate-oblong, subcoriaceous, obscurely crenate, 
but little rugose, rather scabrous on the upper surface, thiny pubescent 
beneath, the lower sometimes 4—5 in. long. Inflorescence very variable, 
the very numerous heads sometimes forming a dense terminal panicle, 
the upper internodes sometimes long, with several heads from each node 
on short peduncles. Heads permanently globose, }—} in. diam. ; bracts 
hairy, ovate, cuspidate, the outer 4 in. broad. Calyx villous, 7g iD. 
long. Corolla whitish, not longer than the bract.—A. Rich. Tent. Fl. 
Abyss. ii. 167; Oliv.in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 132. L. grandifolia, 
Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii.167. LZ. Schimperi, Walp. Rep. 
iv. 53,non Hochst. Lantana abyssinica, Otto & Dietr. in Gartenzeit. ix. 
79. 
Upper Guinea. Senegal, Heudelot, 103! Senegambia; Mbidjem, 7hierry, 
227! Gambia, Ingram! Brown-Lester, 4! 28! Sierra Leone: Wallia on the River 
Searcies, Scott-Elliot, 4262! 4285! Talla Hills, near Durunia, Scott-Elliot, 4878 ! 
Lagos, Millen, 143! Borgu, Barter, 768! Niger, Baikie, 11 
