292 CI, VERBENACEH (BAKER). [Premna. 
15. P. viburnoides, 4. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 171. An erect 
shrub, with densely pubescent branchlets. Leaves distinctly petioled, 
ovate, 2-3 in. long, obtusely cuspidate, entire, broadly rounded or su 
cordate at the base, nearly glabrous above when mature, pubescent 
beneath. Cymes dense, many-flowered, terminal ; pedicels short, 
densely pubescent ; bracts small, ovate. Calyx pubescent, campanu- 
late, ;1; in. long ; teeth short, usually obtuse. Corolla-tube as long as 
the calyx ; lobes oblong, obtuse, rather shorter than the tube. Ste 
not exserted beyond the corolla-lobes. Drupe globose, glabrous, black, 
4 in. diameter.—P. Schimperi, Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 356. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: Tigre; at Addi Gayechti in Debra Damo District, 
6800 ft., Schimper, 566! Begemeder; in the Valley of the Reb at Gerra-Abe 
Tekla-Haimanot, 7500-8500 ft., Schimper, 1131! Shoa, Petit, Ankober, Roth, 466! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Uniamwezi, 3900 ft., Speke & Grant ! 
Portuguese East Africa : Lower Shire Valley, Kirk ! 
16. P. senensis, Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 263. A 
small tree, with densely pubescent branchlets. Leaves shortly petioled, 
ovate or oblong, 1-2 in. long, acute, entire, rounded or cuneate at the base, 
thinly pubescent above, densely pubescent and grey beneath. Cymes 
dense, terminal, many-flowered ; pedicels very short, densely pubescent ; 
bracts subulate. Calyx densely pubescent, j}, in. long; teeth short, 
obtuse. Corolla-tube rather longer than the calyx ; lobes ovate, obtuse, 
shorter than the tube. Stamens reaching to the tip of the corolla-lobes ; 
filaments hairy at the base. oy 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa; Lower Zambesi; Lupata, Kirk! 
British Central Africa ; Nyasaland, Buchanan, 93! 1261! 
The natives procure their fire-sticks from this species. 
17. P. oligotricha, Baker. An erect shrub, with slender 
slightly pubescent branchlets. Leaves shortly petioled, suborbicular, 
1-1} in. long, subcuneate or rounded at the base, cuspidate, distinctly 
crenate, membranous, nearly glabrous above, pubescent beneath. Cy sap 
small, lax, terminal ; pedicels as long as the calyx. Calyx 7’: in. long; 
lobes ovate, acute, unequal, as long as the campanulate tube. Corolla- 
tube rather shorter than the calyx ; limb bilabiate, as long as the tube. 
Stamens shorter than the corolla-lobes. 
Wile Land. British East Africa; Taita; Ndi Mountains, Scott-Elliot, 6202! 
10, CLERODENDRON, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. 1159. 
Calyx not accrescent ; tube campanulate; lobes 5, equal, longer oF 
shorter than the tube. Corolla-tube cylindrical; lobes 5, obovate, 
spreading or slightly reflexed, subequal or unequal, Stamens 4, inserted 
below the throat of the corolla-tube ; filaments long, filiform, involute 
in bud ; anthers ovoid or oblong, with parallel cells. Ovary imperfectly 
4-celled ; cells 1-ovuled ; style long, bifid at the apex. Fruita globose 
drupe with a fleshy pericarp and 4 smooth or rugose pyrenes. Seed 
oblong, exalbuminous.—Trees or shrubs, sometimes scandent. Leaves 
