Clerodendron.| CI. VERBENACEE (BAKER). 303 
flowered ; pedicels often longer than the calyx. Calyx glabrous, 4-1 in. 
long; tube tubular-subcampanulate ; teeth ovate, much shorter than the 
tube. Corolla white; tube above 1 in. long; lobes subequal, 4-3 in. 
long. Stamens twice as long as the corolla-tubes. Fruit-carpels large, 
oblong, glabrous, 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Mombasa, 300 ft., Wakefield ! Kirk ! Nyika 
country, near Mombasa, Wakefield ! Taita; Ndara Mountains, Hildebrandt, 2389. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Bombuera, Holst, 2200! and without 
precise locality, Hannington ! 
31. C. Thomsone, Balf. f. in Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin. vii. 265, t. 7 
and 580, ¢t. 16. A climbing shrub, with glabrous branchlets. Leaves 
opposite, shortly petioled, thin, ovate or oblong, acute, entire, glabrous, 
3-6 in. long. Cymes lax, many-flowered ; pedicels as long as the calyx. 
Calyx white, pentagonal, 4-3} in. long; tube very small; lobes large, 
ovate, acute. Corolla light crimson; tube 1 in. long; lobes subequal, 
oblong, } in. long. Stamens ? in. long.—Hook. in Bot. Mag. t. 5313 
Houllet in Rev. Hort, 1867, 312, with figure. 
Upper Guinea. Niger Delta: Angiama, Barter, 2093! Old Calabar River, 
Thomson, cultivated specimen! Mann, 2327! Cross River, Johnston ! 
32. C. Holstii, Giirke MS. in Herb. Kew. An erect shrub, with 
densely pubescent white branchlets. Leaves shortly petioled, ovate, 
14-2 in. long, acute or obtuse, entire, rounded at the base, moderately 
firm, slightly pubescent above, densely pubescent beneath. Cymes 
small, dense, terminal; pedicels very short, densely pubescent. Calyx 
¢ in. long, densely pubescent ; lobes ovate, rather shorter than the cam- 
panulate tube. Corolla-tube cylindrical, ? in. long; segments of the 
limb orbicular, } in. broad. Stamens much exserted. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara ; Duga, Holst, 3208! 
33. C. tricholobum, Giirke in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 178. A shrub, 
with tomentose or pubescent branchlets. Leaves shortly petioled, ovate, 
acute or acuminate, rounded at the base, entire, 2-3 in. long, coriaceous, 
velvety on both sides. Cymes long-peduncled, lax, axillary ; pedicels 
ys—} in. long; bracts lanceolate, lower 4 in. long. Calyx pilose, } in. 
long; lobes long, subulate. Corolla-tube $-} in. long, glandular 
pubescent. : 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara; Pangani, Stuhlmann, 587. 
Portuguese East Africa: Mozambique, Stuhlmann, 444. 
34. CG. pleiosciadium, Giirke in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 177. Leaves 
distinctly petioled, ovate, acuminate, rounded or narrowed to the base, 
above 2 in. long, 14 in. broad, irregularly deeply toothed, sparingly pilose 
on the ribs on both sides; petiole $-1 in. long. Cymes terminal, very 
compound, many-flowered; pedicels long; bracts filiform. Calyx 
glabrous, 5-partite below the middle; lobes lanceolate, acuminate. 
Corolla-tube glabrous, $—} in. long. Stamens long. 
Mozamb. Dist. (rerman East Africa: Usegua; at Kiwanda, Fischer, 467. 
