310 Cl. VERBENACEE (BAKER). [ Clerodendron. 
lobes oblong, subequal, } in. long. Stamens twice as long as the 
corolla-lobes. 
Lower Guinea. (taboon: Sierra del Crystal, Mann, 1715! 
58. C. myricoides, 2. Br.; Vatke in Linnea, xliii.535, An erect 
shrub 3-5 ft. high, with glabrous or pubescent branchlets. Leaves 
2-4-nate, subsessile, oblong, acute, deeply toothed, cuneate and entire 
at the base, 2-6 in. long, membranous, glabrous above, finely pubescent 
beneath. Cymes lax, few-flowered, forming a short terminal panicle ; 
branchlets glabrous or finely pubescent. Calyx glabrous, $ in. long, 
and broad ; tube campanulate ; lobes short, ovate, obtuse, foliaceous. 
Corolla-tube very short; upper lobes obovate, white, $ in. long; lower 
obovate-cuneate, spoon-shaped, } in. long, usually pale blue. Stamens 
arcuate, 3-1 in. long. Carpels oblong, black, glabrous.—Engl. Hoch- 
gebirgsfi. Trop. Afr. 356. Cyclonema myricoides, Hochst. ; Schauer 1n 
DC. Prod. xi. 675; Hook. in Bot. Mag. t. 5838; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. 
Abyss, ii. 171; Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc., xxix. 133. 
Upper Guinea. Lagos; interior, Rowland ! 
Mile Land. Eritrea: Keren, 4500 ft., Beccari, 296! Mount Kube, 6000 ft., 
Schweinfurth & Riva, 1518! Galabat: Matamma, Schweinfurth, 41!  Abyssima: 
Tigre; Mount Sholoda, near Adowa, Schimper, 330! Samen; Shoata Valley, 
Schimper, 1140! Ghuba Valley, Stewdner, 1311! Shoa; Ankober, Roth, 469! 
471! Aliu Amba, Roth, 470! and without precise locality, Plowden ! British East 
Africa: Jur; Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 1892! Kich ; at Ador village, Petherick ! 
Moru ; Neangara, Petherick ! banks of the White Nile, Petherick ! Ruwenzori; i0 
Wimi Valley, 7000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 7927! Nandu; Nzowi (Nzoia) River, 4000- 
6060 ft.. Scott-Elliot, 6684! Uganda, Scott-Elliot, 7141! Taita; Ndi Mountain, 
Scott-Elliot, 6192! 
Lower Guinea. Lower Congo: Boma, Monteiro! Angola, Welwitsch, 5699 ! 
5703 ! 5704! 5707 ! 5725! Malange, Marques, 10! 
South Central. Congo Free State: Bolobo, on the River Congo, Johnston ! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usui, Speke §& Grant, 203! Unyam- 
wezi; Msalala, Hannington! and without precise locality, Speke & Grant ! Kirk! 
Portuguese East Africa: mouth of the Kongone River, Kirk! British Central 
Africa: Nyasaland ; Masuka Plateau, 6500-7000 ft., Whyte ! Shire Highlands, 
Scott-Elliot, 8589! Zomba, Whyte, 83! 99! Manganja Hills, Waller ! 
Also in Natal. 
Var. discolor, Baker. Branches very pubescent. Leaves pubescent on both sides, 
densely hairy beneath. Calyx pubescent.—Cyclonema discolor, Klotz-ch in Peters, 
Reise Mossamb. Bot. 262, 
Nile Land. Uganda, Wilson, 138! 
Lower Guinea. Angola, Welwitsch, 5700! 
Mozamb. Dist. (German East Africa: Usambara ; Heboma, Holst, 2571! 
Kilimanjaro; at 7000 ft., Johnston, 95! and at Marangu, 4700 ft., Volkens, 226! 
Portuguese East Africa : Rios de Sena, Peters! British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; 
Blantyre, Buchanan, 33! near Mount Sochi, 3000 ft., Kirk ! Mount Malosa, Whyte! 
Mount Mlanji, Whyte! Rhodesia : Leshumo Forest, Holub ! 
Var. floribundum, Baker. Whole plant glabrous. Leaves long, lanceolate. 
Cymes forming a lax, thyrsoid panicle, a foot or more long. : 
mate Land. British East Africa: Niamniam; at Gumango Hill, Schweinfurth, 
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