Holmskioldia. | CI. VERBENACEE (BAKER). 315 
3. Hl. mucronata, Vatke in Linnea, xliii. 536. An erect shrub 
with spine-pointed short branchlets. Leaves ovate, shortly cuspidate, 
1-3 in. long, rounded at both ends, sometimes cordate at the base, thinly 
pubescent above, densely pubescent beneath ; petiole short. Cymes 
axillary, peduncled, pubescent ; bracts broadly ovate, villous, deciduous. 
Calyx coloured, pilose on both sides, at first 4-1} in., finally ? in. diam. 
Corolla-tube very short, pubescent ; limb sub-bilabiate. Ovary villous 
at the apex.—Cyclonema mucronatum, Klotzsch in Peters, Reise 
Mossamb, Bot. 260. 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa : Rios de Sena, Peters. 
12. VITEX, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. 1154. 
Calyx campanulate or funnel-shaped, 5-toothed or nearly truncate, 
accrescent. Corolla-tube short or long, subcylindric or funnel-shaped, 
straight or slightly curved; limb obliquely patent, sub-bilabiate. 
Stamens 4, didynamous, inserted in the corolla-tube and usually ex- 
serted from it; anther-cells nearly parallel or divergent. ; Ovary at fst 
imperfectly 2-celled, usually finally 4-celled; ovules solitary ’ laters y 
attached ; style filiform, bifid at the apex. Drupe with a more or less 
fleshy mesocarp and a hard 4-celled endocarp. Seeds obovate or oblong, 
exalbuminous.—Trees or shrubs, with glabrous or hairy branches. 
Leaves opposite, usually compound, digitate, rarely simple. hee 
dichotomous, axillary or forming a terminal panicle. Flowers whitish, 
yellowish, lilac or blue. both hemispheres. The 
Speci 3 i iti the tropical zone in bot emisphieres, . 
Afriewn oak Bee ey nhapiting Vitex, by Bentham, in Hooker’s Niger Flora, 
487, is now known from full material, and proves to belong to Euphorbiacese ( Old- 
fieldia africana, Hook. f.) 
*Panicle thyrsoid. 
Leaves simple. 
i 7 da. 
Petiole very short 1. Pr. chrysoclada 
Petiole not v hort 2. V. sulphurea. 
iolate 3. V. Strickeri. 
Leaves 3-foliolate . . . . 
Leaves, at least the larger, 5-foliolate. 
Leaflets sessile. 
Leaflets 4 times as long as broad 
Leaflets twice as long as broad 
Leaflets stalked. 
Leaflets white beneath 
Leatiets green beneath. 
Leaflets toothed 
_ Leaflets entire 
Panicle corymbose. 
T Leaves usually simple, large, ovate (see ulso 23 aud 24). 
Leaves hairy beneath . 
Leaves glabrous beneath. 
Leaves cuneate at the base 
Leaves rounded at the base. 
Fruit-calyx 4 in. diam. . 
Fruit-calyx 2 in, diam, 
” zanzibarensis. 
5. V. Volkensit. 
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7, V. Buchanani. 
”, thyrsiflora. 
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9. V. Vogelit. 
. 10. V. gomphophylla. 
. 11. V. syringefolia. 
_ 12. V. simplicifolia. 
