318 CI. VERBENACEH (BAKER). [ Vitea. 
late, densely pubescent, ;1, in. long; teeth distinct, ovate. Corolla 
sulphur-yellow, 4 in. long. Fruit the size of a small pea. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: in the provinces of Pungo Andongo and Golungo 
Alto, Welwitsch, 5663! 5677 ! 5735! 5736! 
3. V. Strickeri, Vatke & Hildebr. in Linnea, xliii. 532. A shrub 
5-6 ft. high ; branchlets densely clothed with short brown pubescence. 
Leaves trifoliolate, subcoriaceous, scabrous above, densely pubes- 
cent with raised main veins beneath; leaflets ovate, acute, 14-2 in. 
long, entire or slightly toothed, end one shortly petioled; main 
petiole densely pubescent, 1 in. long. Cymes forming a thyrsoid 
terminal panicle 2—4 in. long; branches very pubescent ; pedicels very 
short. Calyx campanulate, pubescent, minutely toothed, ;/; in. long at 
flowering. Corolla pubescent, twice as long as the calyx. Drupe yellow, 
glossy, glabrous, the size of a pea. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usaramo ; Dar-es-Salaam, Hildebrandt, 
Bagamoyo, Kirk ! 
Mile Land. British East Africa: Mombasa, Wakefield ! 
4, V. zanzibarensis, Vatke in Linnea, xliii. 533. A shrub 4-5 
yards high; branchlets shortly pubescent. Leaves 3-5-foliolate, 
moderately firm, green and glabrous on both surfaces; leaflets 3-9, 
sessile, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, entire, narrowed to the base, 3-4 
in. long, 1 in. broad at the middle; petiole 14-2 in. long. Cymes 
laxly disposed on the branches of an ample panicle ; branchlets clothed 
with short whitish pubescence; bracts lanceolate, minute. Calyx 
campanulate, 'y in. long and broad at flowering, canescent ; teeth 5, 
minute. Corolla lilac, densely pubescent, } in. long; tube funnel- 
shaped ; lobes very small. 
Mozamb. Dist. (German East Africa: Bagamoyo, Hildebrandt, 1303! 
d. V. Volkensii, Giirke in Engl. PA. Ost-Afr. C. 339. A tree; 
branchlets clothed with yellowish hairs. Leaves with a long petiole, 
5-foliolate ; leaflets subsessile, oblong, acute, entire, moderately firm, 
slightly pubescent above, densely pubescent beneath ; central one 3-4 
in. long. Cymes forming an ample terminal thyrsoid panicle ; branches 
densely pubescent ; pedicels short. Calyx campanulate, pubescent, 
qs-iz in. long; teeth small, deltoid. Corolla-tube pubescent, twice as 
long as the calyx ; lobes small, orbicular. Stamens included. 
Mozamb. Dist. (ierman East Africa: Usambara ; Nderema, Volkens, 132! 
6. V. Negundo, Linn.; Schawer in DC. Prod. xi. 684. A shrub 
or small tree; branchlets coated with white tomentum. Leaves 
5-foliolate, moderately firm, green and glabrous above when mature, 
coated with thin persistent whitish tomentum beneath; leaflets 9, 
oblong-lanceolate, entire, acute, rounded at the base, 3-4 in. long, 1 in. 
broad, the three upper long-petioled; main petiole 14-2 in. long. 
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