322 CI, VERBENACE& (BAKER). [ Vitex. 
cence; teeth short, broad, acute. Corolla-tube twice the length of the 
calyx. Stamens exserted. Fruit globose, glabrous, 1 in. or more in 
diam. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara; Tanga, Volkens, 92. 
20. VW. madiensis, Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 134, t. 131. 
A tree; branchlets pubescent or villous when young. Leaves usually 
3-foliolate, sometimes simple or 5-foliolate, subcoriaceous, green and 
glabrous above when mature, hairy especially on the main ribs beneath ; 
leaflets obovate-cuneate, obtuse or cuspidate, deeply crenate in the 
upper half, reaching a length of 5-6 in. by half as broad, end one dis- 
tinctly stalked ; main petiole 3-4 in. long. Cymes dense, axillary, long- 
peduncled; branchlets densely hairy; pedicels very short. Calyx cam- 
panulate, densely hairy, 4 in. long and broad; teeth ovate, distinct. 
Corolla twice as long as the calyx, hairy outside. Fruit edible, the size 
of a small plum.—V. Schweinfurthii, Giirke in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 170. 
Mile Land. British East Africa: Jur; Kurshook Ali’s Seriba, Schweinfurth, 
ser, 8, 48! Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 1865! 1506! 2030! Denka territory, at 
Jeranil, Schweinfurth, 1313! Madi, Speke & Grant, 649! Mittu ; near Mvolo, Sehwein- 
Surth, 2848. 
21. V. Schweinfurthii, Baker. A tree; branchlets stout, woody, 
terete, clothed with short soft drab pubescence. Leaves subcoriaceous, 
3-foliolate or simple, glabrous above when mature, pubescent all over 
beneath with raised main veins; leaflets obovate-cuneate, entire, obtuse 
or minutely cuspidate ; end leaflet shortly stalked, reaching 5-6 in. long 
by half as broad; main petiole 2-3 in. long, Cymes lax, axillary, 
peduncled; branchlets densely pubescent; bracts large, linear. Calyx 
campanulate, } in. long, densely pubescent; teeth 5, ovate, distinct. 
Corolla small, villous outside. Fruit oblong, the size of a small plum, 
with a calyx } in. diam. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Denka Territory ; Lao district, Schweinfurth, 
1303! Jur; Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 1953! Gir, Schweinfurth, 1519 ! 
22. VW. zambesiaca, Baker. A large tree; branchlets stout, 
angular, densely clothed with short whitish pubescence. Leaves 
3-foliolate, thin, green and obscurely pubescent on the upper surface, 
densely matted all over with whitish tomentum beneath when young, 
more thinly when mature; leaflets sessile, obovate-cuneate, obtuse, 
entire, end one 4—5 in. long by half as broad; main petiole 3-4 in. long. 
Cymes axillary, many-flowered, dense, long-peduncled ; branchlets 
densely pubescent. Calyx campanulate, densely pubescent, 4 in. long ; 
teeth ovate, acute. Corolla twice as long as the calyx. Drupe the size 
of a plum, edible. 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese Kast Africa: Lower Shire; near the base of 
Morambala Mountain, Kirk ! 
23. V. holocalyx, Baker. A shrub 6-8 ft. high; branchlets 
densely pubescent. T.eaves 3-foliolate or simple, subcoriaceous, obscurely 
