Vitex. | CI. VERBENACEX (BAKER). 323 
pubescent above when mature, finely pubescent all over beneath ; 
leaflets suborbicular when simple, obovate-cuneate when the leaf is 
compound, entire or crenate, end one 2-3 in. long by half as broad; 
main petiole 2~3 in.long. Cymes axillary, lax, long-peduncled. Calyx 
campanulate, densely pubescent, nearly } in. long, entire at the throat. 
Corolla small, densely hairy outside. Fruit unknown. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: province of Golungo Alto, Welwitsch, 5636! 
24. V. diversifolia, Baker. A small tree; branchlets densely 
clothed with short whitish pubescence. Leaves 3-foliolate or simple, 
subcoriaceous, green and obscurely pubescent above when mature, 
densely matted beneath when young and less distinctly so when mature ; 
leaflets obovate-cuneate or when solitary suborbicular, entire ; end leaflet 
shortly stalked, 4-5 in. long, more than half as broad; main petiole 
2-3 in. long. Cymes axillary, long-peduncled; branchlets densely 
villous; pedicels very short. Calyx campanulate } in. long, densely 
villous ; teeth minute. Corolla small, very hairy outside. Fruit globose, 
the size of a small cherry or plum, with a calyx } in. diam. 
Upper Guinea. Lagos: Yoruba district, Barter, 1096! Niger Territory : Nupe, 
Barter, 1644! 
25. V. doniana, Sweet, Hort. Brit. ed. i. 323. Branchlets very 
stout, obscurely pubescent. Leaves 3-foliolate, subcoriaceous, glabrous 
on both sides; leaflets obovate-cuneate, entire, obtuse or minutely 
cuspidate ; end leaflet shortly stalked, 3-4 in. long, half as broad ; main 
petiole 3-4 in. long. Cymes very compound, very dense, axillary, 
shortly peduncled ; branchlets pubescent; pedicels short. Calyx cam- 
panulate, pubescent, } in. long; teeth small, deltoid. Corolla pubescent, 
2-3 times the length of the calyx. Fruit not seen. 
Upper Guinea. Senegal, Heudelot, 379! 
26. V. barbata, Planch. MS. in Herb. Kew. A tree; young 
branchlets densely clothed with fine spreading hairs. Leaves 3-foliolate, 
subcoriaceous, green and glabrous above when mature, slightly 
pubescent on the main ribs beneath ; leaflets obovate-cuneate, entire, 
shortly stalked, obtuse, end one 3-4 in. long and half as broad; main 
petiole 23-3 in. long. Cymes copious, axillary, dense, long-peduncled ; 
branchlets villous; pedicels very short. Calyx campanulate, densely 
villous, 4 in. long; teeth very short. Corolla 2-3 times the length of 
the calyx. Fruit the size of a cherry. 
Upper Guinea. Senegal, Heudelot, 30! Senegambia, Heudelot ! Sierra Leone, 
Talla hills, in bush half way up Gonkwi, Scott-Elliot, 4881 ! 
27. V. Camporun, Biitin. in Verhandl. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. xxxii. 
35. A tree; branchlets densely pubescent. Leaves long-stalked, 
3-foliolate, subcoriaceous, subglabrous above when mature, densely 
pubescent beneath ; leatlets obovate-cuneate, minutely cuspidate, crenate 
above the middle, end one 2}-3 in. long and shortly stalked. Cymes 
