Vitex. | CI. VERBENACE# (BAKER). 325 
seen Guinea. Angola: in the province of Golungo Alto, Welwitsch, 5632! 
Vitex congolensis, De Wild. & Durand in Comptes-rendus Soc, Bot. Belg. xxxviii. 
134, is not separable from V’. ferruginea, Schumach, & Thonn., by the description. It 
was collected by Dewévre at Bokakata in the northern part of the Congo Free State. 
31. V. angolensis, Giirke in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 167. A tree; 
branchlets densely pubescent. Leaves 5-foliolate, moderately firm, 
green and obscurely pubescent above when mature, paler and pubescent 
all over beneath ; leaflets oblong-cuneate, obtuse, entire, nearly sessile, 
end one 1} in. long by } in. broad ; main petiole 14-2 in. long. Cymes 
axillary, shortly peduncled, few-flowered. Calyx campanulate, densely 
pubescent, 4 in. long, distinctly toothed. Corolla-tube twice as long as 
the calyx; lobes short. Fruit the size of a large pea. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: province of Huilla, 3800-5500 ft., Welwitsch, 5758 ! 
32. V. grisea, Baker. A tree; branchlets densely clothed with 
short drab pubescence. Leaves usually 5-foliolate, subcoriaceous, 
obscurely pubescent above when mature, finely pubescent all over 
beneath ; leaflets oblong-cuneate, entire, acute, subsessile ; end leaflet 3—4 
in. long, 1-1} in. broad at the middle; main petiole 2-3 in. long. 
Cymes dense, axillary, shortly peduncled; branches and peduncle 
densely pubescent. Calyx campanulate, densely pubescent, ;'; in. 
long; teeth deltoid, distinct. Corolla small, hairy outside. Fruit not 
seen, 
Lower Guinea. Angola: province of Huilla, 3800-5500 ft., Welwitsch, 5759! 
33. V. chrysocarpa, Planch. ex Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 486. 
A shrub or small tree; branchlets shortly pubescent. Leaves sub- 
coriaceous, 3—5-foliolate, green and glabrous above when mature, densely 
coated all over with drab pubescence beneath ; leaflets obovate-cuneate, 
entire or crenate, obtuse; end leaflet shortly stalked, 3-4 in. long, half 
as broad; main petiole pubescent, 2-3 in. long. Cymes peduncled, 
axillary, few-flowered ; branchlets villous. Calyx campanulate, densel y 
villous, } in. long; teeth ovate, distinct. Corolla light blue, hairy, 
3 times the length of the calyx. Fruit as large as a plum. 
Upper Guinea. French Guinea : by the River Niger at Farana, Scott-Elliot, 
5383 ! Niger Territory : banks of the River Niger at its confluence with the River 
Benue, Barter, 388! and in Nupe, Barter, 1214! 1651! River Niger (Quorra), 
Vogel, 142! 
34. V. esculifolia, Baker. A tree 30 ft. high ; branchlets densely 
clothed with short brown pubescence. Leaves 5-foliolate, subcoriaceous ; 
green and obscurely pubescent above, finely pubescent all over beneath i 
leaflets obovate-cuneate, acute, all quite sessile, entire ; end leaflet 5-6 
in. long, half as broad ; main petiole 3-4 in. long. Cymes axillary, 
peduncled, with pubescent branchlets. Flowers not seen. | Fruit oblong, 
din. long, with a shortly-toothed pubescent calyx fin, diam. 
South Central, Congo Free State : Monbuttu ; near Munza, Schweinfurth, 3442 ! 
