j 
326 CI. VERBENACEE (BAKER). [V ¢tew. 
35. V. Hildebrandtii, Vatke in Linnea, xlili. 534. A twee ; 
branchlets short, densely pilose. Leaves long-petioled, 5-foliolate ; 
leaflets sessile, oblong, 2-4 in. long, obtuse, narrowed to the base, 
entire, green and thinly pubescent above, densely matted with wiite 
pubescence beneath. Cymes long-peduncled, dense, axillary ; brane es 
densely pubescent; pedicels very short; bracts linear, villous. Ca ys 
campanulate, densely pubescent, 4 in. long; teeth ovate. Corolla-tu ° 
a little longer than the calyx, very hairy ; lobes oblong. Stamens no 
exserted. . 
Mozamb. Dist. (ierman East Africa: Usaramo ; Dar-es-Salaam, Hildebrandt, 
1249; Usambara; Tanga, Volkens,1! Holst, 2101! British Central Africa : Nyasa- 
land, Buchanan, 118! 
36. V. Mombasse, Vatke in Linnea, xliii. 533. A shrub or small 
tree; branchlets densely pubescent. Leaves 3—5-foliolate, coriaceous 
green and thinly pubescent above when mature, densely pubescent a 
over beneath; leaflets obovate, quite sessile, entire, obtuse or cuspidate, 
end one 2-3 in. long by half as broad; main petiole 1-14 in. long, 
densely pubescent. Cymes dense, axillary, shortly peduncled, corym- 
bose or thyrsoid; branches densely pubescent. Calyx campanulate, 
densely pubescent, } in. long; teeth large, ovate. Corolla yellowish, 
more than twice as long as the calyx, pubescent outside. Fruit as large 
as a plum, with a calyx } in. diam. 
Nile Land. British East Africa : near Mombasa, Hildebrandt, 1972! Kirk! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro, 5000 ft., Johnston ! 
Usambara ; Bombuera, Holst, 2196. 
37. V. shirensis, Baker. A small tree, with densely pubescent 
branchlets. Leaves 5-foliolate, coriaceous, green and glabrous above 
when mature, pubescent beneath; leaflets obovate-cuneate, obtuse, 
entire, sessile, end one 8 in. long by more than half as broad; main 
petioles 3-4 in. long. Cymes axillary, peduncled, few- flowered ; branches 
densely pubescent; bracts oblong. Calyx campanulate, densely pubes- 
cent, $ in. long; teeth ovate, distinct. Corolla small, very hairy outside. 
Fruit the size of a small plum. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Impembe Hill, 3000 fi. 
Kirk, 3! Shire Highlands, Buchanan, 20! Zomba and vicinity, 2500-3500 ft. Whyte! — 
and without precise locality, Buchanan, 231! 
38. W. Carvalhi, (iirke in Engl. Pl. Ost-Afr. C. 339. A shrub 
or tree; branchlets glabrous. Leaves 5-foliolate ; petiole very long ; 
leaflets distinctly stalked, elliptical or lanceolate-obovate, 3-4 in. long; 
acute or cuspidate, irregularly deeply toothed, membranous, glabrous 
on both surfaces. Cymes lax, axillary, with a very long peduncle. 
Calyx campanulate, tomentose, 5-toothed. Corolla-tube pubescent. 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa : Mozambique, Carvalho ! 
39. V. oxycuspis, Baker. A small tree 15-20 ft. high ; branch- 
lets glabrous. Leaves 3-5-foliolate, membranous, green and glabrous 
on both sides; leaflets obovate-cuneate, irregularly crenate, with a large 
