Vitex.] CI. VERBENACEE (BAKER). 327 
linear-cusp, distinctly stalked, end one 6-8 in. long by less than half as 
broad ; main petiole 2-3 in. long. Cymes lax, long-peduncled, axillary ; 
branchlets glabrous. Flower-calyx campanulate, glabrous, ;1, in. long ; 
teeth short, deltoid. Corolla glabrous, 3 times the length of the calyx. 
Fruit unknown. 
Upper Guinea. Niger Territory: Old Calabar River, Mann, 2243! 
40. V. oligantha, Baker. A shrub; branchlets slender, pale, 
glabrous. Leaves 5-foliolate, membranous, green and glabrous on both 
surfaces ; leaflets oblong, acute, entire, all distinctly stalked, end one 
2-3 in. long by half as broad; main petiole slender, glabrous, 14-2 in. 
long. Cymes axillary, peduncled, very lax, few-flowered; branches 
very slender, glabrous. Calyx campanulate, glabrous, ;1; in. long; teeth 
very short and broad. Corolla-tube twice as long as the calyx; limb 
nearly as long as the tube. Fruit unknown. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: on the coast at Quiloa (Kilwa) 
Kirk, 108! Kilwa, Kirk! 
41. V. Dewevrei, De Wild. & Durand in Comptes-rendus. Soc. Bot. 
Belg. xxviii. 133. A tree 40-50 ft. high; branchlets glabrous or rufo- 
pubescent. Leaves long-petioled, 5-foliolate; leaflets oblong, shortly 
stalked, 4-7 in. long, 14-2 in. broad, abruptly acuminate, narrowed to 
the base, entire, shining above, glabrous or subglabrous beneath. 
Cymes supra-axillary, peduncled; branches pubescent ; bracts oblong- 
lanceolate; flowers sessile, bi-bracteolate. Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed, 
tomentose, } in. long; teeth small, deltoid, acute. Corolla not seen, 
Fruit globose, black, }-} in. diam. 
Lower Guinea. Lower Congo: Lukungu, Dewévre. 
42. V. gabunensis, (iirke in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 167. A shrub 
3—4 ft. high; branchlets glabrous. Leaves 5-foliolate, moderately firm, 
green and glabrous on both surfaces; leaflets oblong-cuneate, entire, all 
distinctly stalked, end one 8-9 in. long by less than half as bread. 
Cymes sparse, shortly peduncled. Flowers not seen. Fruit globose, 
the size of a large pea, with a nearly entire calyx } in. diam. 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon: Munda; Sibange Farm, Soyauz, 163 ! 
43. V. divaricata, Baker. A shrub or small tree; branchlets 
glabrous. Leaves 5-foliolate, sub-coriaceous, glabrous on both sides ; 
leaflets obovate-cuneate, entire, obtuse, all distinctly stalked, end one 
3 in. long and half as broad; main petiole 2 in. long. Cymes long- 
peduncled, axillary, with long divaricate main branches ; branchlets 
finely pubescent. Calyx campanulate, pubescent, yz In. long ; teeth 
very small. Corolla small, silky outside. Fruit unknown. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Milne! 
44. V. lundensis, Giirke in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 168. A shrub ; 
branchlets glabrous. Leaves long-petioled, 5-foliclate ; leaflets dis- 
