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328 CI, VERBENACEE (BAKER). [ Vitec. 
tinctly stalked, oblong-lanceolate, 7-8 in. long. 2-21 in. broad, neuer 
narrowed to the base, entire, coriaceous, glabrous on both sur aes 
Cymes long-stalked, lax, axillary; pedicels short; bracts Aaa lle 
Calyx 4-1 in. long, ferrugino-tomentose ; teeth short, deitor. . A on . 
white, ferrugino-tomentose outside ; tube twice the length of the calyx. 
Stamens scarcely exserted. 
South Central. Lunda: River Lulua, Pogge, 1260. 
45. V. pachyphylla, Buker. A tree; branchlets glabrous. Leaves 
5-foliolate, very yea green and glabrous on both surfaces, with ma 
veins much raised beneath; leaflets obovate-cuneate, obtuse or acute, 
entire, all distinctly stalked, end one 4—5 in. long and half as broa 
main petiole 2—3in.long. Cymes axillary, long-peduncled, dense, many 
flowered ; branchlets pubescent. Calyx campanulate, pubescent, § } f 
long ; teeth very small. Corolla small, silky outside. Fruit the size © 
a small plum. 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon: banks of the Gaboon River, Mann, 994! 
46. V. cuneata, Schumach. d: Thonn. ; Schauer in DC. Prod. x1. 694. 
A tall tree; branchlets glabrous, tetragonal. Leaves 5-foliolate, coriaceo’s 
glabrous on both sides ; leaflets obovate-cuneate, entire, all distinctly 
stalked, end one reaching a length of 6-7 in. Cymes axillary, rong: 
peduncled. Calyx campanulate, pubescent, shortly 5-toothed. Core 
scarlet, pubescent ; tube as long as the calyx, densely bearded at the 
throat. Fruit as large as a plum, blackish, edible. 
UpperGuinea. “ (tuinea,” Thonning. 
47. V. Cienkowskii, Kotschy d: Peyr. Pl. Tinn. 27, t. 12. A tall 
tree reaching a height of 50 ft.; branchlets glabrous. Leaves 5-foliolate, 
coriaceous, glabrous on both sides; leaflets obovate-cuneate, entire, obtust 
or slightly cuspidate, all distinctly petioled, end one 4-6 in. long an 
half as broad ; main petiole 2-3 in. long. Cymes dense, axillary, long- 
peduncled ; branchlets slightly pubescent ; pedicels very short. Calyx 
campanulate, pubescent, 4 in. long; teeth deltoid. Corolla yellowish- 
brown, 3 times the length of the calyx, pubescent outside. F ruit the 
size of a large cherry, edible—V. paludosa, Vatke in Linnea, xliii. 534. 
Upper Guinea. French Guinea: common by the River Niger at Farana, 
Scott-Elliot, 5211! Lagos, Millen, 118! Niger ‘Territory; Nupe, very common, 
Barter, 1108! Morin, Rowland! Southern Bornu: Musgu, Vogel, 67! 
Nile Land. Upper Sennar: Fazokl, Cienkowsky. Tritish East Africa: at the 
contluence of the Ghazal River and the White Nile, Heuglin ; Denka Territory, 
Schweinfurth, 1307! Jur; Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 1890! Madi, abundant, 
Speke §& Grant, 81! Usoga, Scott-Elliot, 7179! 
Lower Guinea. Congo, Smith! Angola: province of Golungo Alto, Wel- 
witsch, 5633! 5645! 5746! 
Mozamb. Dist. Zuusibur, Kirk,1! Hildebrandt, 1123! Lake Tanganyike, 
Cameron! Portuguese East Africa: banks of the Luabo River, Kirk, 40! Britis 
