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densely lanate-tomentose, 3-2 in. long; leaflets subcoriaceous, ovate 
or elliptic, shortly acuminate, acute or obtuse, cuneate or some- 
what rounded at the base, sessile or shortly petiolulate, with 
entire sinuate and ciliate margins, with 7-10 primary nerves on 
each side depressed above, prominent beneath, pubescent or 
puberulous above, more or less lanate-tomentose along the midrib 
and primary nerves beneath, otherwise glabrous or puberulous, 
profusely glandular, 13—42 in. long, 8-22 in. broad ; cymes axillary, 
divaricate, not exeeeding the leaves, bracteate, with lanate-tomentose 
peduncle and branches; peduncle 11-3 in. long; bracts linear or 
linear-oblong, narrowed at the base, acute, more or less falcate, 
puberulous or pubescent, lower ones 3-6 lin. long; flowers shortly 
pedicelled, 2-bracteolate, white; calyx of the flower campanulate, 
with a spreading 5-lobed limb; tube prominently 10-nerved, 
pubescent and profusely glandular without, glabrous within, 
13-13 lin. long; lobes broad, rounded, apiculate or subdeltoid, 
acute, with ciliate margins, pubescent and glandular, #2 lin. 
long, 1 lin. broad; corolla-tube glabrous without in the lower 
part, pubescent and glandular above, pubescent within in the throat, 
3 lin, long ; lobes reflexed, pubescent and profusely glandular with- 
out, Avith ciliate margins, glabrous within ; stamens inserted in the 
middle of the corolla-tube, shortly exserted ; filaments dilated and 
villous towards the base ; drupe obconic, shorter than the accrescent 
calyx, glabrous below, pubescent and glandular above, 3 lin. long, 
3~2 lin. in diam, at the apex. 
KALAHARI Reeron: Transvaal; near Lydenburg, Wilms, 158! 159! Rimers 
Creek, near Barberton, 2900 ft., Thorneroft, 13 (in Herb. Wood, 4156)! 
9. V. giirkeana (H. H. W. Pearson); a small bush ; branches 
with short internodes and prominent leaf-scars, densely tawny- 
pubescent when young; leaves opposite, petiolate, 5-foliolate ; petiole 
tawny-pubescent, 2-24 in. long; leaflets membranous, ovate, 
acuminate or caudate-acuminate, obtuse or minutely apiculate, 
rounded or subcuneate at the base, on tawny-pubescent petiolules 
2-6 lin. long, entire, with 9-12 obscure primary nerves on each 
side slightly prominent beneath, ppereely puberulous above, tawny- 
pubescent beneath, profusely glandular, 2-3 in. long, {-1} in. broad ; 
cymes pedunculate, axillary, divaricate, about one-half as long as 
the petioles, with tawny-pubescent branches and bracts; flowers 
shortly pedicelled, bracteolate, lavender-eoloured (Monteiro); calyx 
of the flower shortly campanulate, tawny-pubescent and glandular 
without, glabrous within; tube 1-1} lin. Jong; limb spreading 
broadly, 5-lobed; lobes deltoid, subacute or rounded at the apex, 
4-1 lin. long ; corolla-tube curved, glabrous below, puberulous and 
glandular in the upper half without; pubeseent within above the 
insertion of the stamens, about 3 lin. long ; lobes ultimately reflexed, 
minutely pubescent and villous, profusely glandular without, with many 
long multicellular hairs at the base of the anterior lobe within ; 
