222 VERBENACEX (Pearson). {Clerodendron., 
leaves ; leaves opposite, shortly petioled, elliptic or suborbicular, 
minute apiculate, entire, subcoriaceous, pubescent, with 3-5 spread- 
ing primary lateral nerves on each side, obscure above, distinct 
beneath, about 1 in. long, }—3 in. broad; petiole up to 3 lin. long; 
cymes pedunculate in the axils of the upper leaves, usually 
1-flowered ; peduncle 2-bracteate above the middle, pubescent, 
shorter than or slightly exceeding the leaf; bracts linear, pubescent, 
2-3 lin. long; calyx campanulate, densely hirsute, glandular, }—} in. 
long; lobes 5, unequal, ovate, acute, not exceeding the tube; 
corolla glandular-pubescent ; tube curved, puberulous within, twice 
as long as the calyx; 4 upper lobes obovate, obtuse or subacute, 
31-5 lin, long, 23-3 lin. broad ; lower 1 cuneate-obovate, concave, 
rounded or subtruncate at the apex, exceeding the upper ; stamens 
exserted ; filaments puberulous, 3-1 in. long; ovary glabrous; style 
slightly dilated at the base, 3-1 in. long; drupe not seen. Baker 
in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. v. 313. C. uncinatum, Schinz in Verhandl. 
Bot. Vereins Brandenb. xxxi. (1890) 206. Cyclonema spinescens, 
Oliv. in Journ, Linn. Soc. xv. 96; Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1221. Kala- 
haria spinipes, Baill. Hist. Plunt. xi. 111. K. spinescens, Giirke 
in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 340; Henriques in Bolet. Soc. Brot. 
xvi. 69, 
Katanart Reeion: Bechuanaland; Bakwena Territory, in Sirorume Valley, 
3500 ft., Holub / 
Also in Tropical Africa. 
The plant upon which Schinz founded his C. wncinatum was collected in the 
North West Kalahari at Gorekas, about 90 miles North of the Tropic. The 
range of the species in South Africa will therefore probably be extended to the 
Western Kalahari and Namaqualand, 
6. C. ceruleum (N. E. Br. in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 115) ; a low 
much-branched shrub, 2-3 ft. high; young branches dark brown, 
4-angled, puberulous along 2 oppusite lines when young, later with 
glabrous, cinereous, more or less tuberculate, wrinkled bark ; leaves 
opposite, petioled, membranous, ovate, ovate-lanceolate or suboblong, 
acute, cuneate at the base, coarsely and acutely 3—4-toothed or 
serrate, rarely entire, sparsely puberulous above and on the nerves 
beneath, ciliolate along the margins, with 8-5 primary lateral nerves 
on each side, prominent beneath, 1-21 in. long, 1—1 in, broad; 
petiole puberulous, 1-6 lin. long; cyme 1-3-flowered, pedunculate, 
solitary, axillary; peduncle slender, 2-bracteate near the summit, 
puberulous along the posterior line, otherwise glabrous, 3—14 in. 
long; flowers pedicelled, deep blue (Gerrard); bracts subulate, 
entirely glabrous or ciliolate on the margin, 1-1} lin. long; calyx 
campanulate, 5-toothed, strongly 5-nerved, glabrous or minutely 
puberulous, 1-2} lin. long; teeth 5, distant, narrowly deltoid, long- 
acuminate, acute, obscurely ciliolate on the margins, equalling the 
tube; corolla-tube bent, villous within at the throat, otherwise 
glabrous, about twice as long as the calyx; 4 upper lobes subequal, 
elliptic, obtuse ; lower 1 cuneate-obovate, subtruncate; stamens and 
style far exserted, incurved ; drupe 4-lobed, 2-seeded, glabrous. 
