134 . COL. GRANT—BOTANY OF THE SPEKE AND GRANT EXPEDITION. 
Plate CXXX. fig. 1. Fruit and persistent calyx; fig. 2. Longitudinal, and fig. 3. 
Transverse section of fruit. 
8. VITEX CIENKOWSKIIP, Kotschy et Peyritsch, Pl. Tinn. no. 42, tab. 12. 
Col. Grant's specimen consists of a leafy branch only, so that I cannot be sure of the species. 
Hab. Abundant at Madi, Dec. 1862 (Vitex no. 8, App. Speke's Journ. 644). 
[A tree with silver-grey bark; outline handsome and umbrageous. Leaves of five deep-green leaflets, 
each, when full-grown, pear-shape; corolla pink. Fruit date-size, lustrous and black like a damson, 
quite smooth, and the skin peels off easily. Pulp a soft substance, gingerbread-colour, sweet and 
pleasant, but adhering much to the stone. The stone has four indistinct divisions from base to tip. The 
tree was met with in several latitudes, wherever there was rich meadow-land. It fruits at various times: 
in August it has been seen in flower, while another tree was in fruit in June. Тһе natives all know it by 
the name of * m’foo” or “ m’foolo,” and make drums of its light brittle wood.—J. А. G.J 
9. VITEX MADIENSIS, Oliv., sp. nov. Arbor; ramis tetragonis, puberulis; foliis trifo- 
liolatis, foliolis obovato-oblongis, obtusis v. obtuse apiculatis, margine utrinque apicem 
versus grosse 3—4-dentato-serratis, supra scabrulis, subtus minute seabrido-hirtellis, 
nervo medio venisque primariis conspicuis, foliolis lateralibus breviter, centrali longi- 
uscule petiolulatis ; pedunculis axillaribus folio brevioribus, apice dichotome cymosis ; 
bracteis anguste linearibus; pedicellis ssepius calyce brevioribus ; calyce hirsuto, acute 
5-lobato, lobis ovato-deltoideis, inæqualibus; corolle labio inferiore lacinia centrali 
cæteris majore rotundata, basi intus piloso; staminibus vix v. breviter exsertis. 
Folia opposita; petiolus puberulus, 3-44 poll. longus; foliola centralia 4-51 poll. longa, basi cuneata, 
petiolulo 4-1 poll. longo; foliola lateralia breviora, basi oblique rotundata, petiolulo brevissimo. Pedun- 
culi 446 poll. longi. Суте hirtellæ, multifloræ, 2 poll. latz, internodiis 1-1 poll. longis v. ultimis 
brevibus. Calyx campanulatus, hirsutus. Corolla brevis , 3 poll. longa, limbo extus hirto. Anthere con- 
nectivo dorso incrassato. 
Hab. Madi, Dec. 1862 (Vitex no. 2, App. Speke's Journ. 644), Col. Grant ! 
[A tree, 4 to 5 feet in circumference of the trunk. The bark and branches red ; wood very brittle. 
Ugani (December). Three leaflets; the largest, in the middle, is 4 by 5 inches, with teeth ending each of 
the largest ribs ; they have a rich mango perfume about them. Calyx of a purple-green colour; so also 
are the tips of all the branches coloured a purple-brown. Fruit one-stoned, 1 inch long, 
black nor sweet-tasted like another species of Vitex, 
lassee > and * m'keendeembee," &c.—J. А. G.] 
Plate CXXXI. fig. 1. Flower; fig. 2. Corolla, laid open; fig. 3. Stamens; fig. 4. 
Pistil. 
red or yellow, neither 
but sharp-tasted like the tamarind. Called * m”tha- 
LABIATA. 
1. Осумом сахом, Sims; DC. Prod. xii. 32; App. Speke’s Journ. 644. 
Hab. Unyoro, Aug. 1862, Col. Grant! A common tropical weed. 
[9 to 12 inches high, with straight long root. 
In flower August, near cultivation, at 2° N. lat. The 
“ toolsie ” of India.—J. А. G.J | 
2. OcYMUM AFFINE, Hochst. ; 
644. 
Hab. 6° 8. lat., alt. 4000 feet, Col. Grant! Also in Abyssinia. 
[A showy plant, with long roots. Found at Simbah, 6° S. lat., altitude 4000 feet, growing in the forest 
where the soil was dry. Flowers in December.—J. А. 6.1 
DC. Prod. xii. 36.— Zolanthus по. 1, App. Speke’s Journ. 
