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densae, pedunculis vix 1 cm. longis qua bracteis ovatis breviter 

 acuminatis acutis ca. 12 x 8 mm. obscure appresse pubescentibus. 

 Flores magni ; calyx 4-5 mm. longus glaberrimus, dentibus anguste 

 triangularibus acutissimis vix 1-5 mm. longis : coroUcB glaberrimaG 

 tubus 1-6 cm. longus, lobus superior ad 3-5 cm. inferior 2-4: cm. 

 longus : anther (B 5-6 mm. longyo. 



Bitye : rock of Mesese. December 26th, 1914. Bates 687 ! 



This species has leaves like those of M. macropliylla C. B. 

 Clarke, from which it is readily distinguished by the smaller bracts 

 and glabrous calyx-teeth. 



Verbenace^. 



Clerodendron chamseriphes sp. nov. 



Suffrutex caule subtereti, minute virido-pubescenti, subherbaceo. 

 Folia papyracea, elliptica 10-15 cm. x 5*5-9 cm., basi plerumque 

 obtusa, apice brevissime acuminata obtusissima, utrinque nisi in 

 venis principalibus minutissime hirtella glabra, subtus nee dense 

 glandulari- punctata, venis secundariis utrinque ca. 5, reticulatione 

 interveniente subtus prominente ; iMiolus in partibus duabus 

 discretus, quorum basalis in spina sub-horizontali ca. 1 cm. longa 

 subUgnosa indurata, superior herbacea gracilis ascendens ± 5 cm. 

 longa, subquadrangularis, scabridula, irregulariter minute hirtello- 

 puberula. Flores in thyrso terminali 15 cm. alto 10 cm. diametro 

 laxiuscule dispositi : bractecB setaceae, inconspicuae subminutae : 

 calycis campanulati extus glabri tubus 8 mm., lobi triangulares 

 acuti 2 mm. longi : corollce glaberrimas tubus gracilis e calyce 

 1-5 cm. exsertus, lobi subaequales late ovato-elHptici 5-6 mm. x 

 4-5 mm., apice rotundato-obtusi vel subacuti. 



Bitye : December 10th, 1914. Bates 663 ! 



Related to C. Buchholzii Giirke, but the corolla-tubes are 

 relatively much longer in our species. 



Clerodendron fugitans sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens, caulibus subteretibus subfistulosis glabre- 

 scentibus striatis. Folia glabra tenuiter membranacea, elliptica 

 8-11 cm. X 5-6 cm., basi rotundata, apice breviter acuto- 

 acuminata ; petioli ± 1 cm. longi, hie inde hirto-pubescentes vel 

 glabri ; ve^ice secundariae utrinque ca. 4. Flores in capitulis 

 ramulos alares laterales terminantibus, subsessilibus vel in pedun- 

 cuHsbrevissimis, pro rata parvis — inilorevix3cm.indiam. — dispositi 

 bracteis exterioribus anguste lanceolatis interioribus latioribus, 

 ± 1 cm. longis, acutissime acuminatis argenteo-ciliatis alitor 

 subglabris : calycis tubus extus glaber vix 2-5 mm. longus, lobi 

 bracteis indumento necnon forma nisi latiores (ad 4-5 mm.) similes, 

 nervatione tenuissima etsi clarissima : corollce tubus extus nisi hie 

 inde sparsissime glandulari-pilosus glaber, gracihs, 5-5-6-5 cm. 

 longus, lobi elliptic! apice rotundato ± 1 cm. x 5 mm., utrinque 

 glabri. 



Bitye : edge of path near Mbimbih near forest. December 15th, 

 1914. Bates 676 ! 



This is readily distinguished from most of the capitate species 



