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1537, Pleiocarpa tricarpellata, Stai^f [Aimcjnace^^e-Pluine- 



rioideae]; affinis P. muticae; Beatli. etP. salicifoliae, Stapf, ab 



utraque differt foliis aiiguste oblong-is laxius ii ervosis, ab ilk 

 praeterea carpellis 3-iiis (hand o-cis) 2~ovii]atis, ab liac floribiis 

 longioribus. 



Frutex g-laberrimiis, ramulis fuscis quadrangulis, lentieellis 

 parcis majusciilis. Folia oblouga, basi breviter acute atiemiata, 

 apice in acumen 0-8-l'8 cm, longuni obtusum producta^ 15—18 cm. 

 longa, 4-5'6 cm. lata, tgnuiter coriacea, utrinque iiitidula, nervis 

 lateralibus utrinque 9-11 tenuibus, venis tenuissimis ; petioli 

 6-7 mm, longi. Flores in glomerulos resina indutos 5~6-floros 

 axillares congesti, Caly.v 2 mnu longus; sepala oruto-oblonga, 

 obtusa. Corollae tubus 1-5-2-2 cm. longus; lobi oblongi, obtusi, 

 7-8 mm. longi. Carpella 3, ovulis 2-nis. 



TTfoncAL Afeic.a. Sierra Loone : Falaba, G, A ylvicr, 35 



(comm. (7. E, Lane-Poole). 



1538, Vitex keniensis, TuTriU [Verbenaceiie-Viticeae] ; F- 



viilanjiensiy Britten, affinis sed foliolis oblongo-ellipticis basi 

 rotundatis vel subacutis baud cuneatis longius i^etiolulatis cLar- 



taceis differt. 



Arhor usque ad 24-27 m. alta (ex lib, Battiscomhe), Folia 

 quinquefoliolata, petiolo incluso usque ad 3"3 dm. longa, 2*8 dm. 

 lata, petiolo usque ad 13*5 cm. longo terete vel leviter compresso 

 ferrugineo-pubescente vel tomentoso suffulta ; foliola oblongo- 

 elliptica, apice breviter acuminata, basi rotundnta vel subacuta, 

 saepissime leviter obliqua pagina superiore pubescente praecipue 

 in costa nervisque leviter impressis inconspicue transverse venosa, 

 pagina inferiore ad costam nervosque prominenes ferrugineo- 

 pubescente vel fere tomentosa caeterum pubescente, nervis later- 

 alibus marginem versus ana.stomosantibus; foliolum terminale 

 16-17 cm. longum, 8-5 cm. latum, nervis lateralibus utrinque 

 circiter 16, petiolulo 4 cm. longo adjecto; foliola lateralia 15 cm, 

 longa, 8'5 cm. lata, nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 15, petio- 

 lulo 3-3-25 cm, 1on<?o sufFulta; basalia 10-5 cm, longa, 6-6-5 cm. 



Jata, petiolulo r5"l'75 cm. loi^go; petioluli ferru^ineo-tomen- 

 fosi. Infiorescentia termiiialis (vel interdum axillaris ?), ])edun- 

 <'ulo usque .ad 13 cm. longo excluso 14 cm. longa, 24 cm. lata, 

 laxe dichotome ramosa, ramis ferrugineo-pubescentibus vel 

 -tomentosis; bracteae 0-5-1 ram. longae, 1-4 mm. latae, subtus 

 dense ferrugineo-tomentosae, supra glabrae. Flares extra ferru- 

 gineo-tomentosi, pedicello 1 mm. longo suffuHi. Calyx sub 

 ^^+i^/^«;tt n^TYti^riiinlntiia. 4 mm. lontrus. 4 mm. latus, fere trun- 



inconspicuis instructus; infructescens late campanulatus, usque 

 ad 1 <^m. longus et I'l cm. latus. Corollae tubus late cylindricus, 

 superno gradatim ampliatus, 5 mm. lorigus, basi 2-5 



mm 



mm 



]')te orblciilavl 3 mm. longo 3-5 mm. Into. Inbis Interalibiis ob- 

 longis 3 mm. longls 2 mm. latis, anticis oblongo-ovatis 2-o mm. 

 lonffis 2 mm. latis. Si^amina 4, cum stylo leviter exseita, aiitlieris 

 0-T5 mm longis; dno antica filamentis 4 mm. longis inferne 

 (lilatatis barbatis; dim postica filamentis 3 mm. longis basi 



