PLATE 2240. 
VITEX CONGESTA, Oliv. 
VERBENACER. ‘Tribe Viticex. 
5-foliolatis, interdum etiam in 3-foliolatis, foliolis exterioribus min- 
oribus breviter v. brevissime petiolulatis) oblanceolato-oblongis 
oblongisve obtusis v. obtuse acutatis, supra sparsissime et subtus in 
sa 
facie inferiore scaberula, floribus incurvis ferrugineo-setosis in cymis 
sessilibus axillaribus dense congestis, pedicellis brevissimis, calycis 
arvi 5-fidi setoso-hispidi lobis subulatis tubo sequantibus, corolle 
Setulosis breviter exsertis, antheris hippocrepiformi-cordiformibus 
Sinu profundo apice rotundatis, stylo glabro, stigmate bifido lobis 
subulatis divergentibus. 
Haz, Northern Madagascar, Baron (No. 6,676). 
Folia petiolo 13-3 poll. longo, foliolo centrali 33-64 poll. longo, 
13-13 poll. lato, petiolulo f-1 poll. longo. Corolla 1} poll. longa 
extus setis ferrugineis patentibus obsita. 
In floral structure perhaps most nearly ullied to V. trichantha, 
Baker, a 1-foliolate species of Madagascar.—D. OLivEr. 
Fig. 1. Calyx laid open. 2. Corolla laid open. 3. Stigma, All enlarged. 
