280 01. VERBENACE.E (baker). [Lippia. 



above, pubescent with much-raised veins beneath. Heads globose, J in. 

 long, 2-4 from the upper nodes on long stiff* ascending peduncles; 

 bracts very closely imbricated, pubescent, orbicular, with a large cusp, 

 the outer J in. broad. Corolla milk-white, not longer than the bract. 



wile Ziand, British Somalilaiid : Serrut Mountains, near Maid, 5800 ft., Silde- 

 brandt, 1443 ! 



T). L. asperifolia, Riclt.; Schauer in DC. Prod. xi. 58o. A 

 much-branched shrub, reaching a height of 12-15 ft. Stems woody, 

 clothed with short whitish stiff hairs. Leaves opposite or ternate, 

 shortly petioled, oblong, crenate, very rugose, \h-2 in. long, very pubes- 

 cent beneath and the veins raised. Heads from the axils of many of 

 the leaves, not more than 4-G to a node, not forming terminal corymbs 

 above the leaves,] in. diam., at first globose, finally oblong ; bracts 

 broad, ovate, cuspidate, very hairy, the outer yV in. broad. Corolla 

 scarcely longer than the bract ; limb whitish. Fruits very small, light 

 brown. — L. scahra, Hochst. in Flora, 1845, B8. 



Wile Iiand. Abyssinia: Kwkohev, Roth, 10,523! Briti.<h East Africa : K.ipte 

 Plateau, 5000-6000 ft.,' Thomson ! Ukamba, 4000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 6331 ! 



Ziower G-ulnea. Angola, Welwitsch, 5749 ! 5750 ! 



Soutii Central. Congo Free State : y\tovj -a, Descamps. 



IVIozamb. Dist. Zanzibar, Hildehrandt^ 995 ! Bojer ! German East Africa : 

 Usamhara ; Kwa Mshnza, Hoist, 8893! Kilimanjaro, 5000 ft., Volkens, 218 ! Lower 

 Plateau, north of Lake Nyasa. Thomson! Portuguese East Africa: Mozambique, 

 Forbes! Luaho River, Kirk, 17! Lower Zambesi ; Sliupanga, Kirk ! Lower Valley 

 of tlie River '6\\\vq, Meller ! at the foot of Moramhala Mountain, Kirk! British 

 Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Mount Chiradzulu, 4000 ft., Whyle ! Matabeleland, 

 Elliott! Gates! 



Also at the C.ipe and in Tropical America. 



6. la. adoensis, Hochst. ; Schauer in DC. Prod. xi. 578. An 

 erect undershrub reaching a height of 5-7 ft., with shortly pubescent 

 branchlets. Leaves 2-4 or sometimes more in a whorl, nearly or quite 

 sessile, oblong or oblanceolate-oblong, subcoriaceous, obscurely crenate, 

 but little rugose, rather scabrous on the upper surface, thiny pubescent 

 beneath, the lower sometimes 4-5 in. long. Inflorescence very variable, 

 tne very numerous heads sometimes forming a dense terminal panicle, 

 the upper internodes sometimes long, with several heads from each node 

 on short peduncles. Heads permanently globose, J- J in. diam. ; bracts 

 hairy, ovate, cuspidate, the outer ^ in. broad. Calyx villous, -^^ in. 

 long. Corolla whitish, not longer than the bract.— A. Rich. Tent. Fl. 

 Abyss, ii. 1G7 ; Ohv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 182. L. grandifolia, 

 Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 167. L. Schimperi, Walp. Rep. 

 iv. 53, non Hochst. Lantana ahyssinica, Otto & Dietr. in Gartenzeit. ix. 

 379. 



Upper Guinea. Senegal, Heudelot, 103 ! Senegambia ; Mbidjem, Thierry, 

 227 ! Gambia, Ingram ! Broivn- Lester, 4 ! 28 ! Sierra Leone : Wallia oii the River 

 Scarcies, Scott-Elliot, 4262 ! 4285 ! Talla Hills, near Dnrunia, Scott-Elliot, 4878 ! 

 Lagos, Millen, 143 ! Borgu, Barter, 768 ! Niger, Baikie, 11 



