284 CI. VERBENACE^ (baker). [Stfichytarpheta. 



1. S. Hildebrandtii) Vatke in LinncEa, xliii. 529. A much- 

 branched pereunial herb. Steins terete, pilobe. Leaves opposite, 

 oblong, obtuse, distinctly petioled, crenate, cnneate at the base, 

 1-H in. long, hairy on both sides. Spikes 6-9 in. long, with a slender 

 hairy tetragonal rhachis, not hollowed out opposite the flowers ; bracts 

 lanceolate, the lower \ in. long. Calyx 4-ribbed, pilose, J in. long ; 

 teeth minute. Corolla-tube twice as long as the calyx • limb milk-white, 

 \ in. diam. Capsule not seen, 



Wile Kand. Britisli East Africa : Ukamba ; Kitni, Hildehrandt, 2737 ! 



2. S. an^stifolia, Vahl ; Schauer in DC. Prod, xi. 563. A 

 much-branched annual with tetragonal nearly or quite glabrous stems. 

 Leaves opposite, distinctly petioled, oblong-lanceolate, acute, glabrous, 

 deeply inciso-crenate, 2-3 in. long. Spikes very slender, 6-9 in. long, 

 with the glabrous tetragonal rhachis yV in. diam., hollowed out opposite 

 the flowers; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, \-\ in. long. Calyx nearly 

 as the bract ; teeth minute. Corolla-tube twice as long as the calyx ; 

 limb small, blue. Capsule shorter than the calyx. — Verbena indica, Jacq. 

 Obs. iv. 7, t. 86, non Linn. 



upper Guinea. Senegambia, Berlin Herbarium. Dagomba : Salaga, Krause ! 

 Niger Territory: Xupe ; Jeba on tlie Niger, Barter! Caineioons : Rio del Rev, 

 Johnston ! 



Ko'wer Guinea. Angola, Welwitsch, 5640 ! 5652 ' 



Soutb Central. Congo Free State; Monbuttu ; by the River Kibali, Schioein- 

 furth, 2535 ! Mtowaj on Lake Tanganyika, Descamps. 



Also in Tropical America. 



3. S. indica, Vahl ; Schauer in DC. Prod. xi. 564. A much- 

 branched annual, 2-3 ft. high, with terete nearly glabrous stems 

 Leaves opposite, distinctly petioled, oblong, obtuse, deeply crenate, 

 cuneate at the base, 2-3 in. long. Spikes i-1 ft. long; rhachis ^ in. 

 diam., conspicuously hollowed out opposite the flowers; bracts lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, \ in. long. Calyx rather shorter than the bract; teeth 

 minute. Corolla-tube slightly longer than the calyx ; limb \ in. diam., 

 blue, with a white eye. Capsule rather shorter than the calyx. -r—Vatke 

 in Linnaea, xliii. 530 ; C. B. Clarke in Hook, f . Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 564, 

 S. jamaicensis, Vahl ex Schauer, loc. cit. ; Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 484. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Scott-Elliot, 3833! 4162! Gold Coast: Cape 

 Coast Castle, Vogel, 30 ! Dahomey, Burton ! Lagos, Millen ! Fernando Po, Mann, 89 ! 

 Iiower Guinea. Lower Congo : Stanley Pool, Hens, 83 ! Congo, Smith ! 

 mXozamb. Dlst. Zanzibar, Hildehrandt, 997 ! 

 Also in Tropical Asia and America, 



4. S. mutabilis, Vahl; Schauer in DC. Prod. xi. 565. Stems 

 stouter than in S. indica. Leaves opposite, petioled, ovate- or oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute, crenate, 2-4 in. long. Spikes J-1 ft. long, finally 

 \ in. diam. ; rhachis stout, hairy, hollowed out opposite the flowers ; 

 bracts lanceolate, cuspidate, pubescent, \-^ in. long. Calyx J-J in. 



