290 CI. VERBENACE.E (baker). [PreiRna. 



obscurely pubescent beneath. Corymbs small, terminal, peduncled; 

 branchlets slightl}^ pubescent ; pedicels as long as the calyx ; bracts 

 ovate, sinuate. Calyx campanulate, glabrous, y^r in. long; teeth 

 oblong, obtuse, ^ the length of the tube. Corolla-tube not longer than 

 the calyx ; limb small, bilabiate ; lobes orbicular. Stamens and style 

 included. 



Wile Ztand. Snraaliland : Ahl Mountains near Maid, 1500 ft., Rildehrandt ^ 

 1526! 



7. P. xnacrosiphon, Baker ex Ilenriques in Bolet. Soc. Brot. x. 

 148. A climber reaching to a height of 20 ft., with woody pubescent 

 branchlets. Leaves opposite or ternate, oblong, cuspidate, entire, 

 3-C in. long, 2-3 in. broad, subcoriaceous, glabrous above, nearly or 

 quite glabrous beneath when mature ; petiole long, pubescent. Panicle 

 short, dense, ample, corymbose, with pubescent branchlets ; bracts large, 

 linear. Calyx \ in! long ; lobes ovate, as long as the tube. Corolla- 

 tube slender, longer than the calyx-teeth ; lobes obovate, unequal. 

 Stamens and style much exserted from the corolla-tube, overtopping the 

 lobes. 



Upper Guinea. Old Calabar, Thom-wn, 28 ! Cameroon Rivek-, Mann, 2213 ! 

 Fernando Po, Mann, 486 ! 



Iiower Guinea. Island of St. Thoma?, Qiiintas ! 



8. P. serratifolia, Linn. ; Schauer in DC. Prod. xi. G32. An erect 

 shrub, with glabrous branchlets. Leaves opposite, oblong, long-petioled, 

 crenate or entire (P. integrifoUa, Linn. ; Wight, Ic. t. 14G9), 3-6 in. 

 long, subcoriaceous, glabrous on both surfaces. Panicle dense, ample, 

 corymbose, with finely pubescent branchlets ; bracts lanceolate. Flower- 

 calyx y\r in. long, obscurely bilabiate. Corolla-tube twice as long as the 

 calyx ; lobes 4, unequal, greenish-white. Stamens not exserted beyond 

 the corolla-lobes. Drupe purplii, the size of a small pea. 



Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Rovuma River, Kirk! Portuguese 

 East Africa: Zambesi Delta; Kongoni River, Kirk, 328! West Luabo River, 

 Kirk ! 



Also in Tropical Asia and the Mascarene Islands. 



9. P. hispida, Benili. in Hook. Niger Fl. 485. A small tree, with 

 densely pilose branchlets. Leaves opposite, oblong, acute, entire, 3-8 in. 

 long by half as broad, cuneate at the base, thinly pubescent above, densely 

 pubescent beneath ; petiole short, stout, hairy. Panicle short, dense, 

 corymbose, with very hairy branchlets ; pedicels very short. Flower- 

 calyx very hairy, yV in. long ; teeth 5, deltoid, distinct. Corolla-tube 

 cylindrical, twice as long as the calyx ; limb bilabiate. Stamens not 

 exserted beyond the corolla-lobes. Drupe globose, J in. diam. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, JS^z^f/e/o/, 760 ! Sierra Leone : Sngarloaf Moun- 

 tain, Barter ! in forest by the River Scarcies, Scott-Elliot, 4521 ! Sherbojo Island, 

 Qarreit in Herb. Sco/t-ElHot, 5833 ! North-east of Sierra Leone, Garrett, 16 ! and 

 without precise locality, Don .' 



