Premna.] ci. verbenace/e (baker). 291 



10. P. Milnei, Baker. Branchlets glabrous. Leaves opposite 

 oblong, acute, entire, 2-3 in. long, 1 in. broad, distinctly petioled, sub- 

 coriaceous, glabrous on both sides. Panicle lax, corymbose, with slender 

 pubescent branchlets ; pedicels short ; bracts lanceolate. Flower-calyx 

 turbinate, -^^ in. long, shortly pubescent; teeth deltoid, minute. 

 Corolla-tube not longer than the calyx; lobes very small. Stamens not 

 exserted beyond the corolla-lobes. 



Upper Guinea. *' Fernando Po and vicinity," Milne ! 



11. P. macrodonta, Baker. An erect shrub, G ft. high, with 

 glabrous branchlets. Leaves long-petioled, oblong, 2-8 in. long, 

 cuneate at the base, entire, subcoriaceous, green and glabrous on both 

 surfaces. Cymes terminal, ample, moderately dense ; pedicels short, 

 glabrous ; bracts deciduous. Mature calyx glabrous, | in. long ; teeth 

 ovate, longer than the tube. Corolla not seen. Immature drupe 

 globose, as long as the calyx. Style y^ in. long. 



Xlle Iiand. British East Africa : Mombasa, on dry coral, Scott'Elliot, 6106 I 



12. P. Holstii, Gierke in Engl Pji. Ost-Afr. C. 338. An erect 

 shrub, with slender pubescent branchlets. Leaves shortly petioled, 

 cordate-oviite, 1-2 in. long, cuspidate, entire, moderately tirm, green 

 and glabrous on both surfaces. Cymes dense, terminal ; pedicels 

 short, pubescent ; bracts minute. Flower-calyx pubescent, yV in. long ; 

 teeth short, obtuse. Corolla-tube as long as the calyx ; lobes unequal, 

 oblong, obtuse, half as long as the tube. Stamens not exserted beyond 

 the corolla-lobes. 



XVXozam'ba I>ist. German East Africa : Usaramo; Dar-es-8alaam, Stuhlmann. 

 Usauib.tra : Muoa, Hoist, 3079! 



13. P. Hildebrandtii, Gilrke in Engl. Jahrh. xviii. IG."). A tall 

 climbing shrub, with slender densely pubescent branchlets. Leaves 

 long-petioled, broadly ovate, 3—4 in. long, cuspidate, entire, broadly 

 rounded or subcordate at the base, membranous, grey-green and 

 densely pubescent on both surfaces. Cymes dense, ample, terminal ; 

 pedicels short, densely pubescent ; bracts subulate. Flower-calyx jV in. 

 long, densely pubescent; teeth very small, ovate. Corolla-tube not 

 longer than the calyx ; lobes small, oblong, obtuse. 



wrile Z.and. British East Africa ; Mombasa Island, Hildehrandf, 2008 ! 



14. P. velutina, Gilrke in Engl. Pji. Ost-Afr. C. 338. An 

 erect shrub ; branchlets clothed with ferruginous hairs. Leaves 

 shortly petioled, ovate, 2-3 J in. long, rounded or subcordate at the 

 base, acute or shortly cuspidate, pilose only on the main ribs above, 

 velvety all over beneath. Cymes dense, terminal. Calyx-teeth 5. 

 unequal, 2 broad and obtuse, 3 narrower and subacute. Corolla-tul^e 

 slightly longer than the calyx; lobes 4, unequal. Drupe globose, 

 black. 



niozamb. Dist. German Enst Africa : Usaramo, Stuhlmanv, i\m2, 7176. 



