292 CI. VERBENACEiE (baker). [P?*emna. 



15. P. viburnoides, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 171. An erect 

 shrub, with densely pubescent branchlets. Leaves distinctly petioied, 

 ovate, 2-8 in. long, obtusely cuspidate, entire, broadly rounded or sub- 

 cordate at the base, nearly glabrous above when mature, pubescent 

 beneath. Cymes dense, many-flowered, terminal ; pedicels short, 

 densely pubescent ; bracts small, ovate. Calyx pubescent, campanu- 

 late, yV in. long ; teeth short, usually obtuse. Corolla-tube as long as 

 the calyx ; lobes oblong, obtuse, rather shorter than the tube. Stamens 

 not exserted beyond the corolla-lobes. Drupe globose, glabrous, black, 

 J in. diameter. — P. Schimperi, Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 356. 



li'ile Xiand. Abyssinia : Tigre ; at Addi Gayechti in Debra Damo Discrict, 

 6800 ft., Schimper, 566 ! Begemeder ; in the Valley of the Reb at Gerra-Abuna- 

 Tekla-Haiinanot, 7500-8500 ft., Schimper, 1131 ! Shoa, Petit^ Ankober, Both, 466 ! 



IMCozamb. Hist. German East Africa : Uniainwezi, 3900 ft., Speke Sf Crrant ! 

 Portuguese East Africa : Lower Shire Valley, Kirk ! 



16. P. senensis, Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 263. A 

 small tree, with densely pubescent branchlets. Leaves shortly petioied, 

 ovate or oblong, 1-2 in. long, acute, entire, rounded or cuneate at the base, 

 thinly pubescent above, densely pubescent and grey beneath. Cymes 

 dense, terminal, many-flowered ; pedicels very short, densely pubescent ; 

 bracts subulate. Calyx densely pubescent, ~ in. long ; teeth short, 

 obtuse. Corolla-tube rather longer than the calyx ; lobes ovate, obtuse, 

 shorter than the tube. Stamens reaching to the tip of the corolla-lobes ; 

 filaments hairy at the base. 



X^ozamb. Bist. Portuguese East Africa ; Lower Zambe»i ; Lupata, Kirk ! 

 British Central Africa ; Nyasaland, Buchanan^ 93 ! 1261 ! 

 The natives procure their tire-sticks from this species. 



17. P. oligotricha^ Baker. An erect shrub, "Wth slender 

 slightly pubescent branchlets. Leaves shortly petioied, suborbicular, 

 1— li in. long, subcuneate or rounded at the base, cuspidate, distinctly 

 crenate, membranous, nearly glabrous above, pubescent beneath. Cymes 

 small, lax, terminal ; pedicels as long as the calyx. Calyx ^^ in. long; 

 lobes ovate, acute, unequal, as long as the campanulate tube. Corolla- 

 tube rather shorter than the calyx ; limb bilabiate, as long as the tube. 

 Stamens shorter than the corolla-lobes. 



WTile Xiand. British East Africa ; Taita ; Ndi Mountains, Scott-Elliot, 6202 ! 



10. CLERODENDRON, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. 1155. 



Calyx not accrescent ; tube campanulate ; lobes 5, equal, longer or 

 shorter than the tube. Corolla-tube cylindrical; lobes 5, obovate, 

 spreading or slightly reflexed, subequal or unequal. Stamens 4, inserted 

 below the throat of the corolla-tube ; filaments long, filiform, involute 

 in bud ; anthers ovoid or oblong, with parallel cells. Ovary imperfectly 

 i-celled; cells 1-ovuled ; style long, bifid at the apex. Fruit a globose 

 drupe with a fleshy pericarp and 4 smooth or rugose pyrenes. Seed 

 oblong, exalbuminous. — Trees or shrubs, sometimes scandent. Leaves 



