Olerodendron.] ci. VERBENACEiE (baker). 297 



shorter than the tube. Corolla-tube twice as long as tlic calyx ; lobes 

 subequal, J in. long. Stamens J in. long. 



Ziower Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo, fVelwitsch, 5682 ! 



8. C. glabrum, E. Meyer ; Schauer in DC. Prod. xi. CGI. An erect 

 shrub with slender woody finely pubescent branchlets. Leaves 2- :i- 

 nate, shortly-petioled, oblong, acute, entire, subcoriaceous, glabrous, 

 2-4 in. long. Cymes dense, many-flowered ; branchlets pubescent ; 

 pedicels very short. Calyx pubescent, \ in. long ; tube campanulate ; 

 lobes ovate, shorter than the tube. Corolla-tube |— J in. long; lobes 

 obovate, ^-\ in. long. Stamens twice as long as the corolla-lobes. 

 Drupe small, 1-2-celled. 



wile Xiand. British East Africa : Mombasa, on dry coral, Scott-Mliot, 6103 ! 



Iiower Guinea. Angola: JFelwitsch, 5625! 5651! 5656 1 5657! 5710! 

 5721! 5752! 5753! Monteiro! 



ACozanxbc I>ist. German East Africa : French Island, ^iV^, 20 ! and without 

 precise locality, Kirk ! Portuguese East Africa : Mozambique, Forbes ! Mouth of the 

 West Luabo River, Kirk ! Lower Zambesi ; Tete, Kirk ! 



Also in South Africa. 



9. C. volubile, Beauv. Fl. Owar. i. 52, t. 32. A climbing shrub, 

 with slender woody branchlets. Leaves opposite, petioled, oblong, 

 acute, entire, glabrous. Cymes many-flowered, forming ample terminal 

 panicles ; branchlets finely pubescent ; pedicels often longer than the 

 calyx. Calyx campanulate, J in. long ; tube campanulate ; lobes small, 

 ovate. Corolla-tube J-J, in. long; lobes white, obovate, sube(^ual, 

 i in. long. Stamens J in. long. Drupe globose, 1-2-lobed, \ in. diam. 

 — Schauer in DC. Prod. xi. 661; Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 4H6; 

 Cummins in Kew Bulletin 1898, 77 ; Henriques in Bolet. Soc. Brot. 

 xvi. 69. C. multijiorum, G. Don ; Schauer in DC. Prod. xi. 673. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone : near Kambia, on the River Scarcies, iScoff- 

 iVZioiJ, 4424 ! Samu country, Scott-Mliot, 4237! near Sasseni, Scoff-Elliot, 4hil7 1 

 and without precise locality, Don! Ashanti, Cummins, 125 I Lagos: ?]ppah. Barter, 

 3275 ! Abeokuta, Irving, 87 ! Jasohe, Irving, 90 ! and without precise locality, 

 Moloney! Millen, 82! Cameroons: Yaunde, 2600 ft., Zenker and Staudf, 139! 

 Fernando Po, Mann, 71. 



^oiver Guinea* Princes Island, Barter, 2030 ! Gaboon : Como River, Bates, 

 501! Gaboon River, ilfanw, 935 ! Congo, Smith! Stanley Pool, Hens, B 367 ! Angola, 

 Weltvitsch, 5630 ! 5659 ! 5662 ! 5675 ! Monteiro ! River Luachimo, Marques, 330. 



10. C. Formicarum, Gierke in Engl. Jahrh. xviii. 179. A shrub, 

 with very slender finely pubescent branchlets. Leaves 2-4-nate, 

 cuneate at the base, thin, oblong, acute, entire, 2-3 in. long, glabrous 

 on both sides. Cymes numerous, many-flowered, long-peduncled, 

 forming a subumbellate terminal panicle ; branches finely pubescent; 

 pedicels short. Calyx subglabrous, -^.^ in. long ; teeth ovate, shorter 

 than the campanulate tube. Corolla white ; tube 2-3 times the length 

 of the calyx; lobes subequal, yV in. long. Stamens 2-3 times the 



