Olerodendron.] ci. verbenace^ (baker). 299 



shortly petioled, oblong, 3-4 in. long, 2-2| in. broad at tiie middle, 

 cuspidate, subentire, green and nearly glabrous on the face, light green 

 and densely pubescent on the back. Cymes axillary and fonning a 

 terminal panicle; pedicels densely pubescent; bracts lanceolate, minute. 

 Calyx pubescent, ^ in. long ; teeth small, ovate. Corolla-tube twice as 

 long as the calyx ; limb J in. in diam. Stamens twice as long as the 

 corolla-lobes. 



IMCozaxnb. Sist. German East Africa: Urundi; on low hills to the North-eafit 

 of Lake Tanganyika, 5000-7000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 8228! 8378! British Central 

 Africa : Urungu ; Fwambo, Carson, 52 ! 



15. C. Kirkiiy Baker. A shrub 4 ft. high, with pubescent 

 branchlets. Leaves mostly ternate, shortly petioled, oblong, 2-8 in. 

 long, acute or cuspidate, rounded at the base, deeply and irregularly 

 crenate, moderately firm, thinly pubescent above, densely pubescent 

 beneath. Cymes forming a lax small terminal panicle ; pedicels short, 

 pubescent. Calyx pubescent, J in. long ; tube campanulate ; teeth 

 ovate, shorter than the tube. Corolla white ; tube cylindrical, J in. 

 long ; segments of the limb obovate, ^ in. long. Stamens three times 

 the length of the corolla-lobes. 



Mozamb. Bist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Upper Shire Valley, 

 Kirk ! 



16. C. Melanocrater, Giirke iyi Enyl Jahrh. xviii. 180. A shrub, 

 with branchlets pubescent upwards. Leaves distinctly petioled, ovate 

 or ovate-oblong, acuminate, 2-8 in. long, 1-H in. broad, rounded or 

 subcordate at the base, glabrous on both surfaces. Cymes lax, terminal, 

 4-5 in. long ; pedicels J-^ in. long ; bracts linear or filiform. Calyx 

 subglabrous or puberulous ; tube campanulate ; teeth deltoid. Corolla- 

 tube puberulous, \ in. long. Stamens much longer than the lobes. 



Soutb Central. Congo Free State : near the Itiri Kiver, 4000 ft., Stuhhnann, 

 2698. 



Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Karagwe ; Bukoba, Siuhlmann, 3322, 

 3650, 3720. 



17. C. silvaeanum, Ilenriques in Bolet. Soc. Brot.x. 148. A wide- 

 climbing shrub, with glabrous branchlets. Leaves ovate, cus]iidate, 

 3-0 in. long, entire, glabrous, shining; petiole 1-2 in. long. Panicle 

 sparse, terminal ; branchlets pubescent ; bracts small, linear, deciduous. 

 Calyx \ in. long; teeth triangular, rather shorter than the campanulate 

 tube. Corolla white, twice as long as the calyx ; lobes ovate, subequal. 

 Stamens much exserted. 



Ziower Guinea. Island of St. Thomas, plain of lo Grande, 300 ft., Quinfas, 

 and plain of Contador, 4500 ft., Quintas. 



18. C. eriophyllum, Gii7'ke in Enyl. Jahrh. xviii. 178. A shrub, 

 with pubescent branchlets. Leaves shortly petioled, ovate, acute, entire, 

 coriaceous, 2-2^ in. long, rounded at the base, pubescent on both .sides, 



