300 CI. VERBENACE^ (bakek). [CUrodendron, 



velvety beneath. Flowers in lax compound terminal cymes ; pedicels 

 -j^^-J in. long; bracts lanceolate, longer than the pedicels. Calyx 

 tomentose, \ — \ in. long ; teeth narrow, acuminate. Corolla-tube J in. 

 long, glandular, pubescent. 



XVXozaxab- I>ist> German East Africa, l\scher, 331. 



19. C. polycephalum. Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 116. An 

 erect shrub, with branches densely clothed with ferruginous hairs. 

 Leaves opposite or ternate, distinctly petioled, cordate, ovate, 3-4 in. 

 long, cuspidate, entire, green and pubescent on both surfaces. Cymes 

 many, dense, many-flowered, terminal ; peduncles and pedicels pubescent. 

 Calyx pilose, \ in. long ; tube obconic ; teeth ovate, as long as the tube. 

 Corolla-tube cylindrical, 2-3 times the length of the calyx; lobes small, 

 obovate. Stamens much longer than the corolla-lobes. 



Upper Guinea. Lagos : Ogbomoshaw, Sotvland ! near Otto, Millen, 12 ! 

 Ayesan, Millen, 153! and without precise locality, Millen, 157! 



20. C. Johnstoni, Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, ii. 346. A 

 shrub, with densely pubescent woody branches. Leaves 2-3-nate long 

 petioled, oblong, entire, rounded at the apex to a small cusp, cordate 

 and broadly rounded at the base, 3-4 in. long, thinly pubescent above, 

 densely pubescent beneath. Cymes many-flowered, forming an ample 

 dense corymbose terminal panicle ; branches very hairy ; pedicels short. 

 Calyx very hairy, ^ in. long ; teeth ovate, shorter than the campanulate 

 tube. Corolla-tube twice as long as the calyx ; lobes subequal, ^ in. 

 long. Stamens twice as long as the corolla-lobes. 



Xrile liand. British East Africa : common on Ruwenzori, 7000-8600 ft., 

 Scott-Elliot, 7691 ! 



Mozamb. Sist. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro, at 5000 ft., Johnston ! 

 Volkens, 2072 ! 



21. C. syringsef olium, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1 898, 1 60. A shrub, 

 with quadrangular pubescent branchlets. Leaves long-petioled, cordate- 

 ovate, 2-3 in. long, entire, cuspidate, pubescent on both surfaces, con- 

 spicuously dotted beneath with black glands. Cymes forming a dense 

 terminal panicle ; pedicels short, pubescent. Calyx campanulate, green, 

 glabrous, \ in. long ; lobes lanceolate, acuminate, longer than the tube. 

 Corolla-tube cylindrical, 5-6 in. long ; limb J in. in diami. ; lobes sub- 

 orbicular. Stamens three times the length of the perianth-lobes. 



MEozamb. I>lst> British Central Africa : !N yasaland ; between Mpata and the 

 commencement of the Tanganyika Plateau, Whyte ! 



22. C. splendens, G. Don; Schauer in DC. Prod. xi. 662. A 

 climbing shrub with glabrous branchlets. Leaves opposite, shortly 

 petioled, oblong, entire, acute, subcoriaceous, glabrous, rarely hairy, 

 3-6 in. long. Cymes dense, many-flowered, forming an ample terminal 



