302 CI. VERBENACE.^ (baker). \Clerodendron. 



long; lobes obovate-oblong, unequal, \-l in. long. Stamens much 

 longer than the lobes. Drupe subglobose. 



Iiower Guinea. Lower Congo : at lionia, Naumann, and Ponta da Lenha, 

 Nan77iann. 



20. C. Dinklagei, Giirke in Enyl. Jahrh. xviii. 175. A shrub; 

 branchlets densely clothed with redexed articulated hairs. Leaves 

 oblong, acuminate, 8-4 in. long, rounded to the base, entire, sparsely 

 clothed with adpressed hairs on both surfaces; petiole 2-4 in. long. 

 Cymes axillary, few-flowered ; bracts minute, subulate. Calyx 5-partite 

 nearly to the base ; lobes ovate -lanceolate, acuminate, pubescent. Co- 

 rolla not known. 



Upper Guinea. Canieroons : Great liatanga, DinJclage, 1008. 



27. C. Buetjbneri, Giirke in Engl. Jahrh. xviii. 174. A shrub ; 

 branchlets densely clothed with long articulated hairs. Leaves 

 shortly petioled, oblong, acuminate, entire, unequally cordate at the 

 base, 3-4 in. long, 1-1 ^ in. broad, villous principally on the under 

 surface. Cymes few-flowered, terminal ; pedicels long ; bracts minute, 

 filiform. Calyx slit nearly to the base ; lobes ovate-lanceolate, pilose. 

 Corolla-tube pilose, rather longer than the calyx, f in. long. Stamens 

 long. 



Iiower Guinea. Gaboon : Munda; Sibange Farm, Billtner^ 426. 



28. C. Giletii, De Wild, d- Durand in Comptes-rendus Soc. Bot. 

 Belq. xxxviii. llo. A climbing shrub, with glabrous branchlets. 

 Leaves petioled, glabrous, ovate, 3-4 in. long, 1-1 J in. broad, acumi- 

 nate, rounded at the base. Cymes lateral, few-flowered, shorter than 

 the leaves ; peduncle and pedicels brown-velvety ; bracts narrow, acute. 

 Calyx V in. long ; teeth deltoid, acute, as long as the tube. Corolla 

 hypocrateriform ; tube nearly 1 in. long ; lobes half as long as the tube. 

 Stamens IJ in. long. 



Iio-wer Guinea. Congo Free State ; Dembo, Gilet. 

 Near C. splendens, G. Don. 



21). C. Preussii, Giirke in Emjl. Jahrh. xviii. 175. A climbing 

 shrub, glabrous in all its parts. Leaves distinctly petioled, ovate, entire, 

 acuminate, 3-5 in. long, 2-3 in. broad, rounded to the base, green and 

 glabrous on both surfaces. Cymes axillary, long-peduncled and forming 

 terminal panicles; pedicels \-^ in. long; bracts minute, subulate. 

 Calyx glabrous, \ in. long ; teeth ovate, acute, very small. Corolla 

 white; tube J-f in. long. Stamens long. 



Upper Guinea. Canieroons : liuea, Preuss, 940, 1008. 



30. C. Hildebrandtii, Vatke in Linncp.a, xliii. 530. A shrub 

 with pale woody glabrous branchlets. Leaves opposite, long-petioled, 

 broadly ovate, entire, 2-3 in. long and broad, green and glabrous on both 

 surfaces. Cymes long, axillary, and forming a terminal panicle, few- 



