COUI 



•Clerodendron.^ ci. verbenace^ (baker). 303 



flowered ; pedicels often longer than the calyx. Calyx glabrous, i-l in. 



long; tubetubular-subcampanulate ; teeth ovate, much shorter than the 



tube. Corolla white : tube above 1 in. long; lobes subequal, ^-.V in. 



long. Stamens twice as long as the corolla-tubes. Fruit-carpels large, 



oblong, glabrous. 



wile Iiand. British East Africa : Mombasa, 300 ft., Wakefield ! Kirk ! Nyika 

 itry, near Mombas;!, Wakefield! Taita ; Xdara Mountains, Uildebrandt, 2389. 

 Mozamb. Dlst. German East Africa : IJonibuera, lloht, 2200 ! and without 



precise locality, Hanninqfon ! 



;\)1. C. Thomsonae, Balf.f. in Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin. vii. 200, t. 7 

 ■(i,nd 5S0, t. 10. A climbing shrub, with glabrous branchlets. Leaves 

 opposite, shortly petioled, thin, ovate or oblong, acute, entire, glabrous, 

 3-0 in. long. Cymes lax, many-flowered ; pedicels as long as the calyx. 

 Calyx white, pentagonal, -J— J in. long; tube very small ; lobes large, 

 ovate, acute. Corolla light crimson; tube 1 in. long ; lobes subecjual, 

 oblong, \ in. long. Stamens | in. long. — Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 5313 

 Houllet in Rev. Hort, 1867, 312, with figure. 



Upper Guinea. Niger Delta: Angiaraa, Barter, 2093! Old Calabar River, 

 Thomson, cultivated specimen ! Mann, 2327 ! Cross River, Johnston I 



32. C. Holstii, Gilrke MS. in Herb. Keiv. An erect shrub, with 

 densely pubescent white Ijranchlets. Leaves shortly petioled, ovate, 

 1 J-2 in. long, acute or obtuse, entire, rounded at the base, moderately 

 firm, slightly pubescent above, densely pubescent beneath. Cymes 

 small, dense, terminal; pedicels very short, densely pubescent. Calyx 

 \ in. long, densely pubescent ; lobes ovate, rather shorter than the cam- 

 panulate tube. Corolla-tube cylindrical, | in. long; segments of the 

 limb orbicular, }^ in. broad. Stamens much exserted. 



IVXozainl). Bist, German East Africa : Usambara ; Duga, ^o/*/*, 3208 ! 



33. C. tricholobum, Gilrke in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 178. A shrub, 

 with tomentose or pubescent branchlets. Leaves shortly petioled, ovate, 

 acute or acuminate, rounded at the base, entire, 2-3 in. long, coriaceous, 

 velvety on both sides. Cymes long-ped uncled, lax, axillary ; pedicels 

 ^^;-\ in. long; bracts lanceolate, lower \ in. long. Calyx pilose, \ in. 

 long; lobes long, subulate. Corolla-tube i-| in. long, glandular 

 pubescent. 



XVIozamb. I>ist. German E.\st Africa : Usambara ; Pangaiii, Stuhhnatin, 587. 

 Portuguese East Africa: Mozambique, Stuhhnann, -iW. 



34. G, •p\e\OSC\2i^\'\3i'aij Gilrke in Enyl. Jahrh. xviii. 177. Leaves 

 distinctly petioled, ovate, acuminate, roun«led or narrowed to the base, 

 above 2 in. long, 1 .^^ in. broad, irregularly deeply toothed, sparingly pilose 

 on the ribs on both sides; petiole ^-1 in. long. Cymes t<M'minal, very 

 compound, many-flowered; pedicels long; bracts filiform. Calyx 

 glabrous, ^-partite below the middle; lobes lanceolate, acuniintite. 

 Corolla-tube glabrous, i-J in. long. Stamens long. 



IVIozamb. Dlst. German East Africa : Usegua ; at Kiwanda, Fischer, 44J7. 



