304 CI. VERBENACE.E (baker). [^CUrodendron . 



35. C. longipetiolatum, Giirke in Engl. Jahrh. xviii. 178. An 

 erect iindershrub, with pubescent branchlets. Leaves long-petioled, 

 broadly ovate, about 3 in. long, 2 in. broad, acuminate, obtuse at the 

 base, distantly deeply serrated, pubescent on both surfaces. Panicle 

 terminal ; bracts iV~i ^"- ^^^^^ upper lanceolate, lower linear or subu- 

 late; pedicels long. Calyx campanulate, subglabrous; lobes very acumi- 

 nate, longer than the tube. Corolla-tube 2-2 J times the length of the 

 calyx. 



XVIozaml). X>lst. German East Africa : Ilkami ; Mrogoro, Stuhlmaym, 71. 



36. C. scandens, Beauv. Fl. Oivar. ii. G, t. Q>2. A climbing 

 shrub, with finely pubescent branchlets. Leaves opposite, petioled, 

 cordate-ovate, acute, entire, 3-5 in. long, finely pubescent beneath. 

 Cymes lax, few-flowered, forming an ample terminal panicle ; pedicels 

 pubescent, often longer than the calyx. Calyx green, finely pubescent, 

 .i_l in. long ; tube campanulate ; teeth ovate or lanceolate, as long as 

 or longer than the tube. Corolla white; tube |-f in. long; lobes 

 obovate, subequal, J in. long. Stamens 1-1 J in. long. — Schauer in DC. 

 Prod. xi. 6G2; Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 4354; Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 

 480. C. simplex and C. hirsutum, G. Don ; Schauer in DC. Prod. xi. 673. 



Upper Guinea. Senegaitibia, Heudelot, 519 ! Sierra Leone, common, Scott- 

 JElliot, 3831! 4148! Don! Liberia: Cape Palraas, Voffel, 53! Gold Coast, Burton 

 Sf Cameron ! Lagos, Moloney ! Cameroons : Rio del Rey, Johnston ! Fernando Po, 

 Vogel, 98 ! Barter, 2058 ! Ansell ! Mann, 83 ! 



A plant gathered by Mann on the banks of the Muni River, 1*^ N. lat., having a 

 much larger calyx, with longer teeth, is perhaps a distinct species. 



37. C. cordifolium, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 170. A climbing 

 shrub with pubescent branchlets. Leaves opposite, petioled, sub- 

 coriaceous> cordate-ovate, entire, 3-4 in. long, glabrous above when 

 mature, finely pubescent beneath. Cymes lax, forming an ample 

 terminal panicle ; branches pubescent ; pedicels as long as the calyx. 

 Calyx pubescent, J in. long ; tube campanulate ; teeth ovate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, as Jong as the tube. Corolla-tube twice as long as the calyx ; 

 lobes subequal, oblong, J in. long. Stamens an inch long.— Oliv. in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 132; Engl. Hochgeberigsfl. Trop. Afr. 357. 

 Volkameria cordifolia, Hochst. ; Schauer in DC. Prod. xi. 657. 



irile Iiand. Upper Sennar ; Fazokl, Kotschy, 497 ! Abyssinia : mountain sides 

 towards the River Tacazze, Schimper, 1132! British East Africa: Jur; Jur Ghattas, 

 Schweinfurth, 1369 ! Moru ; Neangara, Petherick ! Madi, Speke ^ Grant, 676 ! 

 Unyoro, Speke Sf Grant , 567 ! 



38. C. fuscum, Giirke in Engl. Jahrh. xviii. 175. An erect or 

 climbing shrub ; branchlets clothed with articulated brown hairs. 

 Leaves shortly petioled, broadly ovate or suborbicular, 2|^-3^ in. long, 

 deeply cordate, cuspidate, entire, hairy on both sides or glabrescent 

 above. Cymes lax, few-flowered, axillary and terminal ; pedicels long ; 

 bracts linear. Calyx |-| in. long, white, pubescent with brown hairs ; 



