Clerodendron/\ ci. verbenace.e (baker). 309 



4 in. long; lobes obovate, J in. long. Stamens much exserted. — C. ro- 



tundifolium, CJiirke in Hoist. PI. Usam. Exsicc. No. H908a, not of Oliv. 



Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Usainbara ; Kwa Mshuza, Hoist, 8908a ! 



54. C. zambesiacum, Baker. An erect shrub, witli shortly 

 pubescent woody braiichlets. Leaves opposite, distinctly petioled, cor- 

 date-ovate, entire, cuspidate, membranous, 5-0 in. long, slightly 

 pubescent above, more densely pubescent beneath. Cymes few- 

 flowered, lax, long-peduncled ; branchlets finely pubescent ; pedicels 

 much longer than the 'calyx. Calyx 1 in. long, densely pubescent; 

 tube short, campanulate ; lobes ovate, acuminate. Corolla white ; tube 

 3 in. long, pubescent, dilated at the apex ; lobes obovate, subequal, 

 -J- J in. long. Stamens above 1 in. long. 



Mozamb. I>lst. British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Msapa, Buchanan, 359 I 

 and without jirecise locality, Buchanan, 332 ! Zambesilaiul, Kirk ! 



55. C. Stuhlmanni, Gilrke in Engl. Jahrh. xviii. 173. A shrub, 

 with velvety branchlets. Leaves distinctly petioled, orbicular or broadly 

 ovate, 2^-5 in. long, acute or cuspidate, entire, velvety on both sides. 

 Cymes peduncled, axillary or forming a terminal panicle; bracts small, 

 linear or subulate. Calyx campanulate, velvety, J in. long, 5-partite 

 nearly to the base ; lobes ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. Corolla-tube 

 3 in. long, slender, incurved ; lobes unequal. Stamens and style very 

 long. 



XVXozamb. Bist. German East Africa : Karagwe ; Ihangiro, Stuhhnann, 916, 

 LakG Ikimha, 3500 ft., Stuhlmann, 1631, and Lake Weranyange, 4000 ft., Stuhlmann, 



56. C. Poggei, Gilrke in Engl. Jahrh. xviii. 171. A tree or 

 shrub. Leaves long-petioled, ovate-orbicular, cordate, acuminate, 

 8-10 in. long, 5-0 in. broad, repand and strongly toothed, thinly hairy 

 on both sides. Inflorescence a compact panicle formed of dense sub- 

 sessile cymes ; pedicels long ; bracts lanceolate, pubescent, above \ in. 

 long. Calyx campanulate, 1 in. long ; tube very short ; lobes lanceo- 

 late, very acuminate. Corolla white ; tube curved, 4-5 in. long ; lobes 

 unequal. Stamens very long. 



Nile I.and. British East Africa: Lendu Plateau. 4500 ft., Stuhlmann, 2702, 

 2710. 



South Central. Congo Free State : Lualaba Dist. ; in a Kalebne village, 

 Pogge, 1116. 



57. C. thyrsoideiun. Baker. A climbing shrub with stems 25 ft. 

 long ; branchlets glabrous. Leaves opposite, shortly petioled, oblong, 

 entire, cuspidate, deltoid at the base, 6-1) in. long by half as broad, 

 moderately firm, green and glabrous on both surfaces. Cymes lax, few- 

 flowered, forming a leafless thyrsoid panicle 8-12 in. long, with glabrous 

 branchlets; pedicels nearly as long as the calyx. Calyx glabrous, \ in. 

 long ; tube narrowly funnel-shaped ; lobes ovate, much shorter than 

 the tube. Corolla-tube straight, slender, glabrous, above an inch long ; 



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