310 ci. VERBENACE.E (baker). [CUrodendron. 



lobes oblong, subequal, \ in. long. Stamens twice as long as the 

 corolla-lobes. 



Xiower Guinea. Gaboon: Sierra del Crystal, Mann, 1715! 



58. C. myricoides, R. Br. ; Vatke in Linncea, xliii. 535, An erect 

 shrub 3-5 ft. high, with glabrous or pubescent branchlets. Leaves 

 2-4-nate, subsessile, oblong, acute, deeply toothed, cuneate and entire 

 at the base, 2-6 in. long, membranous, glabrous above, finely pubescent 

 beneath. Cymes lax, few-flowered, forming a short terminal panicle ; 

 branchlets glabrous or finely pubescent. Calyx glabrous, ^ in. long, 

 and broad ; tube campanulate ; lobes short, ovate, obtuse, foliaceous. 

 Corolla-tube very short ; upper lobes obovate, white, J in. long ; lower 

 obovate-cuneate, spoon-shaped, | in. long, usually pale blue. Stamens 

 arcuate, J-1 in. long. Carpels oblong, black, glabrous. — Engl. Hoch- 

 gebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 356. Cyclonema myricoides, Hochst. ; Schauer in 

 DC. Prod. xi. 675 ; Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 5838 ; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. 

 Abyss, ii. 171; Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc, xxix. 133. 



Upper Guinea. Lagos; mteuor, Rowland ! 



Wile Z.and. Eritrea : Keren, 4500 ft., Beccari, 296 I Mount Kube, 6000 ft., 

 Schweinfurth Sf Riva, 1518 ! Galahat : Matamnia, Schweinfurth, 41 ! Abyssinia : 

 Tigre ; Mount Sholoda, near Adown, Sckimper, 330 ! Sanien ; Shoata Valley, 

 Schimper, 1140 1 Gliuba Valley, Steudner, 1311! Shoa ; Ankober, Roth, 469! 

 471 ! Aliu Ambii, Roth, 470 ! and without precise locality, Plowden ! British Enst 

 Africa: Jur ; Jur Ghnttas, Schweinfurth, 1892! Kich ; at Ador village, P ether ick ! 

 Moru ; Neangarii, Petherick ! banks of the White Nile, Petherick ! Euwenzori ; in 

 Wimi Valley, 7000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 7927 ! Nandu ; Nzowi (Nzoia) River, 4000- 

 6000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 6684 ! Uganda, Scott-Elliot, 7141 ! Taita ; Ndi Mountain, 

 Scott- Elliot, 6192! 



lUo'weT Guinea. Lower Congo : Boma, Monteiro ! Angola, Wehoitsch, 5699 ! 

 5703 ! 5704! 5707 ! 5725 ! Malange, Marques, 10 ! 



Soutli Central. Congo Free State : Bolobo, on the River Congo, Johnston ! 



XVXozamb. Blst. German East Africa : Usui, Speke Sf Grant^ 203 ! Unyam- 

 wezi; Msalala, Hannington ! and witliout precise locality, Speke ^' Grant! Kirk! 

 Portuguese East Africa : mouth of the Kongone River, Kirk ! British Central 

 Africa : Nyasaland ; Masuka Plateau, 6500-7000 ft., Whyle ! Shire Highlands, 

 Scott- Elliot, Sb89\ Zomba, TFhi/te, SS \ 99! Mangan.ja. Hills, Waller! 



Also in Natal. 



Var. discolor, Baker. Branches very pubescent. Leaves pubescent on both sides, 

 densely hairy beneath. Calyx pubescent. — Cyclonema discolor, Kloiz-ch in Peters, 

 Reise Mossarab. Bot. 262. 



Nile Z<and. Uganda, Wilson, 138 ! 



Iiower Guinea. Angola, Welwitsch, 5700 ! 



Mozamb. Slst. German East Africa : Usambai-a ; Heboma, Hoist, 2571 ! 

 Kilimanjaro : at 7000 ft., Johnston, 95 ! and at Marangu, 4700 ft., Volkens, 226 ! 

 Portuguese East Africa : Rios de Sena, Peters ! British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; 

 Blantyre, Buchanan, 33 ! near Mount Sochi, 3000 ft.. Kirk ! Mount Malosa, Whyte ! 

 Mount Mlanji, Whyte! Rhodesia : Leshumo Forest, Holub ! 



Var. fioribundum. Baker. Whole plant glabrous. Leaves long, lanceolate. 

 Cymes forming a lax, thyrsoid panicle, a foot or more long. 



irile Xiand. British East Africa : Niamniam ; at Gumango Hill, Schweinfurth^ 

 3887 ! 



