Clerodendron.] ci, VERBENACEiE (baker). 311 



59. C. alatum^ GUrke in Enyl. Jahrb. xviii. 182. An erect herb, 

 with stout tetragonous narrowly winged glabrous stems. Leaves 

 opposite, sessile, oblanceolate, acute, glabrous, the lower nearly 1 ft. 

 long, 1| in. broad above the middle, sharply toothed in the upper thiid. 

 Cymes lax, many-flowered, peduncied, forming a thyrsoid terniinal 

 panicle 1 ft. long ; branchlets glabrous. Calyx glabrous, ^ in. long ; 

 tube campanulate; lobes ovate, obtuse. Corolla-tube very short ; limb 

 white outside, pale lilac inside; lower lobe deep violet, with two white 

 blotches in the middle. 



Nile Iiand. British East Africa : Niiimniam ; near Tuhami's S^riba, Schivfin- 

 furth, 3796 ! 



60. C. Neumayeri, VaikeinLinmRci^^m.. 535. A much-branched 

 shrub 15-16 ft. high, with glabrous woody branchlets. Leaves opposite, 

 shortly petioled, oblong, acute or obtuse, cuneate at the ba.se, entire or 

 crenate at the middle, 1-1| in. long, moderately firm, glabrous. Cymes 

 axillary, peduncied, few-flowered ; pedicels much longer than the calyx. 

 Calyx glabrous, \ in. long and broad ; tube campanulate ; teeth small, 

 suborbicular. Corolla-tube very short ; limb Hlac, nearly 1 in. in diam. ; 

 lowest lobe produced. Drupe globose, \ in. diam., deeply -l-lobed. — 

 Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 357. 



Xlle Iiand. British Somaliland : Ahl Mountains, near Maid, 3000-5800 ft., 

 Hildebrandi, 1522 ! Wardie, Miss Edith Cole ! Mrs. Lort-Phillips ! 



I strongly suspect this is only a shrubby montane variety of C. myricoides. 



61. C. Kalbreyeri, Baker. A shrub, with very slender glabrous 

 branchlets. Leaves opposite, oblong, shortly petioled, entire, acute, 

 membranous, 3-4 in. long, glabrous on both sides, deltoid or broadly 

 rounded at the base. Cymes few-flowered, lax, forming a short terminal 

 panicle; branchlets glabrous. Calyx glabrous, J-J in. long and broad ; 

 tube campanulate; lobes ovate, obtuse, foliaceous. Corolla-tube veiy 

 short; limb J in. long; lower lobes longer than the others and spoon- 

 shaped. Stamens an inch long. Fruit deeply lobed, \ in. diam. 



Upper Guinea. Lagos: XovuhA, Millson ! Cameroons : Cameroon Mountain, 

 Kalhreyer, 94 ! 



62. C, camosuluxn. Baker. A climbing shrub, with pubescent 

 branches. Leaves opposite, petioled, cordate-ovate or suborbicular, 

 entire, rather fleshy, 3-4 in. long, slightly pubescent above, densely 

 pubescent beneath. Cymes few-flowered, long-peduncled, produced 

 from the axils of the reduced upper leaves, so as to form a very lax 

 terminal panicle. Calyx pubescent, J in. long and broad ; tube cam- 

 panulate ; teeth short, broad. Corolla violet ; tube short ; lowest lobe 

 \ in. long. Stamens 1 in. long. 



Xiower Guinea. Angola : Province of Pungo Andongo, Welwitkch, 5701 ! 

 5702! 5706! 



63. C. bukobenae, (xttr^e in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 1^2. A shrub, 

 with glabrous branchlets. Leaves ovate, acuminate, glabrous, deeply 



