Rolmskioldia.] ci. verbenace^ (baker). 315 



3. H. xnucronata, Vaike in Linrupa, xliii. 530. An erect shrub 

 with spine-pointed short branchlets. Leaves ovate, shortly cuspi<late, 

 1-3 in. long, rounded at both ends, sometimes cordate at the base, tliinly 

 pubescent above, densely pubescent beneath ; petiole short. Cymes 

 axillary, peduncled, pubescent ; bracts broadly ovate, villous, deciduous. 

 Calyx coloured, pilose on both sides, at first J-J in., finally } in. diam. 

 Corolla-tube very short, pubescent; limb sub-bilabiate. Ovary villous 

 at the apex. — Cyclonema Tnucronatumfiy Klotzsch in Peters, ReLse 

 Mossamb. Bot. 260. 



IMEozaxnb. Blst. Portuguese East Africa : Rios de Sen:», Peters. 



12. VITEX, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. 1154. 



Calyx campanulate or funnel-shaped, 5-toothed or nearly truncate, 

 accrescent. Corolla-tube short or long, subcylindric or funnel-shaped, 

 straight or slightly curved ; limb obliquely patent, sub-bilabiate. 

 Stamens 4, didynamous, inserted in the corolla-tube and usually ex- 

 serted from it ; anther-cells nearly parallel or divergent. Ovary at first 

 imperfectly 2-celled, usually finally 4-celled; ovules solitary, laterally 

 attached ; style filiform, bifid at the apex. Drupe with a more or less 

 fleshy mesocarp and a hard 4-celled endocarp. Seeds obovate or oblong, 

 exalbuminous. — Trees or shrubs, with glabrous or hairy blanches. 

 Leaves opposite, usually compound, digitate, rarely simple. Cymes 

 dichotomous, axillary or formin'g a terminal panicle. Flowers whitish, 

 yellowish, lilac or blue. 



Species 100, raostly inhabiting the tropical zone in both hemispheres. The 

 AfVican oak or teak, mentioned under Vitex, by Bentham, in Hooker's Niger Flora, 

 487, is now known from full material, and proves to belong to Eupliorbiiiccae {Old- 

 fieldia africana. Hook, f.) 

 *Panicle thyrsoid. 

 Leaves simple. 



Petiole very short . . . . . . \. V. chrysoclada. 



Petiole not very short . . . . 2. V. ttulphurea. 



Leaves 3-foliolate . . . . . . . Z. V. Strickeri. 



Leaves, at least the larger, 5-foliolate. 

 Leaflets sessile. 



Leaflets 4 times as long as broad . . 4. F". zanzibarensis. 



Leaflets twice as long as broad . .5. V. Volkensii. 



Leaflets stalked. 



Leaflets white beneath . . . . Q. V. Neffundo. 



Leaflets green beneath. 



Leaflets toothed . . • . . 1. V. Buchanani. 



Leaflets entire . . . . . 8. ?'. thynnflora. 



**Panicle corymbose. 



■j" Leaves usually simple, large, ovate (see iilso23aiid 24). 



Leaves hairy beneath . . . . . Si. J'. I'opelii. 



Leaves glabrous beneath. 



Leaves cnneate at the base .... 10. V. gomphopht^Ua. 



Leaves rounded at the base. 



Fruit-calyx ^ in. diam .11. V. syrinqa/olia. 



Fruit-calyx | in. diam. . . .12. V. simpHcifolia. 



