;322 CI. VERBENACE.E (baker). [Vitex. 



cence ; teeth short, broad, acute. Corollas-tube twice the length of the 

 calyx. Stamens exserted. Fruit globose, glabrous, 1 in. or more in 

 diam. 



IMozaxnb. Bist. German East Africa : Usmnbara; Tanga, Volkens, 92. 



20. V. xnadiensis, OUv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 134, ^. 131. 

 A tree ; branchlets pubescent or villous when young. Leaves usually 

 3-fc)liolate, sometimes simple or 5-foliolate, subcoriaceous, green and 

 glabrous above when mature, hairy especially on the main ribs beneath ; 

 leaflets obovate-cuneate, obtuse or cuspidate, deeply crenate in the 

 upper half, reaching a length of 5-6 in. by half as broad, end one dis- 

 tinctly stalked ; main petiole 3-4 in. long. Cymes dense, axillary, long- 

 peduncled ; branchlets densely hairy ; pedicels very short. Calyx cam- 

 panulate, densely hairy, ^ in. long and broad ; teeth ovate, distinct. 

 Corolla twice as long as the calyx, hairy outside. Fruit edible, the size 

 of a small plum. — V. Schweinfurthii, Giirke in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 170. 



wrile Iiand. British East Africa: Jur; Kurshook Ali's Seriba, Schweinfttrth, 

 ser. 3, 48! Jur G\\i^it&%, Schiveinfurth, 1365! 1506! 2030! Denka territory, at 

 Jeranil, Schweinfurth, 1313 ! Madi, Speke ^ Grant, 649 ! Mittu ; near Mvolo, Schivein- 

 furth, 2848. 



21. V. Schweinfurthii, Baker. A tree ; branchlets stout, woody, 

 terete, clothed with short soft drab pubescence. Leaves subcoriaceous, 

 3-foliolate or simple, glabrous above when mature, pubescent all over 

 beneath with raised main veins ; leaflets obovate-cuneate, entire, obtuse 

 or minutely cuspidate ; end leaflet shortly stalked, reaching 5-G in. long 

 by half as broad ; main petiole 2-3 in. long, Cymes lax, axillary, 

 peduncled ; branchlets densely pubescent ; bracts large, linear. Calyx 

 campanulate, \ in. long, densely pubescent ; teeth 5, ovate, distinct. 

 Corolla small, villous outside. Fruit oblong, the size of a small pium, 

 with a calyx J in. diam. 



Wile Iiand. British East Africa : Denka Territory ; Lao district, Schweinfurth, 

 1303 ! Jur; Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 1953 ! (iir, Schweinfurth, 1519 ! 



22. V. zaxnbesiaca. Baker. A large tree ; branchlets stout, 

 angular, densely clothed with short whitish pubescence. Leaves 

 3-foliolate, thin, green and obscurely pubescent on the upper surface, 

 densely matted all over with whitish tomentum beneath when young, 

 more thinly when mature ; leaflets sessile, obovate-cuneate, obtuse, 

 entire, end one 4-5 in. long by half as broad; main petiole 3-4 in. long. 

 Cymes axillary, many-flowered, dense, long-ped uncled ; branchlets 

 densely pubescent. Calyx campanulate, densely pubescent, ^ in. long; 

 teeth ovate, acute. Corolla twice as long as the calyx. Drupe the size 

 of a plum, edible. 



Mozaxnb. Dlst. Portuguese East Africa : Lower Shire ; near the base of 

 Morambala Mountain, Kirk ! 



23. V, holocalyx, Baker. A shrub 6-8 ft. high ; branchlets 

 densely pubescent. I^eaves 3-foliolate or simple, subcoriaceous, obscurely 



