Vitex.] CI. VERBENACE.+: (ijakek). ;323 



pubescent above when mature, finely pubescent all over beneath ; 

 leaflets suborbicular when simple, obovate-cuneate when the leaf is 

 compound, entire or crenate, end one '2-'\ in. long by lialf as broad ; 

 main petiole 2-3 in. long. Cymes axillary, lax, long-peduncled. Calyx 

 campanulate, densely pubescent, nearly J in. long, entire at the throat. 

 Corolla small, densely hairy outside. Fruit unknown. 



ILower Guinea. Angola: province of Golungo Alto, U't^ltci/.srli, od'MW 



24. V. diversifolia, Bake?'. A small tree; branchlets densely 

 clothed with short whitish pubescence. Leaves 3-toliolate or simple, 

 subcoriaceous, green and obscurely pubescent above when njature, 

 densely matted beneath when young and less distinctly so when mature ; 

 leaflets obovate-cuneate or when solitary suborbicular, entire ; end leiiflet 

 shortly stalked, 4-5 in. long, more than half as broad ; main {Xitiole 

 2-3 in. long. Cymes axillary, long-peduncled ; branchlets densely 

 villous ; pedicels very short. Calyx campanulate L in. long, densely 

 villous; teeth minute. Corolla small, very hairy outside. Fruit globose, 

 the size of a small cherry or plum, with a calyx | in. diam. 



XTpper Guinea. Lagos: Voruba district, 5(i;>7<?;% 1096 ! Niger Territory .- Xupe, 

 Barter, 1644 ! 



25. V. doniana, Sweet, Hort. Brit. ed. i. 323. Branchlets very 

 stout, obscurely pubescent. Leaves 3-foliolate, subcoriaceous, glabrous 

 on both sides ; leaflets obovate-cuneate, entire, obtuse or minutely 

 cuspidate; end leaflet shortly stalked, 3-4 in. long, half as bioad ; main 

 petiole 3-4 in. long. Cymes very compound, very dense, axillary, 

 shortly peduncled ; branchlets pubescent ; pedicels short. Calyx cam- 

 panulate, pubescent, ^ in. long; teeth small, deltoid. Corolla pubescent, 

 2-3 times the length of the calyx. Fruit not seen. 



Upper Guinea. Senegal, Heudeloi, 379 ! 



20. V. barbata. Planch. MS. in Herb. Kew. A tree ; young 

 branchlets densely clothed with fine spreading hairs. Leaves 3-foliolate, 

 subcoriaceous, green and glabrous above when mature, slightly 

 pubescent on the main ribs beneath ; leaflets obovate-cuneate, entire, 

 shortly stalked, obtuse, end one 3-4 in. long and half jis broad ; main 

 petiole 2J-3 in. long. Cymes copious, axillary, dense, long-peduncled ; 

 branchlets villous ; pedicels very short. Calyx campanulate, deiLsely 

 villous, ^ in. long ; teeth very short. Corolla 2-?* times the length of 

 the calyx. Fruit the size of a cherry. 



Upper Guinea. Senegal, Heudelot^ 30 ! Senegambia, Htudelof ! Sierra Leone, 

 Talla hills, in bush half way up Gonkwi, Scott-Elliot, 4881 ! 



27. V. Cvcai'porxim.yBilttn. in VerhamU. Bot. Ver. Braiulenb. xxxii. 

 35. A tree; branchlets densely pubescent. Leaves long-stiilked, 

 3-foliolate, subcoriaceous, subglabrous above when mature, densely 

 pubescent beneath ; leaflets obovate-cuneate, minutely cuspidate, crenate 

 above the middle, end one 2^-3 in. long and shortly stalk»Ml. Cymes 



