324 ci. VKRBENACE.E (hakeii). [Vitex. 



dense, long-peduncled, axillary ; branchlets and short pedicels densely 

 hairy ; bracts linear-subulate. Flower -calyx campanulate, very hairy, 

 -J in. long ; teeth obscure. Corolla-tube as long as the calyx ; lobes of 

 the limb small, very hairy outside. — Henriques in Bolet. Soc. Brot. 

 xvi. ()9. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone : near Falaba, Scotf-Elliof, 5189 ! 



Iiower Guinea. Lower Congo, Laurent ! near Tondoa (Underbill), Biitlner, 

 428. Angola : San Salvador, Biitlner, 427 ! Malange, in pastures. Marques, 10 ! 



28. V. micrantha, Glirke in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 170. A small 

 tree ; branchlets glabrous. Leaves o-foliolate, moderately tirm, green 

 and glabrous on both surfaces ; leaflets obovate-cuneate, entire, sub- 

 sessile, conspicuously cuspidate, end one 2 in. long by less than half as 

 broad ; main petiole slender, glabrous, 1 J-2 in. long. Cymes few- 

 flowered, long, axillary, distinctly peduncled ; branchlets glabrous. 

 Calyx campanulate, thinly pubescent, yV in. long ; teeth very small. 

 Corolla small, white, silky outside. Fruit-calyx J in. diam. — Cummins in 

 Kew Bulletin, 1898, 76. 



Upper Guinea.-. Sierra Leone: Bagru River, Mann, 860! Aslianti : Assin- 

 yan-Coomassie, Ctimmins, 74! 



29. V. grandifolia, Gilrke in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 109. A small 

 tree; branchlets glabrous. Leaves 5-foliolate, moderately firm, green 

 and glabrous on both surfaces ; leaflets obovate-cuneate, obtuse or 

 cuspidate, entire, nearly sessile, end one 8-12 in. long and half as broad. 

 Cymes dense, axillary, shortly peduncled ; branchlets finely pubescent. 

 Calyx campanulate, pubescent, obscurely toothed, ^ in. long. Corolla 

 yellowish, silky outside, 0-4- times the length of the calyx. Fruit the 

 size of a small plum, edible, with a calyx h in. diam. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: Bagru River, Mann, 880 ! Gold Coast ; by tbe 

 River Volta, Rumsey, 14! Lagos, Barter, 20180! Millen, 32! 04! Inte-ior of 

 Western Lagos, Rowland! Niger Delta: sea sbore near tbe River Nun, Barter, 

 2098 ! Canieroons : Bipinde, Zenker, 839 ! 959 ! 1006 ! 



IiOTver Guinea. (Gaboon : Munda; Sibange Farm. Soyaux, 215! Angoni, 70 

 miles cast of Gaboon, Bales, 550 ! 



Native name ' Ore.' Fruit, a sort of black plum, from wbicli is made rum, said to 

 be intoxicating (Millen). 



;)0. V. ferruginea, ScJatmach. d- Thonn. ; Schauer in DC. Prod. xi. 

 095. A tree 20-25 ft. high ; branchlets clothed with soft ferruginous 

 pubescence. Leaves 5-7-foliolate, moderately firm, glabrous and bright 

 green when mature, clothed all o\er beneath with soft ferruginous 

 pubescence ; leaflets obovate-cuneate, entire, obtuse or cuspidate, nearly 

 or quite sessile, end one S-4 in. long by half as broad ; main petiole 

 4-5 in. long, densely pubescent. Cymes very compound, axillary, long- 

 peduncled ; bi-anches clothed wi':h short soft brown pubescence. Flower 

 calyx yV in. long, densely pubescent; teeth small. Corolla small, 

 pubescent outside. Fruit globose, j-i in. diam. — I^ ritfescens, Giirke in 

 Engl Jahrb. xviiii. 169. 



Upper Guinea* Gold Coast : Aqnapim Mountains, Thonninf) ! 



