Vitex.] CI. VERBEXACE.+: (baker). 325 



Iiower Guinea. Angola: in the i)rovincc' of (iolunjro Alto, Wclwitsch, 5G32 ! 

 5665 ! 



rUex conqolensis, De Wild. & Duraiul in Comptes-rendus Soc. Bot. Bel^'. xxxviii, 

 134, is not separable from V. J'erriiginea, Scliumach. & Tlionn., by the description. It 

 was collected by Dewevre at liokakata in the nurthern part of the Congo Free State. 



;>1. V. angolensis, G'iirke in hhujl. Jahrh. xviii. li;7. A tree; 

 branchlets densely pubescent. Leaves 5-foliolate, moderately lirni, 

 green and obscurely pubescent above when mature, paler and i)ube.scent 

 all over beneath ; leaflets oblong-cuneate, obtuse, entire, nearly sessile, 

 end one Ij in. long by ^-in. broad ; main petiole 1 A-:^ in. long. Cymes 

 axillary, shortly peduncled, few-flowered, Calyx campanulate, densely 

 pube^icent, J in. long, distinctly toothed. Corolla-tube twice iis long a.s 

 the calyx ; lobes short. Fruit the size of a large pea. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola : province of Huilla, 3800-550U ft., Welwitsch, 575H ! 



•>2. V. grisea. Baker. A tree; branchlets densely clothed with 

 short drab pubescence. Leaves usually 5-foliolate, subcoriaceous, 

 obscurely pubescent above when mature, finely pubescent all over 

 beneath ; leaflets oblong-cuneate, entire, acute, subsessile ; end leaflet ;)-4 

 in. long, 1-1 1 iv broad at the middle; main petiole 2-o in. long. 

 Cymes dense, axillary, shortly peduncled ; branches and peduncle 

 densely pubescent. Calyx campanulate, densely pubescent, j\j in. 

 long ; teeth deltoid, distinct. Corolla small, hairy outside. Fruit not 

 seen. 



^oiver Guinea. Angola : province of Huilla, 3800-5500 ft., Weltrifsc/i, 5759 ! 



']o. V. chrysocarpa. Planch, ex Benth. in Hook. Xige)' Fl. 48(1. 

 A shrub or small tree; branchlets shortly pubescent. Leaves sub- 

 coriaceous, ^-5-foliolate, green and glabrous above when mature, densely 

 coated all over wnth drab pubescence beneath ; leaflets obovate-cuneate, 

 entire or crenate, obtuse ; end leaflet shortly stalked, 3-4 in. long, half 

 as broad ; main petiole pubescent, 2-3 in. long. Cymes peduncled, 

 axillary, few-flowered ; branchlets villous. Calyx campanulate, deiusely 

 villous, J in. long ; teeth ovate, distinct. Corolla light blue, hairy, 

 3 times the length of the calyx. Fruit as large as a plum. 



Upper Guinea. French Guinea : by the Kiver Niger at Farana, Scott-Elliot, 

 5383 ! Niger Territory : banks of the Kiver Niger at its confluence with the Kiver 

 Benue, Barter, 888! and in Nupe, Barter, 1214! 1651! Kiver Niger (Quorr.n), 

 Vogel, 142 ! 



34. V. sesculifolia, Baker. A tree 30 ft. high ; branchlets densely 

 clothed with short brown pubescence. Leaves r>-foliolate, subcoriaceous ; 

 green and obscurely pubescent above, finely pubescent all over beiu'.ith ; 

 leaflets obovate-cuneate, acute, all quite sessile, entire; end leaflet .'r-C 

 in. long, half as broad; main petiole ".-4 in. long. Cymes axillary, 

 peduncled, with pubescent branchlets. Flowers not seen. Fruit oblong, 

 J- in. long, with a shortly-toothed pubescent calyx \ in. diam. 



South Central. Congo Free State : Monbuttu ; near Manza, i>chweiMfurth, 3442 ! 



