320 CI. VERBEXACE.« (baker). [Vitex. 



35. V. Hildebrandtii, Vaike in Liimcea, xliii. 534. A tree ; 

 brancblets short, densely pilose. Leaves long-petioled, 5-foliolate ; 

 leaflets sessile, oblong, 2-4 in. long, obtuse, narrowed to the base, 

 entire, green and thinly pubescent above, densely matted with white 

 pubescence beneath. Cymes long-peduncled, dense, axillary ; bi^anches 

 densely pubescent ; pedicels very short ; bracts linear, villous. Calyx 

 campanulate, densely pubescent, -^ in. long ; teeth ovate. Corolla-tube 

 a little longer than the calyx, very hairy ; lobes oblong. Stamens not 

 exserted. 



BKozamb. Bist. (Jerinan East Africa : Usaramo ; Dar-es-Salaam, Hildebrandf, 

 1249; Usambara; Tanga, Volkens, 1 ! Hoist, 2101 ! British Central Africa : N^'nsa- 

 land, Buckanan, 118 ! 



36. V. Mombassae, Vatke inLinnoda, xliii. 533. A shrub or small 

 tree ; branchlets densely pubescent. Leaves 3-5-i'oliolate, coriaceous, 

 green and thinly pybescent above when mature, densely pubescent all 

 over beneath ; leaflets obovate, quite sessile, entire, obtuse or cuspidate, 

 end one 2-3 in. long by half as broad ; main petiole 1-lJ in. long, 

 densely pubescent. Cymes dense, axillary, shortly peduncled, corym- 

 bose or thyrsoid ; branches densely pubescent. Calyx campanulate, 

 densely pubescent, \ in. long; teeth large, ovate. Corolla yellowish, 

 more than twice as long as the calyx, pubescent outside. Fruit as large 

 as a plum, with a calyx J in. diam. 



irile land. British East Africa : near Mombasa, Hildebrandt, 1972 ! Kirk I 

 BCozamb* Dist. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro, 5000 ft., Johnston ! 

 Usambara ; Bombuera, Hoist, 2196. 



37. V. shirensis. Baker. A small tree, with densely pubescent 

 branchlets. Leaves 5-foliolate, coriaceous, green and glabrous above 

 when mature, pubescent beneath ; leaflets obovate-cuneate, obtuse, 

 entire, sessile, end one 3 in. long by more than half as broad : main 

 petioles 3-4 in. long. Cymes axillary, peduncled, few- flowered ; branches 

 densely pubescent ; bracts oblong. Calyx campanulate, densely pubes- 

 cent, ^ in. long ; teeth ovate, distinct. Corolla small, very haiiy outside. 

 Fruit the size of a small plum. 



Mozamb. Blst. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Impembe Hill, 3000 ft. 

 Kirk, 3 ! Shire Highlands, Buchanan, 20 ! Zomba and vicinity, 2500-3500 ft. Whyte ! 

 and without precise locality, Buchanan, 231 ! 



38. V. Carvalhi, Garke m Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 339. A shrub 

 or tree ; branchlets glabrous. Leaves 5-foliolate ; petiole very long ; 

 leaflets distinctly stalked, elliptical or lanceolate-obovate, 3-4 in. long, 

 acute or cuspidate, irregularly deeply toothed, membranous, glabrous 

 on both surfaces. Cymes lax, axillary, with a very long peduncle. 

 Calyx campanulate, tomentose, 5 toothed. Corolla-tube pubescent. 



IMLozamb* Sist. Portuguese East Africa : Mozambique, Carvalho ! 



39. V. oxycujipisy Baker. A small tree 15-20 ft. high ; branch- 

 lets glabrous. Leaves 3-5-foliolate, membranous, green and glabrous 

 on both sides ; leaflets obovate-cuneate, irregularly crenate, with a large 



