Vitex.] CI. verbenacete (baker). 327 



linear-cusp, distinctly stalked, end one 6-8 in. long by less than half as. 

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

 branchlets glabrous. Flower-calyx campanulate, glabrous, ,\, in. long ; 

 teeth short, deltoid. Corolla glabrous, 3 times the length of 'the calyx.' 

 Fruit unknown. 



Upper Guinea. Niger Territory : Old Calabar River, Mann, 2243 ! 



40. V. oligantha. Baker. A shrub; branchlets slender, pale, 

 glabrous. Leaves 5-foliolate, membranous, green and glabrous on both 

 surfaces ; leaflets oblongs acute, entire, all distinctly stalked, end one 

 2-3 in. long by half as broad; main petiole slender, glabrous, 1^-2 in. 

 long. Cymes axillary, peduncled, very lax, few-flowered ; branches 

 very slender, glabrous. Calyx campanulate, glabrous, yV in. long ; teeth 

 very short and broad. Corolla-tube twice as long as the calyx ; limb 

 nearly as long as the tube. Fruit unknown. 



I^ozamb. Dist. German East Africa : on the coast at Quiloa (Kil\va\ 

 Kirk, 108 ! Kilwa, Kirk ! 



41. V. Dewevrei, De Wild, d; Durand in Comptes-rendas. Soc. Hot. 

 Belg. xxxviii. 133. A tree 40-50 ft. high; branchlets glabrous or rufo- 

 pubescent. Leaves long-petioled, r)-foliolate ; leaflets oblong, shortly 

 stalked, 4-7 in. long, l|-2 in. broad, abruptly acuminate, narrowed to 

 the base, entire, shining above, glabrous or subglabrous beneath. 

 Cymes supra-axillary, peduncled ; branches pubescent ; bracts oblong- 

 lanceolate; flowers sessile, bi-bracteolate. Calyx campanulate, ."i-toothed, 

 tomentose, ^ in. long; teeth small, deltoid, acute. Corolla not seen. 

 Fruit globose, black, ^-^ in. diam. 



Iiower Guinea. Lower Congo : Lukungu, Dewcvre. 



42. V. gabunensiSy Gilrke in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 1(17. A shrub 

 3-4 ft. high ; branchlets glabrous. Leaves 5-foliolate, moderately tirm, 

 green and glabrous on both surfaces ; leaflets oblong-cuneate, entire, all 

 distinctly stalked, end one 8-9 in. long by less than half as broad. 

 Cymes sparse, shortly peduncled. Flowers not seen. Fruit globose, 

 the size of a large pea, with a nearly entire calyx \ in. diam. 



£ower Guinea. Gaboon: Munda ; Sibange Farm, Soyatix, 163 ! 



43. V. divaricata. Baker. A shrub or small tree ; branchlets 

 glabrous. Leaves 5-foliolate, sub-coriaceous, glabrous on both sides ; 

 leaflets obovate-cuneate, entire, obtuse, all distinctly stalked, end one 

 3 in. long and half as broad ; main petiole 2 in. long. Cymes long- 

 peduncled, axillary, with long divaricate main branches ; branchlets 

 finely pubescent. Calyx campanulate, pubescent, jV in. long; teeth 

 very small. Corolla small, silky outside. Fruit unknown. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Milne ! 



44. V. lundensiSy Giirke in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 1G8. A shrub; 

 branchlets glabrous. Leaves long-petioled, 5-foliolate; leaflets dis- 



