328 CI. VERBENACE^ (baker). [Vitex. 



tinctly stalked, oblong-lanceolate, 7-8 in. long. 2-2h in. broad, acute, 

 narrowed to the base, entire, coriaceous, glabrous on both surfaces. 

 Cymes long-stalked, lax, axillary; pedicels short; bracts subulate. 

 Calyx J- J in. long, ferrugino-tomentose ; teeth short, deltoid. Corolla 

 white, ferrugino-tomentose outside ; tube twice the length of the calyx. 

 Stamens scarcely exserted. 



Soutb Central. Lunda : Kiver Lulua, Pogye, 1260. 



-tf). V. pachyphylla, i?aA;er. A tree; branchlets glabrous. Leaves 

 5-foliolate, very rigid, green and glabrous on both surfaces, with main 

 veins much raised beneath ; leaflets obovate-cuneate, obtuse or acute, 

 entire, all distinctly stalked, end one 4-5 in. long and half as broad ; 

 main petiole 2-3 in. long. Cymes axillary, long-peduncled, dense, many- 

 flowei'ed ; branchlets pubescent. Calyx campanulate, pubescent, \ in. 

 long ; teeth very small. Corolla small, silky outside. Fruit the size of 

 a small plum. 



Iiower Guinea, (laboon : banks of the (niboon River, Mann, 994 I 



46. V. cuneata, ScJmmach.ct' Thonn. ; Schauer in DC. Frod. xi. G94. 

 A tall tree; branchlets glabrous, tetragonal. Leaves 5-foliolate, coriaceous, 

 glabrous on both sides ; leaflets obovate-cuneate, entire, all distinctly 

 stalked, end one reaching a length of G-7 in. Cymes axillary, long- 

 peduncled. Calyx campanulate, pubescent, shortly 5-toothed. Corolla 

 scarlet, pubescent ; tube as long as the calyx, densely bearded at the 

 throat. Fruit as large as a plum, blackish, edible. 



ITpper Guinea. " (iu:nea," Thonning. 



47. V. Cienkowskii, KotscJiy d- Peyr. PI. Tinn. 27, t. 12. A tall 

 tree reaching a height of 5U ft. ; branchlets glabrous. Leaves 5-foliolate, 

 coriaceous, glabrous on both sides; leaflets obovate-cuneate, entire, obtuse 

 or slightly cuspidate, all distinctly petioled, end one 4-G in. long and 

 half as broad ; main petiole 2-3 in. long. Cymes dense, axillary, long- 

 peduncled ; branchlets slightly pubescent ; pedicels very short. Calyx 

 campanulate, pubescent, \ in. long ; teeth deltoid. Corolla yellowish- 

 brown, 3 times the length of the calyx, pubescent outside. Fruit the 

 size of a large cherry, edible. — V. 2Kdudosa, Ysitke in Linn?ea, xliii. 534. 



Upper Guinea. French Guinea : common by the Kiver Niger at Parana, 

 Scott- Elliot, 5211! Lagos, Mil len, 118! Niger Territory: Nnpe, very common, 

 JSartcr, 1108 1 Uor'w, Eoivlarid ! Soutl)ern Bornu : Musgu, J'ogel,&l\ 



xrile I<and. Upper Sennar : Fazokl, CienkoicsJcy. I'ritish East Africa : at tlie 

 contiuonce of the (Jhazal Kiver and the White Nile, lleuglin ; Denka Territory, 

 Schweinfurth, 1307 I Jur; .Jur (Ihattas, Schiveinfurlh, 1890! Matli, abundant, 

 SpekeSf Grant, 81 ! Usoga, Scott-FJliot, 7179 ! 



XiOwer Guinea. Congo, Smith ! Angola : province of (Jolun'go Alto, Vel- 

 wilsrh, 5633 ! 5G45 ! 5746 ! 



XVIozamb. X>ist. Zanzibar, A'/>A-, 1 ! Jlildeljrandl, 1123 \ Lake Tanganyika, 

 Cameron ! Portu°riiese East Africa : banks of the Luabo Kiver, Kirk, 40 ! British 



