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YERBENACE^ (H. F. Wemham) 91 



piloses acutissimos diviso ; corolla longe tubulosa extus pilis 

 glandulosis sparsim pubescente, tubo tenui vix incurvo apice 

 ^•ix ampliato, lobis subaequalibus ; sfaminihus cum stylo longissime 

 exsertis. 



Oban ; n. 341. 



Leaves up to 20 cm. x 11 cm., with stalk 3-5 cm. long. Flower- 

 heads 2*5-3 cm. in diameter, sessile or nearly so. Bracts up to 

 1 cm. X 3 mm. Calyx-segments about 1'2 cm. x 7 mm. Corolla- 

 tube exserted 2" 5 cm. beyond calyx, lobes 7 mm. long. 



Near C. cajntatam Schum. & Thonn., but flowers much shorter. 



Clepodendpon obanense Wernbam sp. no v. Frutex ramulis 

 subteretibus levibus fistulosis fragilibus ; foil is obovato-lanceolatis 

 breviter subito acuminatis apice obtusiusculo, margine integro, 

 utrinque glaberrimis basi subrotundis longiuscule petiolatis, 

 petioli parte inferiore indurante persistente ; floribus capitatis 

 lateralibus, pedicellis tenuibus ; cahjce membranaceo fere ad 

 basin in lobos ovatos breviter setaceo-acuminatos acutissimos sparse 

 praecipue in margine articulato-pilosos diviso ; corollae tubo tenui 

 recto elongate apice parum ampliato, pilis glandulis paucis con- 

 spersis, lobis subglabris subaequalibus patentibus ; genitalibus nee 

 longissime exsertis. 



Oban; n. 2081. 



Leaves 25 cm. long, including acumen 2 cm., 11-12 cm. broad ; 

 petiole 5 cm., including persistent lower part 1'5 cm. long. Inflores- 

 cence, without the corollas, about 4-5 cm. in diameter. Calyx- 

 segments about 12 mm. x 5 mm. Corolla-tube exserted 4 cm. beyond 

 the calyx ; lobes 12-14 mm. long. 



Similar to the preceding, but distinct in the want of hairs, complete 

 in the vegetative parts, and almost complete in the flowers ; also in 

 the size of the leaves and flowers. 



Vitex bogalensis Wernbam sp. nov. Frutex parvus ramulis 

 nisi novellis dense f errugineo-pubescentibus glabris, cortice cinereo- 

 eano indutis ; foliis palmate compositis 3-5-foliolatis, petiolo 

 longiusculo ramulorum modo indutis, foliolis plerumque sessilibus 

 obovatis par vis basi cuneatis brevissime acuminatis obtusis utrinque 

 praesertim in venis subtus prominentibus supra impressis pubes- 

 centibus, glandulus minutissimis pellucidis ; floribus in cymis 

 axillaribus plus minus paucifloris laxiusculis pedunculo petiolum 

 subaequante necnon ei simili ; hracteis lineari-setaceis ; calyce 

 campanulato villosissimo lobis triangularibus subacutis tubum 

 aequantibus ; corolla extus praecipue in lobis pubescente tubo 

 calycem multo excedente ; staminihus exsertis ; fructii globoso 

 nisi apice flavo-tomentoso glabrato. 



North Cameroons, Bogalo Peak, near summit, n. 1046. 



Middle leaflet 4 cm. long, 1-7 cm. broad; lateral leaflets 3 cm. 

 long, 1 • 2 cm. broad ; petiole 2-7 cm. long. Peduncles leva.. Bracts 

 to 4 mm. long. Calyx about 3 mm. long, including lobes 1"5 mm. 



