842 xcvi. VERBENACEiE. {Sijihoncmthus 



5 in. long by 4^ in. broad, cuspidate-acuminate at the apex ; 

 petioles ranging up to 6 in. long or more; flowers about 1-^- in. 

 long, bi'illiantly scarlet ; calyx 5-cleft. 



Sierra Lkoxe. — At Sierra Leone, cultivated and perhaps indi- 

 genous ; fl. Sept. 185B. No. 5653. 



This variety is possibly the climbing shrub with very beautiful 

 flowers, growing by fences in mountainous situations near Freetown 

 in Sierra Leone in Dec. 1853, and mentioned by Welwitsch in Ann. 

 Cons. Ultramar. Lisb. No. 7 (Aug. 18.")4), p. 83. n. 75. 



7. S. glabra. 



Clerodendron glahrum E. Mey. Comment. PI. Afr. Austr. p. 273 

 (1837). 



LoANDA. — In the churchyard of the island of Loanda ; fl. and fr. 

 March 1854. No. 5651. A shrub, 4 to G ft. high, the whole plant 

 smelling like cooked meat ; stems numerous, branched or simple ; 

 branches sometimes erect, sometimes patent ; flowers white, In 

 bushy sandy places behind Maranga do Povo ; fl. Feb. 1858. No. 5710. 

 A patently branched, fetid shrub, 4 to 7 ft. high, with white flowers. 

 In sandy places at the seaside near Praia de Zamba Grande ; fl. begin- 

 ning of Feb. 1858. No. 5721. A much-branched shrub, 4 to G ft. 

 high ; leaves ternate, somewhat fleshy, glossy, yellowish green, rather 

 flaccid, strong-smelling ; flowers pentamerous, white, fragrant ; calyx- 

 lobes lanceolate-subulate ; corolla-lobes rounded-obtuse, somewhat 

 wavy ; stamens 4 or 5 or G ; stigma somewhat bifid ; drupe spherical 

 or nearly so, turning black when ripe, 4-furrowed, mucronate with the 

 remains of the style, received at the base into the 5- to 7-toothed calyx. 

 In sandy rugged places above Loanda, near Alto das Cruzes, not 

 uncommon ; fl. and unripe fr. 8 Dec. 1858. No. 5625. In fl. No. 5657. 



IcoLO E Bexcio. — Near Foto ; without fl. or fr. Perhaps this 

 species. No. 5655- 



Var. incarnata. 



A shrub, 2 to 5 ft. high ; branches shortly and softly pubescent, 

 «rect or spreading ; leaves coriaceous, herbaceous green, somewhat 

 fleshy, 1 to 2 in. long by ^ to 1 in. broad, mostly ternate ; petiole 

 i to 1 in. long ; flowers flesh-coloured ; stamens 4. 



MossAMEDES. — In thickets at the mouth of the river Bero, in sandy 

 somewhat salt places ; fl. July 1859. No. 5753. 



This variety has the habit of S. {Clerodendron) Rchmannii (Giirke in 

 PI. Wilm. n. GOl) from the Transvaal, but the foliage of our specimens 

 is nearly glabrous and the corolla-tube is shorter. 



Var. vaga. 



A shrub, 2 to 3 ft. high, sparingly branched ; branches pallid, 

 tomentellous, rambling ; branchlets hoary-tomentose ; leaves mostly 

 ternate or quaternate, ^ to 1 in. long by } to ^ in. broad, more or 

 less pubescent ; petiole ^ to i in. long ; flowei's white. 



Bengt-ella. — In maritime thickets near Benguella ; fl. March 1859. 

 No. 5752. 



8. S. volubilis. 



Clerodendrum voluhile P. Beauv. Fl. Ow. i. p. 52, t. 32 (1806?). 

 €. muUiflormn G. Don in Edinb. Phil. Journ. xi. p. 350 (1824). 

 Zenza do Golungo.— At Muchao ; fl. Sept. 1854. No. 5675. 



