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C. incisum, Klotzsch. An erect shrub. Leaves 2-3 nate, oblong-lanceolate, deeply inciso-pinnatifid, 3-4 inches long, half as wide at the middle, pubescent on both 
sides. Flowers in a terminal sessile head. Corolla white, tube slender, glabrous, 2J-3 inches long j filaments red, 2 inches long. Kerimba Islands, Peters. Rios 
de Sena, Peters. 
C. myricoides, R. Br. An erect shrub. Leaves 2-4 nate, oblong, acute, deeply toothed, cuneate at the base, 2-6 inches long, glabrous above, pubescent below. 
Cymes lax, few-flowered, forming a short terminal panicle. Corolla-tube very short, upper lobes white, A-inch long ; lower lobes f-inch long, pale-blue. Kongone 
River, Kirk ; and the more hairy var. discolor, Rios de Sena, Peters ; also Natal, Transvaal, &c. 
C. lanceolatlim, Giirke ; an herb or shrub. Leaves oblanceolate, 2-3 inches long, toothed above, cuneate below, pubescent, and with offensive smell. Cymes few- 
flowered, sub-terminal ; corolla white, tube sometimes above an inch long. Lower Zambesi. 
197. HOLMSKIOLDIA. Shrubs, with opposite simple leaves ; axillary or terminal cymes of small flowers ; accrescent spreading, 5-lid coloured calyces, 5-lobed short 
incurved corolla ; 4 stamens, entire or obscurely 4-lobed 4-celled ovary and solitary ovules, attached laterally. Fruit containing 1-4 bony pyrenes. 
H. tettensis, Vatke. An erect shrub without spines. Leaves obovate 2 5-3 c.m, long, entire or with few large teeth, pubescent, Cymes few-flowered, terminal on 
branchlets. Calyx finally 2^5 c.m. wide. Fruit villous, 4-lobed at the apex. Zambesia. 
H. spinescens, Vatke. An erect spinescent shrub. Leaves 2-4 c.m. long, oblong-cuneate, entire, pubescent. Cymes lax, few-flowered, terminal on branchlets. Calyx 
finally 2-5 c.m. across. Corolla i'5 c.m. long; fruit villous, 4-lobed. Zambesia. 
H. mucronata, Vatke. An erect spinescent shrub. Leaves ovate, 1-3 c.m. long, rounded, pubescent. Cymes axillary ; calyx coloured, finally 2 c.m. wide. Zambesia. 
198. PREMNA. Shrubs, trees or stragglers with opposite or whorled dotted simple leaves ; cymose-paniculate terminal inflorescence , minute flowers ; accrescent calyx ; 
short 4-lobed corolla ; 4 stamens ; 1-2 celled ovary ; 4 ovules, and small globose 4-celled drupe. 
P. serratifolia. Linn. An erect shrub, with opposite, oblong, crenate or entire glabrous leaves, 7-15 c.m. long ; large corymbose panicle, corolla-tube 4 m.m. long, 
limb 4-lobed ; stamens included ; drupe purple, 5-6 m.m. diameter. Zambesia and northward. 
P. viburnoides. A. Rich. An erect shrub, with ovate or subcordate, cuspidate, entire leaves 5-8 c.m. long, glabrescent above, pubescent below ; many -flowered 
terminal cymes ; small ovate bracts ; corolla-tube as long as the calyx ; drupe black, 3 m.m. diameter, globose. Lower Shire Valley, Kirk. 
P. senensis. Klot. A small tree, with ovate or oblong, acute, entire leaves, 25-5 c.m. long, cuneate at the base; many-flowered, dense, terminal cymes; subulate 
bracts ; corolla-tube rather longer than the calyx. Lower Zambesi. 
199. VITEX. Corolla widely campanulate, 5-lobed, accrescent in fruit. Corolla shortly tubular, somewhat 2-lipped, the 2 upper lobes shorter than the other 2 and outside 
them in bud. Stamens 4, didynamous ; ovary 4-celled, with 1 ovule in each cell. Drupe enclosed in the calyx, leathery or fleshy, with a hard 4-celled, 4-scedcd 
stone. Seeds exalbuminous. Leaves simple or digitately compound, usually opposite. Trees or shrubs, mostly tropical, many species additional to those of this 
Province being found in German East Africa and in British Central Africa. 58 species are described in the “Flora of Tropical Africa," and 9 in the “Flora 
Capensis.” 
V. villosa. (New species.) 1 Vein, name — 10 Imporo. A medium sized tree frequent from Quelimane northward, with opposite, 5 -foliate digitate leaves on thick 
branches; peduncles 7-15 c.m. long, pubescent; leaflets sessile, obovate, acute or blunt, 8-12 c.m. long, 6-9 c.m. wide; the leaflets pubescent above, pale and 
densely villose below, the young parts of the stem closely hairy. Cyme as long as the leaves, axillary many flowered ; fruit 2 c.m. long, nearly as wide, fleshy, set 
in the enlarged caylx and alleged to be edible. Sim 5572. 
Plate LXXVIII. B. 
1 Vifex villosa. (Sp. nov.) Arbor ; cauli juveni dense hirlo ; ramis crassis folia opposita digitata gerentibus ; petiolis 7-15 c.m. longis pubcscentibus ; foliolis 5, sessilibus, obovatis, ucutis vel obtusis, 
8-12 c.m. longis, 6-9 c.m. latis, folioli pagina superiore pubescente, inferiore pallida et dense villosa ; inflorescentia cymosa foliis aequa, floics plures gerente ; fructu 2 c.m. longo, ct tnntum non lato, carnosn, 
calyce dilatato circuindato. Frequens a Quelimane septentrionem versus. Sim 5572. Tab. LXXVIII. B. 
