hhS PHYTOLOGIA Vol. 3, no. 8 VITEX STELLATA Moldenke, sp. nov. Arbor parva,; ramulis crassis medullosis obtuse • tetragonis canaliculatis glauco-griseis dense tomentellis, pilis ad aplcem glauco-stellatis; foliis $-f oliolatis ; petiolis crassis dense tomentellis, pilis perspicue ad apicem glauco-stellatis j petio-lulis crassis dense glauco-tomentellis; laminis subcoriaceis obovatis utrinque densissime pubescentibus rotundatis integris subrevolutis , ad basim longe attenuatis. Small tree; ■ branchlets stout, medullose, obtusely tetragon-al, canaliculate, glaucous-gray, densely tomentellous with glaucous-stellate tips on the hairs; nodes not annulate; prin-cipal intemodes 1.5 — U cm. long or longer; leaf-scars large but not especially prominent; terminaQ. buds very densely flav-escent-tomentellous; leaves decussate-opposite, 5-foliolate; petioles stout, 12 — 13 cm. long, densely tomentellous with the hairs conspicuously glaucous-stellate at their tips giving the petioles a decided bluish cast; petiol\iles stout, 2 — lii mm. long, the central ones longest, all densely tomentellous with glaucous-stellate hairs, canaliculate above; leaflet-blades subcoriaceous, bright-green above, cinereous beneath, obovate, very densely pubescent on both surfaces, the pubescence ciner-eous beneath, the central ones 16 — 13 cm. long and 7.5 — 3 cm. wide, the lateral and lower ones smaller, roimded at the apex, entire and somewhat revolute along the margins, long-attenuate at the base; midrib stout, flat above, rounded-prominent be-neath; secondaries slender, regular, 15 — 17 per side, ascend-ing, slightly arcuate toward the margins, not anastomosing, flat above, sharply prominent beneath; veinlet reticulation a-bundant, mostly rather obscure above, proininulent beneath; in-florescence not seen. The type of this species was collected by Raymond Decary ( no. lli5U9 ) at Massif de I'Ankara, Madagascar, on July 25, 1939, aind is deposited in the herbarium of the MusSum National d'Histoire Haturelle at Paris. Lacking inflorescences for ex-amination, it is possible that this species may not be correct-ly placed here, in spite of the collector's determination. Its pubescence suggests the Bignoniaceae. THE KNOWN GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE VERBENACEAE , AVICENNIACEAE , STILBACEAE , SYMPHOREMACEAE , AND ERIOCAULACEAE . SUPPLEMMT 5 Harold N. Moldenke Since the publication of the previous supplement to this list by me on December 18, 1950, over 5U00 additional specimens
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