OF FERNANDO PO. 2 
3. Ranunculus pinnatus, Poir., var. extensa carpellis laevibus. 
Hab. Yn Clarence Peak, alt. 8500 ped. (fl. Dec.) 
Caules graciles, elongati, flexuosi, interdum ad nodos radicantes. Folia 
longe et gracile petiolata, pinnata v. biternata, foliolis longe petio- 
lulatis. 
This in every respect agrees with R. pinnatus, Poir, of Southern Africa, 
except in its more drawn-out habit (a feature doubtless attributable to the 
climate of Fernando Po), and the total absence of any tubercles on the 
carpels. This last, however, is a variable character, and often wanting in the 
very closely allied R. philonotis, Retz., of Europe, which, with the present 
and some other plants of India and America, will, I suspect, ultimately prove 
to belong to one collective, widely diffused species. 
MENISPERME. 
l. Stepbania hernandifolia, Wall.; H.f. & T. Flor. Ind. i. 196. cum 
Syn. 
Hab. In Clarence Peak, alt. 3-5000 ped. (fl. Dec.) 
Identical with the Indian plant, which is also a native of various parts 
of Tropical and Southern Africa, Java, and Australia. 
VIOLARIER. 
1. Viola Abyssinica, Steud., var. impunctata. 
Hab. In Clarence Peak, alt. 10,000 ped. (fl. April.) 
Caules repentes, elongati, hic illic radicantes. Folia impunctata. Flores 
pallide purpurei. 
Except in wanting the oblong brown maculz on the foliage, I can find no 
distinction whatever between this and the plant of Abyssinia, where as at 
Fernando Po, it grows in the region of heaths. It is also found in Mada- 
gascar with unspotted foliage. l 
PITTOSPORE. 
l. Prrrosporum Mannu, H.f. Folis elliptico-lanceolatis utrinque 
attenuato-acuminatis margine undulatis, paniculis ramosis multifloris 
puberulis, floribus parvis, capsula parva latissime obovoidea. 
Hab. In Clarence Peak, alt. 8500 ped. (fl. Dec.) 
Frutex 20-pedalis. Folia petiolata, glaberrima, 23"-33" long., utrinque 
viridia, glaberrima. Panicula subpyramidalis, 13" long., erecta, ramis 
erecto-patentibus. Flores 2" long., flavi; sepalis basi connatis, acutis, 
glabriusculis petalis obtusis dimid. brevioribus ; ovario staminibusque 
glaberrimis. Capsula (unica tantum visa) 1" long., 3" lata, basi ab- 
rupte angustata, apice retusa. 
Allied to P. Abyssinicum, Hochst., which has generally obtuse leaves ; 
and more closely still to the Mauritius P. Senacia, Putt., but differing 
from both in the erect paniculate inflorescence, smaller flowers and very 
different capsule. 
