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bracts 13-2 lines Jong, elliptic-oblong, obtuse; pedicels }—3 in. 
long. Sepals 4 in. long, oblong, obtuse. Corolla yellow, gla- 
brous, with a campanulate tube 2 lines long, and linear-lanceolate 
lobes 6-7 lines long, slightly auriculate on one side at their base. 
Coronal lobes arising from the middle of the corolla-tube, 1-3 
line long, the apical half abruptly dilated into a triangular or 
ovate-triangular blade with equal sides and acute or rounded 
angles, erect or horizontally inflexed. 
Upper Guinea.—Nupe, Barter 1333!, Abbeokuta, in rocky 
place, Barter 3359 ! . 
Lower Guinea.—Angola, Welwitsch 5993 ! 
Vincetoxicum (§ Crnoctonum) Manni, sp. nov. 
Scandens, caulibus striatis minutissime puberulis; foliis ovatis 
acuminatis acutis basi cordatis supra viridibus opacis subtus 
albidis glaucis 3-nerviis 4-7 cm. long. et 17-43 mm. lat.; nerva 
infima brevi, laterali fere usque ad apicem currente et cum costa 
nervuris plurime 3 convexa; petiolo 15-380 mm. 
Peduneuli sparse hirsuti 2-3 cm. longi; bracteis minutis 
ciliatis ; pedicellis 15-25 dissitis 4-7 mm. longis ; calycis lobis 
ovatis subobtusis 1-2 mm. ; corollx lobis apice subinflexis obtusis 
4—7 mm.; corona cupulari infra medium 10-fida 3-4 mm.; an- 
there membrana ovata ciliata. 
A Cynoctono abyssinico, Hochst., foliis triplinerviis, et specie 
nondescripto (Schweinfurth 3345 et Welwitsch 4200) pedicellis 
dissitis bene distinctum; species valde aflinis in herb. Kew. 
(Soyaux 277, Burton, Mann 765, Kalbreyer 3) sed pedunculis 
nullis nondescriptum est. 
Bagroo River, Mann 1861!; between Bumban and Lokko, 
Scott Elliot no. 5672; Kabusa Limba, April 8, no. 5479. 
SoLaNacEZ. 
SoLanum scauareE, CO. H. Wright. 
Caulis suffruticosus, inermis, cylindricus, pilis stellatis vestitus. 
Folia oblonga, marginibus sinuatis, pilis stellatis utrisque facie- 
bus vestita. Inflorescentia supra-axillaris, racemosa ; flores 
circa 10. Calyx 5-partitus, segmentis oblongo-acutis. Corolla 
5-partita, segmentis oblongis, calyce duplo longiore, extra pilis 
stellatis vestita, intra(nisinervium) glabra. Stamina 53 antheris 
subsessilibus, poris terminalibus dehiscentibus. Ovarium globo- 
sum ; stylus filiformis, pilis stellatis tomentosus. Bacca globosa, 
0°56 em., coccinea. 
