Pwospermum.] X xi. hypericineje (oliver). 159 



short lateral branchlets or overtopped by lateral shoots, sometimes many- 

 nowered and corymbose. Stamens 5-10 in each phalange. Ovules solitary 

 erect or occasionally in pairs.— P.ferrugineum, Hook. f. EL Nigrit. 241. 



Vpper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Bon ! 



tower Guinea. Congo, Smith! Angola, Br. Welwitsch! 



OTo*amb. Distr. Manganya Hills, Zambesi-land, Brs. Kirk and Metier ! 



var. glabra. Leaves occasionally oblong or oblanceolate. Niger, Barter ! 



}sx albida. Leaves glabrous or nearly so, whitish beneath. Huilla, Angola, Br. Wei- 

 Kitsch ! Zambesi, Br. Kirk ! 



PiorosjDermum Afzelii, very imperfectly described by Turczaninow in Bull. Mosc. xxivi. 

 J , is probably P.febrifuaum. If not, it may be Vismia Leonensis, but I have no means 

 °i determining. 



mi • 



m appears to be a widely spread and variable species, or, as I here leave it, possibly an 

 assemblage of 2 or 3 species. 



h\ P " tenuifolium, Hook. f. II. Nigrit. 242. A perfectly glabrous 

 ™>. Leaves rather membranous, opposite, elliptical, narrowed at each 

 ' 0D tusely apiculate or shortly acuminate or rather acute, punctate with 

 °paque glands, 2£-4 in. long, 1-lf in. broad ; petioles 2-3 lines long, con- 

 nected by a faint interpetiolar line. Flowers in terminal corymbose or sub- 

 jimbellate cymes shorter than the upper leaves ; pedicels rather longer than 

 ? tw ice as long as the. sepals. Sepals rather obtuse, glabrous or ciliolate 

 above. Stamens about 5-7 in each phalange. Ovary 5-celled; ovules 

 solitary, erect (or geminate, Fl. Nigrit. 1. c.).— Fl. Nigrit. t. 21. 



Tfo VPer Quinea - Niger, 71 Vogeli Barter! Mann! Brass, Barter ! Old Calabar, 



*«e Land. Sennar, Cienkowski. 

 fnrtk' 6 eastern P^ ant is described under a ms. name given by the late Dr. Kotschy in Schwein- 

 ? n s Be 'tr. Fl. .fithiop., 235, as a distinct species, P. niloticum. The alleged specific 



■•Suf are S,igh(; ' The leaves are said t0 be m0le nearly ^s^' le8s membranous nnd 

 unded or subcordate at base. I have not seen specimens. 



4 - P. alteraifolium,\ffbo£. /. Fl. Nigrit. 243. A perfectly glabrous 

 snrub with elongate, slender, terete, glaucous branches. Leaves coriaceous, 

 h e lower alternate, shining above, obovate-elliptical, obtuse or apiculate, more 

 ° r 'ess cuneate at base, 4-7 in. long, 2£-4 in. broad ; petioles 4-6 lines, 

 powers in di-trichotomous lateral panicles, Sepals glabrous, rather obtuse, 

 rumens about 10-12 in each narrow-linear pilose phalange; ovules solitary 

 isub-biovulate, Fl. Nigrit.). Seeds with folded cotyledons. 



ypper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Bon! . . . . 



i have seen but a very imperfect specimen, so that most of the above description is taken 

 fr °n> the 'Niger Flora.' 



4 - HABONGA, Thouars ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. 167. 



Sepals 5. Petals 5, villous above on the inner side. Stamens 5-adel- 

 ftoos, phalanges opposite to the petals, 3-oligandrous ; squamae 5, alternat- 

 m g. with the phalanges. Ovary 5-celled. Styles distinct above ; stigmas 

 ftyitate ; ovules 2-4, ascending. Drupes small, globose, each carpel with a 

 9*F endocarp, containing 2-4 seeds. Seeds eglandular, terete; embryo 



