Chailktia.'] xxxvm. chailletiace*; (oliver). 341 



or rounded, entire, glabrous or the midrib above and petiole strigillose ; 5-10 

 in. long, 3-4i \ n broad ; petiole }-± in. Stipules subulate, deciduous. 

 1 lowers fragrant, in ample, many-flowered, rather lax, dichotomous, axillary 

 cymes 2-3 in. long and broad or 2 or 3 confluent ; pedicels articulated, 

 hoary-pubescent, very short or equalling the flower or calyx. Calyx-lobes 

 oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, ascending. Petals free, narrowed below, 2-fid. 

 Ovary pilose or pubescent, narrowed into the slender style. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, T. Vogel! and others. 



ar. B. A small dee. Leaves rather coriaceous, smaller than in the type, thinly pubes- 

 cent. Dichotomous cymes shorter. Young fruit subdidyinous in our specimen. 

 Abbeokuta and Lagos, Barter! Cape Coast, Brass! 



■" Var. y. Extremities with a short cinnamon-tomentum. Leaves thinly coriaceous, at 

 st s P ar sely hirsute. Calyx-lobes spreading or recurved. Probably a distinct species. 

 Prince's Island, Mann ! 



♦. C. subcordata, Huok. f. Fl. Nigrit. 277. Shrub, with finely pu- 

 herulous extremities. Leaves subcoriaceous, broadly elliptical, glabrous or 

 at first puberulous on the nerves beneath, shining above, broadly acute api- 

 culate or obtuse, base subcordate or rounded, sometimes broadly, and entire ; 

 3 r-6 in. long, 2|-4 in. broad ; petiole 1-3 lines. Stipules subulate. Flowers 

 somewhat scorpioid, in small axillary, very shortly pedunculate, 4-5-fid 

 cymes, scarcely 1 in. long; bracts short, subulate. Petals free, much nar- 

 rowed below. Ovary pubescent or pilose, narrowed into the slender style ; 

 stigmas 3. 



u Pper Guinea. Fernando Po, T. Vogel! Mann ! 



1 nave not had sufficient material to enable me to frame a satisfactory description. 



5 - C. toxicaria, Don; DO. Prod. ii. 57- A glabrous shrub or the 

 young shoots and inflorescence mealy-puberulous at first. Leaves rather 

 coriaceous, petiolate, oval-oblong, shortly and obtusely cuspidate or acuminate, 

 ft «se acute or cuneate, glabrous, 2^-6 in. long, 1^-2^ in. broad, occasionally 

 ft her larger ; petiole \~\ in. Stipules minute, subulate, deciduous. Flowers 

 ,lnes toug or little more, in small glomerules, either subsessile and axillary 

 0r adnat e to the petiole or racemose from a straight common peduncle 

 sometimes 1-2| in. long, a small leaf frequently subtending the glomerules. 

 Wheels equalling or shorter than the calvx, the ovate-elliptical lobes of which 

 2jj . erec t. Petals shortlv 2-fid, free. Ovary villous ; styles minutely 3-fid. 

 *ruit l-)x m j on eiijpgoidj,^ i, ar( l and woodv, 1-celled, 1-seeded.— 

 L - ^ecta, Bon ; DC. Prod. ii. 58 ? 0. affitiis, Planch. Fl. Nigrit. 276. 



Pper Guinea. Sierra Leone, T. Vogel ! and others ; Seuegambia ! 

 ■J^-" eU 'P tica - Leaves proportionally broader, very shortly and obtusely apiculate; base 

 betimes rounded. 



fiagroo river, Mann ! 

 i,i Pnt h f ve " ot 9ee n authentic specimens of Don's plant, but there can be little doubt of the 

 of »„ V ,° Ur s Pecimens. The seeds are said to be poisonous. We have specimens in bud 

 tmtt 8 P ecie9 f,om *>>e Niger (Barter), very similar to var. elliptica, but with a diffe- 

 vmict * ? Cym0de i,,flor escence and the petals minutely or unequally 2-hd. Whether a 

 y or distinct species is uncertain. . „_ _, , 



******* Pa»ie«latiu, Schum. etThouu. Gain. PI. 131 (Ceanothu*? gumeenm, DC. Prod. 



