FLORA NIGRITIANA. 217 
2. Ritchiea fragrans, Br. App. Clapperton, p. 225.—Sierra 
Leone, Afzelius, Don. 
From Brown’s observations in the paper referred to, it appears 
^us there are other African species of the same genus known to 
him. 
l. Capparis linearifolia, Hook. fil.; glaberrima, caule gracili 
scandente ? tereti parce ramoso, stipulis aculeiformibus mi- 
nutis vix recurvis, foliis breviter petiolatis lineari-oblongis 
muticis subcoriaceis arcte conduplicatis integerrimis aveniis, 
pedunculis multifloris axillaribus solitariis folio sequilongis 
Jrevioribusve patentibus interdum ramosis, floribus parvis 
corymbosis pedicellatis, alabastris globosis, sepalis ovalibus 
concavis, petalis calycem vix superantibus obovatis, stamini- 
bus circa 15, petalis zquilongis toro brevissimo insertis.— 
Sierra Leone, Forbes. 
Caulis. crassitie penne corvine, subflexuosus; internodiis 4-1 
unc. longis. Petioli 2 lin. longi. Folia 2-pollicaria, 4 unc. 
lata, siccitate viridia. Pedunculi patentes, in axillis foliorum 
omnium solitarii, horizontales, teretes, glaberrimi. Flores 
5-8 apicem versus pedunculi, circiter 4 lin. diametro. An- 
there majusculz.—An planta dioica ? 
This is a remarkably distinct species. 
2. Capparis erythrocarpa, Isert. Berl. Nat. 9, p. 339, t. 9. DC. 
Prodr. 1. p. 246.— An C. Afzelii, DC. 1. c. ?—Accra, Vogel ; 
Guinea. 
The descriptions in DC. Prod. do not serve to distinguish 
C. erythrocarpa from C. Afzelii, though the latter agrees best 
with Vogel’s plant, simply from its meagreness. The apices of 
the leaves are obtuse in this specimen. 
There are several other published W. African species of Cap- 
Paris, some of which extend over a remarkably wide range, 
Viz. : C. polymorpha, A. Rich. from Senegambia and Abyssinia ; 
- corymbosa, Lam., from Senegambia and Sennaar ; C. tomen- 
losa, Lam., from Senegal and Delagoa Bay (Forbes) ; C. puberula, 
DC., from Cape Coast, (Brass) ; and Gambia, (Don); C. Brassii, 
DC., and C. fascicularis, DC., both from Cape Coast (Brass) ; 
. C. Thonningii, Schum. and C. reflexa, Schum., both from 
