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Guinea; but possibly these may be the same as some of those 
previously named, though very imperfectly described. 
1 
. Merua Currori, Hook. fil.; glaberrima, caule tereti, cortice 
pallido albo-punctato, foliis ad apices ramulorum sparsis bre- 
viter petiolatis oblongo-obovatis obtusis apiculatis basi angus- 
tatis integerrimis aveniis subcoriaceis, corymbis axillaribus 
terminalibusque paucifloris, pedicellis flore brevioribus, calyce 
basi anguste-cylindraceo, corona petaloidea subbipartita.— 
Elephants’ Bay, Dr. Curror. 
Rami crassitie penne anserinz, hine inde tumidi; cortice levi 
pallide rufa, punctis albidis aspersa; ramulis cicatricosis. 
Folia uncialia, plana, siccitate subcoriacea, (an carnosula ? 
obtusa v. emarginata, apieula acuta, costa vix prominula. 
Pedicelli 8 lin. longi. Alabastra j-uncialia. Calycis tubus 
segmentis acutis longior. 
A very curious species, but the specimens are far from good. 
There are four other W. African species of Merua, viz. M. An- 
golensis and M. Senegalensis, from Angola and Senegal, M. 
rigida, Br., common to Senegal and Central Africa, and an un- 
described species found both in Sennaar and Senegal. 
Le 
:3. 
Cleome pentaphylla, Linn. Sp. Pl. 988.—Sierra Leone, Vogel, 
and elsewhere along the coast, abundant. E 
Cleome Guineensis, Hook. fil. ; caule erecto simplici v. e bast 
ramoso sparse piloso folioso, foliis 3-foliolatis, floralibus breve 
petiolatis, foliolis ellipticis utrinque acutis integerrimis pilo- 
‘siusculis ciliatis, pedicellis axillaribus gracillimis glanduloso- 
pilosis, sepalis lineari-lanceolatis, petalis anguste spathulatis, 
staminibus 6 toro brevi insertis, capsulis stipitatis linearibus, 
stylo gracili, valvis glaberrimis reticulatim venosis, seminibus 
rufis biseriatis orbiculatis profunde transversim sulcatis.— 
Gynandropsis triphylla, DC. in part. ?—Sierra Leone, Cape 
Coast, Grand Bassa and Stirling, Vogel; Senegal and 
Guinea. 
Herba bipedalis. Caulis sulcatus, superne hispidulus. Folia 
inter se _conformia ; foliolis $-pollicaribus, petiolo æquilongis, 
latitudine variis. Flores 4 lin. longi, petalis pallide purpureis, 
ovario staminibusque inclusis.  Pedicellus fructifer $ unc. 
